The session will finally see a full-fledged budget presented before legislators by Finance Minister Lalsawta after two vote-on-accounts of state finances in earlier sessions were necessitated by a delayed release of funds by the Centre. Mizoram depends on more than 90 percent of it’s finances on New Delhi.
Debates about the budget is likely to be stormy since the opposition parties have been raising the issue of the government’s “financial mismanagement” even as it has been reported that the salary component of the plan-fund has been axed to just half of last year’s, a much-discussed issue since the government is the largest employer in the state which has half it’s working population in the tertiary sector.
The Finance Minister has of late also spoken several times on the need to raise taxes to meet government expenses.
The upcoming session will also see the tabling of four important state bills, including one to regulate marriages, divorce and inheritances among residents and another for the setting up of a Lokayukta.
Various bodies including the powerful Mizo Students’ Association, also known as MZP, have been pressing for the setting up of a Lokayukta for years.
As many as 244 starred questions and 49 unstarred questions and two resolutions, including one for the ratification of the National Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2014, have also been submitted.
Four
bills and a delayed budget is set to be tabled before the house as the
Mizoram Legislative Assembly begins its 12-day winter session starting
Tuesday.
The session will finally see a full-fledged budget presented before legislators by Finance Minister Lalsawta after two vote-on-accounts of state finances in earlier sessions were necessitated by a delayed release of funds by the Centre. Mizoram depends on more than 90 percent of it’s finances on New Delhi.
Debates about the budget is likely to be stormy since the opposition parties have been raising the issue of the government’s “financial mismanagement” even as it has been reported that the salary component of the plan-fund has been axed to just half of last year’s, a much-discussed issue since the government is the largest employer in the state which has half it’s working population in the tertiary sector.
The Finance Minister has of late also spoken several times on the need to raise taxes to meet government expenses.
The upcoming session will also see the tabling of four important state bills, including one to regulate marriages, divorce and inheritances among residents and another for the setting up of a Lokayukta.
Various bodies including the powerful Mizo Students’ Association, also known as MZP, have been pressing for the setting up of a Lokayukta for years.
As many as 244 starred questions and 49 unstarred questions and two resolutions, including one for the ratification of the National Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2014, have also been submitted.
- See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/twelve-day-mizoram-assembly-session-to-start-tuesday-delayed-budget-and-four-bills-to-be-tabled/#sthash.v6B9AB91.dpuf
The session will finally see a full-fledged budget presented before legislators by Finance Minister Lalsawta after two vote-on-accounts of state finances in earlier sessions were necessitated by a delayed release of funds by the Centre. Mizoram depends on more than 90 percent of it’s finances on New Delhi.
Debates about the budget is likely to be stormy since the opposition parties have been raising the issue of the government’s “financial mismanagement” even as it has been reported that the salary component of the plan-fund has been axed to just half of last year’s, a much-discussed issue since the government is the largest employer in the state which has half it’s working population in the tertiary sector.
The Finance Minister has of late also spoken several times on the need to raise taxes to meet government expenses.
The upcoming session will also see the tabling of four important state bills, including one to regulate marriages, divorce and inheritances among residents and another for the setting up of a Lokayukta.
Various bodies including the powerful Mizo Students’ Association, also known as MZP, have been pressing for the setting up of a Lokayukta for years.
As many as 244 starred questions and 49 unstarred questions and two resolutions, including one for the ratification of the National Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2014, have also been submitted.
- See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/twelve-day-mizoram-assembly-session-to-start-tuesday-delayed-budget-and-four-bills-to-be-tabled/#sthash.v6B9AB91.dpuf