Dehradun, Feb. 7 -- Finance Minister Prem Chand Agarwal today confirmed that the budget session of Uttarakhand Assembly will be held in Dehradun from 18 to 24 February during which the annual budget for the Financial Year 2025-26 will be presented and approved.

Sources also claimed that that a bill incorporating "stricter' land laws may also be presented and approved during the budget session, though no official was willing to confirm this. It may be recalled that the government and Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami have been claiming publicly that a stricter land law bill will be tabled in the House during the budget session.

Speaking informally with the media persons here today, Aggarwal shared that the government has received signif...