CABINET COMMITTEE ON PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS

CABINET COMMITTEE ON PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS

Subject : Polity

Context : The Budget Session of Parliament is likely to begin on January 29 and the Union Budget will be presented on February 1.

The more than two-month-long session with a recess of 20 days is expected to be held along with a number of precautions and curbs in view of Covid-19, sources said.

Concept :

• Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs (CCPA) decided to hold the first part of the session from January 29 to February 15, to be followed by another month-long session from March 8.
• The government is expected to reach out to opposition leaders before the announcement.

About CCPA :

• The Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs draws the schedule for Parliament sessions and monitors the progress of government business in Parliament.
• It is the only Cabinet Committee headed by Union Home Minister where all other are headed by PM.
• It scrutinises non-government business and decides which official Bills and resolutions are to be presented.

Cabinet Committees

• The Cabinet Committees are extra-constitutional in emergence.
• In other words, they are not mentioned in the Constitution. However, the Rules of Business provide for their establishment.
• The executive in India works under the Government of India Transaction of Business Rules, 1961.
• These Rules emerge out of Article 77(3) of the Constitution, which states: “The President shall make rules for the more convenient transaction of the business of the Government of India, and for the allocation among Ministers of the said business.”
• The Prime Minister constitutes Standing Committees of the Cabinet and sets out the specific functions assigned to them. He can add or reduce the number of committees.