Context: Government may guillotine the demands for grants in the Lok Sabha.

What is a Guillotine?

• The term "guillotine" in legislative contexts refers to grouping and accelerating the passage of financial business.
• Following the presentation of the Budget, Parliament has a three-week break, during which the House Standing Committees review and compile reports on Requests for Grants from various Ministries.
• The Business Advisory Committee (BAC) creates a timetable for discussions regarding the Demands for Grants after Parliament reconvenes.
• The House cannot debate all expenditure requests due to time constraints; as a result, the BAC selects a few crucial Ministries for discussion.
• After the House has completed debating grant-related issues, the Speaker uses the "guillotine," putting all pending requests for grants up for a vote at once. This often takes place on the final day set out for the budget discussion.
• It is intended to ensure speedy passage of the Finance Bill, which will signify the end of the budgetary legislative process.

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