The monsoon session of Parliament is likely to begin from July 18 and conclude on August 12, sources said on Wednesday.

A meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs (CCPA), headed by Home Minister Rajnath Singh, has been convened for June 29 to firm up the schedule.

The sources said the government had broadly decided to go in for a session after the end of the third week of July and wrap it up after the end of the second week of August. They said the dates could be shifted a bit, depending on other factors.

As Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has already made it known, the government will try to get the GST Bill passed in this session. Jaitley had recently stated after a meeting of state finance ministers that all states, except Tamil Nadu, were in favour of the Bill. The government’s optimism stems from the Congress’s isolation on the issue, with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee (TMC), Bihar CM Nitish Kumar (JD-U), and Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan (CPM) voicing their support for the legislation.