The Kerala Legislative Assembly budget session will begin today with the address of Governor Justice (Ret) P Sathasivam. The session will end on March 16. Speaker P Sreeramakrishnan yesterday at a press conference in Thiruvananthapuram said that the state budget for the year 2017-18 would be presented by Finance Minister T M Thomas Issac in the house on March 3. In the session, various issues like drought situation and disruption in the supply of food items through ration shops can be discussed. Also Read: Bus carrying passengers caught fire in its midway SC directed centre to form guideline on rehabilitation of mentally sick patients Three persons arrested and ganja seized in Visakhapatnam