* Recess from March 17 till April 24, 2016 for Standing Committee meetings
* Presentation of Railway Budget on February 25,
* Economic Survey on February 26
*  Budget on Feb 29

Budget session of Parliament will begin from February 23 and will continue till May 13,2016 subject to exigencies of Government Business with recess from March 17 till April 24, 2016 to enable the Department Related Standing Committees examine the Budget proposals of different ministries and departments. The details of Budget session schedule were informed by the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs M.Venkaiah Naidu, after the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs firmed up the schedule today.

Naidu further stated that the session opens with the Address of President Shri Pranab Mukherjee to the Members of both the Houses at a Joint Sitting in the Central Hall of Parliament on February 23, 2016. Presentation of Railway Budget will be on February 25, Economic Survey the next day and General Budget on February 29, 2016.

Budget session will have a total of 31 sittings spread over a total duration of 81 days. Budget session of Parliament this year will run full course with recess in between unlike in 2011 when the recess was done away with on account of Assembly elections in five states that are going to polls this year also. These states are ; Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, West Bengal and Assam.