Parliament proceedings | Rajya Sabha clocks 99% productivity as first part of Budget session ends
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Parliament will now meet on March 8 for the second part of the Budget session.
The Rajya Sabha clocked 99 per cent productivity throughout the two-week lengthy first part of the twin part Budget session of Parliament, Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu mentioned on Friday.
The House broke for a three-week recess on Friday after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s reply to a dialogue on the funds for the fiscal yr starting April 1. The recess will enable parliamentary committees to look at the funds allocation for numerous ministries.
Parliament will now meet on March 8 for the second part of the Budget session.
“I am happy to inform you that this part of the session has been quite productive with the House clocking 99 per cent productivity,” Mr. Naidu mentioned earlier than adjourning the proceedings until March 8.
Besides dialogue on the Budget, the House additionally debated for 15 hours on a movement thanking the President for his deal with to the joint sitting of Parliament in the beginning of the Budget session. Prime Minister Narendra Modi replied to that debate earlier this week.
“The productivity of the House during this week has been 113 per cent as against the productivity of 82 per cent during the first week,” he mentioned. “As against the total scheduled time of 45 hours 4 minutes, net of only 30 minutes has been lost due to disruptions,” Mr. Naidu mentioned.
Mr. Naidu, who can also be the Vice President of India, mentioned throughout the first part a complete of 27 hours and 11 minutes have been spent on debate and discussions.
Over 60 per cent of the entire practical time was spent on discussing Motion of Thanks to the President and the General Budget for 2021-2022, he mentioned. “About 100 members spoke on these two subjects alone.” As towards the entire loss of 4 hours 24 minutes throughout the first week, the members sat for an additional 3 hours 54 minutes throughout the second week.
A complete of 88 points of public significance have been raised. These embrace 56 Zero Hour and 32 Special Mentions. Also, 55 Starred Questions have been orally answered.
During the 2 weeks, three Bills have been handed – The J&K Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2021; The National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) (Amendment) Bill, 2021 and The Major Ports Authority Bill, 2020, he added.
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