Assam: Budget Session 2025 Summoned on February 17

Staff Reporter

Guwahati: Assam Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya has summoned the Budget Session 2025 of the Assam Legislative Assembly on February 17.

In this regard, the secretary of the Assam Legislative Assembly Secretariat, Dulal Pegu, issued an official notification on Thursday.

On the first day of the session of the Assam Assembly on February 17, the Assembly will meet in the BTC Legislative Assembly Chamber at Kokrajhar. This will mark a major departure, as this is the first time that the state Assembly will meet on the first day of a session outside the state capital, Dispur.

After the creation of Meghalaya as a separate state in 1972, the Government of Assam decided to shift the capital to Dispur, Guwahati. Accordingly, the first sitting of the Budget Session of the Assam Legislative Assembly was held at the temporary capital at Dispur on March 16, 1973. Since then, the sessions of the Assam Legislative Assembly have always been held in Dispur. This will be the first time that the first day of a session will be held outside the state capital.

It should be noted that the Assam Legislative Assembly came into being on the day of its first sitting on April 7, 1937, in the Assembly Chamber at Shillong, the erstwhile capital of the composite state of Assam.

The Budget Session 2025 will start with the Governor's speech on February 17. However, the notification issued by the secretary of the Assam Legislative Assembly Secretariat states that the remaining days of the session will be held at the Assam Legislative Assembly Chamber at Dispur.

During the upcoming Budget Session, state Finance Minister Ajanta Neog will table the state's budget for the financial year 2025-26 on the floor of the Assembly.

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