Nagpur: The Maharashtra Assembly winter session, which began on December 7 in Nagpur, concluded on Wednesday. The assembly cleared 17 bills during the session.
The next session of the legislature will be held in Mumbai from February 26, said assembly speaker Rahul Narwekar.
During the two-week-long winter session, the assembly worked for 110 hours, with a daily average of 10.05 hours, he said.
The assembly received 7,581 questions, of which 247 were accepted. As many as 34 questions were answered, Narwekar said.
The assembly also cleared 17 bills during the session, he said.
The 288-member lower house recorded a maximum attendance of 93 per cent, while 64.71 per cent was the minimum attendance. The average attendance during the winter session stood at 81.69 per cent, he said.
Meanwhile, the Maharashtra government on Wednesday announced a subsidy of Rs 5 per litre for milk producers which will be implemented for the next two months.
According to the news agency, the state animal husbandry and dairy development minister Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil made this announcement in the legislative assembly.
The government has decided to give a subsidy of Rs 5 per litre to milk producers who supply it to cooperative dairies. This decision will remain effective for the first two months of the next year, he said.
“Once (the amount calculated on) Rs 29 per litre milk price is deposited in the bank accounts of milk producers, the government will transfer the subsidy amount to the same accounts,” the minister added.
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