Maharashtra's budget for FY21 to be presented on March 6

The Maha Vikas Aghadi government in Maharashtra will present its maiden budget on March 6, while the legislature will hold a discussion on women's safety during the session and also take up a bill to make Marathi compulsory in all schools in the state.

The Business Advisory Committee (BAC) of the state legislature on Monday finalised the agenda for the budget session, which will begin on February 24 and end on March 20.

As per the committee's decision, the budget session will be nearly four-week long and have a total of 18 working days.

The state's budget for the financial year 2020-21 will be presented in the assembly on March 6. This will be the first budget of the three-party MVA government which took office on November 28.

It was learnt from officials that the committee also decided to hold a discussion in the legislature on March 5 on the issue of women's safety in the state.

The discussion will take place in the wake of the gruesome incident in Wardha district's ...