New Delhi: In the midst of a surge in Covid cases throughout the country and around 400 members of the parliamentary staff tested the infection, the chairman of Rajya Sabha M Venkaiiah Naidu and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday asked officials for the upcoming budget session.
Naidu and Birla direct the Secretary of the Second House to examine in detail the Covid pandemic scenario that applies and produces the right steps, the source said.
Usually, the budget session starts at the end of January and preparation must be made well in advance, they add.
The Secretary General has been directed at reviewing the adequacy of the Covid protocol followed during the last winter session in the context of the current infection scenario.
The 2020 rainy season was the first full session held under the Covid protocol with the meeting of Rajya Sabha in the first half of the day and Lok Sabha during the second half.
The same was followed for the first part of the budget session last year.
For the second part of the budget session and the Monsun and winter sessions last year, Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha returned to normal timings but members were allowed to sit in the room and gallery of their homes.