The Rajasthan Assembly Speaker Vasudev Devnani has expressed satisfaction over a reasonably smooth and productive Budget Session which, besides passing the state budget for the fiscal year 2026–27, also cleared 10 contentious Bills and conducted the routine business of Question Hour and Zero Hour.
The House accomplished its principal task of finally passing the ₹6,10,956-crore state budget for the fiscal year 2026–27 on February 27. The budget, with a revenue deficit of ₹24,313.93 lakh, was presented by Deputy Chief Minister Diya Kumari on February 11.
The Assembly also passed 10 Bills, including key legislations such as the Disturbed Areas Bill, the Rajasthan Panchayat (Amendment) Bill, 2026, and the Rajasthan Municipalities (Amendment) Bill, 2026, in a reasonably smooth manner marked by balanced and issue-based debates.
The Disturbed Areas Act is intended to address the administration’s concerns regarding communal tensions and demographic imbalance during riot-like situations.
It empowers authorities to declare specific localities as disturbed areas and makes prior permission from the Additional District Magistrate (ADM) mandatory for the sale of properties in such areas to prevent distress sales. The law also provides protection to tenants against forced eviction from rented premises.
Similarly, the Rajasthan Panchayat (Amendment) Act, 2026 and the Rajasthan Municipalities (Amendment) Act, 2026 amend the eligibility criteria for contesting elections in rural and urban local bodies.
The amendments remove the two-child norm and the compulsory minimum educational qualification for candidates. As a result, parents with more than two children and individuals who are merely literate can now contest elections. The ban on cured leprosy patients contesting polls has also been lifted.
Although protests, walkouts and boycotts occurred sporadically during the session, the House nevertheless conducted its business satisfactorily for 184 hours across 24 sittings, Speaker Devnani observed in his closing remarks while adjourning the House sine die on Tuesday evening.
Devnani also expressed gratitude to all MLAs, particularly Leader of the House and Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma, Leader of Opposition Tika Ram Jully, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Joga Ram Patel, Government Chief Whip Jogeshwar Garg and Congress Chief Whip Rafeek Khan of the Opposition, for their role in ensuring relatively smooth proceedings of the House.