The Hemant Soren government will table the state budget for 2022-23 fiscal on March 3 while the budget session of the Assembly will begin from February 25, according to a notifcication issued by the cabinet coordination department on Wednesday.

The session will be for 17 days and conclude on March 25. Governor Ramesh Bais will address the House on the opening day. The chief minister’s question hour and the tabling of the third supplementary budget has been scheduled for February 28.

On Tuesday, the Narendra Modi government tabled the Union Budget which Hemant criticised and described as the "Centre’s Mann ki baat". His own government, however, has made it known that its budget will be aimed at balancing aspirations of all sections of society, particularly rural and urban.

Hemant Soren speaks on the occasion Shabbir Hussain

At a pre-budget meeting last week, state finance minister Rameshwar Oraon had said the JMM-led coaliton government will take into consideration several long and short-term suggestions they had received from various quarters.

“I personally believe that major thrust needs to be provided to boost agriculture as it will also pave the way for mass livelihoods. This apart, to reach electricity to every household, focus must be given to cut down close to 42 per cent power transmission loss through different interventions. Government priority will be to balance lives and livelihood through the budget,” he said.