STATEMENT SHOWING THE DATE (S) FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE RAILWAY AND GENERAL BUDGETS DURING THE PERIOD FROM 1.1.2003 TO 31.03.2004

RAILWAY BUDGET

2003

Sl.No.

Subject

Lok Sabha

Rajya Sabha

Date (s)

Time Taken

Date (s)

Time Taken

Hrs

Mts

Hrs

Mts

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

1.

Presentation of Railway Budget for 2003-2004

26.2.2003

01

04

26.2.2003

00

01

2.

General discussion on Railway Budget for 2003-2004

4.3.2003

5.3.2003

6.3.2003

10

58

3.3.2003

4.3.2003

5.3.2003

7.3.2003

09

52

3.

Discussion and Voting on Demands for Grants on Account (Railways) for 2003-2004

4.3.2003

5.3.2003

6.3.2003

*

*

#

#

#

4.

Discussion and Voting on Supplementary Demands for Grants (Railways) for 2002-2003

4.3.2003

5.3.2003

6.3.2003

*

*

#

#

#

5.

Discussion and voting on Demands for Excess Grants (Railways) for 2000-2001

4.3.2003

5.3.2003

6.3.2003

*

*

#

#

#

6.

Discussion and Voting on Demands for Grants (Railways) for 2003-2004

21.4.2003

04

56

#

#

#

7.

Discussion and Voting on Supplementary Demands for Grants (Railways) for 2003-2004

18.8.2003

00

01

#

#

#

·        (Items 2, 3,  4 & 5 were taken up together)

2004 (upto 31 March)

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

1.

Presentation of Interim Railway Budget for 2004-05

30.01.2004

00

40

03.2.2004

00

01

2.

Discussion on the interim Budget (Railways) for 2004-05

03.02.2004

04

19

03.2.2004

04.2.2004

04

51

3.

Discussion and Voting on Demands for Grants on Account (Railways) for 2004-05

03.02.2004

*

*

#

#

#

4.

Discussion and Voting on Supplementary Demands for Grants (Railways) for 2003-04

03.02.2004

*

*

#

#

#

5.

Discussion and Voting on Demands for Excess Grants (Railways) for 2001-02

03.02.2004

*

*

#

#

#

GENERAL BUDGET

2003

1.

Presentation of Budget (General) for 2003-2004

28.2.2003

02

14

28.2.2003

00

01

2.

General discussion on Budget (General) for 2003-2004.

6.3.2003

7.3.2003

10.3.2003

11.3.2003

14

39

11.3.2003

12.3.2003

13.3.2003

11

48

3.

Discussion and Voting on Demands for Grants on Account (General) for 2003-2004.

6.3.2003

7.3.2003

10.3.2003

11.3.2003

+

+

#

#

#

4.

Discussion and Voting on

(i)  Supplementary Demands   

for Grants (General) for 2002-2003.

(ii)  Demands for Excess  Grants (General) for 2000-2001.

6.3.2003

7.3.2003

10.3.2003

11.3.2003

6.3.2003

7.3.2003

10.3.2003

11.3.2003

+

+

+

+

#

#

#

#

#

#

* Items 2, 3, 4 & 5 were discussed together.

+ Items 2,3 and 4 were discussed together.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

5.

Discussion and voting on the Demands for Grants (General) for 2003-2004 relating to the following Ministries :

(i) Labour

(ii) External Affairs

22.4.2003

23.4.2003

06

06

45

04

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6.

The Demands for Grants (General) for 2003-2004 relating to the following ministries/departments were submitted to the Vote of the House and voted in full:-

(1) Agriculture (2) Agro and Rural Industries (3) Atomic Energy (4) Chemicals and Fertilisers (5) Civil Aviation (6) Coal (7) Mines (8) Commerce and Industry (9) Communications and Information Technology (10) Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (11) Defence (12) Development of North Eastern Region (13) Disinvestment (14) Environment and Forests (15) Finance and Company Affairs (16) Food Processing Industries  (17) Health and Family Welfare (18) Heavy

 Industries and Public Enterprises (19) Home Affairs (20) Human Resource Development (21) Information and Broadcasting (22) Law and Justice (23) Non-Conventional Energy Sources (24) Ocean Development (25) Parliamentary Affairs (26) Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

25.4.2003

00

07

#

#

#

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

(27) Petroleum and Natural Gas (28) Planning (29) Power (30) Lok Sabha (31) Rajya Sabha (32) Secretariat of the Vice-President (33) Road Transport and Highways (34) Rural Development (35) Science and Technology (36) Shipping (37) Small Scale Industries (38) Social Justice and Empowerment (39) Department of Space (40) Statistics and Programme Implementation (41) Steel (42) Textiles (43) Tourism and Culture (44) Tribal Affairs (45) Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation (46) Water Resources (47) Youth Affairs and Sports

7.

Discussion and Voting on Supplementary Demands for Grants (General) for 2003-2004 (Batch – I)

18.8.2003

00

01

#

#

#

8.

Discussion and Voting on Supplementary Demands for Grants (General) for 2003-2004

17.12.2003

03

38

#

#

#

2004 (upto 31 MARCH)

1.

Presentation of Interim General Budget for 2004-05

03.02.2004

00

45

03.02.04

00

01

2.

General discussion on Interim Budget (General) for 2004-05

04.02.2004

07

13

05.02.04

06

27

3.

Discussion and Voting on Demands for Grants on Account (General) for 2004-05

04.02.2004

*

*

#

#

#

4.

Discussion and Voting on Supplementary Demands for Grants (General) for 2003-04

04.02.2004

*

*

#

#

#