New Delhi: The government yesterday announced that the union budget will be presented on July 8. An official spokesperson announced after a meeting of the union cabinet that the budget session of both houses of parliament will commence from July 5 and railway budget will be presented on July 6.

Thereafter, the economic survey of India will be presented on July 7, and the presentation of the union budget is fixed for July 8 at 11 am.

During the monsoon session, both houses of parliament may go into recess from July 24 to August 15 to enable standing committees to consider demand for grants of their respective ministries and prepare reports.

This will be the second session of the 14th Lok Sabha and 202nd session of the Rajya Sabha; both Houses will conclude their session on September 3, the spokesperson said, adding the session will have a total of 30 sittings spread over 61 days