Meira Kumar To Preside Over All Party Pre-Budget Conference

Meira Kumar To Preside Over All Party Pre-Budget ConferenceLok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar will meet all political parties' heads in order to settle the schedule for the Budget session starting Monday.

Meira would like to get a sense of what matters expected to be brought up during the meeting.

In the meantime, the Congress Core Committee settled its plan for the session at a conference of senior party heads on Friday.

Previously BJP has stated that it would lift the topic of price increase, internal protection and India-Pakistan talks in today's conference.

The Left said that they will arouse the issue of food inflation and other matters relation to the common man.

Parliament starts with a lecture by the President Pratibha Devisingh Patil to a combined sitting of both Houses on Monday.

The Railway Budget will be introduced on February 24, whereas the General Budget would be announced on February 26.

The country's inflationary numbers hit a 12-month peak during December 2009, fuelled by almost 20% increase in food costs, owing to weak monsoon rains and flooding in parts of India. (With Input from Agencies)