Four-day break for parliament

Parliament will go for a four-day break beginning on Friday.Friday is a holiday on account of Labour Day. May 2-3 are Saturday and Sunday while May 4 is also a holiday on account of Buddha Purnima.

While the Lok Sabha is scheduled to pass the finance bill on Thursday, many important legislations like the land acquisition ordinance, goods and services tax bill and the real estate bill are scheduled for next week.

The Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha both discuss private members bills on Fridays, which would not be taken up this week.

The Lok Sabha is scheduled to sit till May 8. But the Rajya Sabha, which was prorogued to facilitate the re-promulgation of the land acquisition ordinance, would work till May 13.