Chandigarh, Mar 6 (PTI) The Punjab Cabinet on Friday cleared the presentation of supplementary demands for grants for the year 2025-26 and budget estimates for the year 2026-27.

A decision to this effect was taken by the council of ministers in a meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann at the Vidhan Sabha Secretariat here.

The budget session of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha began on Friday here. The state budget will be presented on March 8 (Sunday).

A spokesperson of the chief minister's office stated that the Cabinet also approved the laying of audit reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India and the Finance and Appropriation Accounts of the Government of Punjab for the year 2024-25 in the House. PTI CHS MR

Supplementary demands for grants approved to enable presentation of upcoming budget estimates and statutory audit reports in the legislature. The state cabinet approved the presentation of supplementary demands for grants for the current year and the forthcoming year's budget estimates, and authorized laying the Comptroller and Auditor General's audit reports along with the government's Finance and Appropriation Accounts in the legislature, constituting executive clearance for budget supplementation, upcoming fiscal planning, and statutory audit disclosure.