May 10: The budget session of the House of Representatives and National Assembly under the federal parliament is scheduled to take place from today (May 10) onwards.    
The budget session is all set to begin after President Ram Chandra Paudel on May 2 summoned the joint session of the federal parliament in accordance with the Article 93 (1) of the Constitution of Nepal upon the recommendation of the Council of Ministers.    
The federal parliament secretariat has already issued a notice requesting all members of the parliament for their presence in the session called for 2.00 pm today at New-Baneswor based International Conference Centre.    
According to the constitutional provision, an estimated details of income and expenditure (budget) for the upcoming year has to be presented in the parliament on May 28 (Jestha 15).    
Prior to this, the president will read out the government's annual policies and programmes in the joint sitting of both the Houses.    
In order to run the session effectively, Speaker Devraj Ghimire held discussions with top leaders of major political parties represented in the parliament. -- RSS