Odisha Assembly winter session to begin from November 18

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Bhubaneswar: The winter session of the Odisha Legislative Assembly will begin from November 18 and will continue till December 31 with a total of 33 working days. This will be the eighth session of the 17th Odisha Legislative Assembly.

According to the provisional calendar released by the Assembly Secretariat, the session will begin with official business and the presentation of the First Supplementary Statement of Expenditure for 2026-27.

The Assembly will take up the Demands for Grants relating to the supplementary expenditure on November 25, 26 and 27 while the Appropriation Bill on the First Supplementary Statement of Expenditure for the year, 2026-2027 is scheduled to be taken up on November 30.

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November 20, and December 4, 11, 18, 29 and 31 have been earmarked for Private Members’ Business, including Bills and Resolutions.

Apart from Sundays and certain Saturdays, November 24 and December 25 are the public holidays on account of Rasa Purnima and Christmas respectively.

Several key issues such as Kotia, MMDR Amendment Bill, 2026 and the Mahanadi water dispute issue are also likely to be discussed in the winter session. Besides, the House is also likely to debate farmers’ welfare, law and order, infrastructure development, implementation of government schemes and public service delivery.

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