Winter Session of Parliament scheduled to begin from November 16

New Delhi: The winter session of Parliament will commence on November 16 and will be in session till December 16.

The decision to reschedule the session was taken by the Cabinet Committee of Parliamentary Affairs, earlier on Thursday.

The winter session usually begins in the third or fourth week of November.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had also said the Centre was planning to advance the schedule so that the process does not get affected by the assembly polls in Punjab and other states due for next February-March.