New Delhi, Feb. 15 -- The Budget Session of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly will commence on Monday afternoon with the Governor's Address and is expected to witness intense discussions over the Revenue Deficit Grant (RDG).

This will be the first session of the current calendar and financial year and as per constitutional provisions, will begin with an address by Shiv Pratap Shukla. The sitting will start at 2 pm on February 16.

Addressing a press conference at the Assembly complex in Shimla on Sunday and later speaking with ANI, Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania said the first phase of the Budget Session will comprise three sittings.

"The session is beginning on February 16 at 2 pm. Being the first session of the calendar and fi...