Overview
- The Jharkhand Legislative Assembly will sit from December 5 to 11 with five working days and daily Question Hour on the schedule.
- The government will present a second supplementary budget on December 8 in Jharkhand, with debate, voting and the related appropriation bill slated for December 9.
- Speaker Rabindra Nath Mahato directed departments to file replies to accepted questions by 4 pm a day in advance, ensure timely bill circulation, and keep senior officials present in the gallery.
- An all-party meeting in Ranchi saw parties pledge cooperation, and the request to extend time for the supplementary budget debate was accepted.
- Maharashtra’s BAC fixed a December 8–14 session in Nagpur with weekend sittings after curtailing an earlier plan due to local-body polls, as opposition leaders pressed for a three-week sitting and prompt appointment of Leaders of Opposition; security plans call for thousands of personnel with five SRPF companies, and Uttar Pradesh is expected to open a short session around December 15.