Monsoon Session of assembly starts today, in paperless mode

Union law minister ‘Arjun Ram Meghwal on Sunday kicked off the Delhi Assembly's paperless initiative and inaugurated a solar power project on the premises, clearing the decks for a stormy five-day Monsoon Session from Monday, during which waterlogging woes, CAG audits and new bills are set to be tackled.

- Paras Singh

According to the official list of business, on the first day, the government is likely to introduce the Delhi School Education (Transparency in Fixation and Regulation of Fees) Bill and table two Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India reports on the previous government's performance.

In the run-up to the session, Opposition Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government on the school fee bill, alleging it will lead to “windfall gains for private schools.

The Delhi Congress announced a march outside the Vidhan Sabha to protest demolition drives in slums and the alleged failure of the state government to start ₹2,500 monthly assistance to Delhi's women.

The session will mark multiple firsts: Delhi's Assembly's first fully digital session and the assembly complex being run entirely on solar power.

Agenda: CAG, edu bill

The assembly proceedings will commence around 2pm on Monday, with the assembly tentatively likely to convene over five days, between August 4 and 8. The list of business issued by the assembly secretariat states that the assembly will begin with MLAs raising issues under Special Mention (Rule-280).

It will be followed by chief minister Rekha Gupta tabling CAG reports on the “state finances for the year 2023-24” and “Welfare of building and other construction workers” for 2023.