Parliament: Monsoon session least productive since 2014

As a result, the monsoon session was the sixth least productive for the Lok Sabha and the seventh least productive for the Rajya Sabha since 2014. This was the second worst performance in the 17th Lok Sabha so far after the 2021 monsoon session. The Rajya Sabha has consistently reported lower productivity than the Lok Sabha over the years.

Both the houses were adjourned sine die on Monday, four days ahead of schedule. Several protests by opposition parties against inflation, ED’s action against the Nehru-Gandhi family and suspension of opposition MPs robbed critical working hours.

The monsoon and winter sessions of Parliament have been less productive in recent years than the budget sessions, as revealed by a comparison of productivity data across all sessions of Parliament. The analysis is based on data compiled by PRS Legislative Research.

The Budget session earlier this year was the third most productive session in the last eight years, registering a productivity of 123 per cent in terms of sitting hours. The monsoon season of 2020 reported the highest productivity of 145% since 2014.

In terms of the legislation passed, Parliament made a weak showing. According to PRS Legislative Research, the government had planned to introduce 24 bills and pass 32 bills at the beginning of the session, but only six bills could be introduced, while five were passed.

The monsoon session was also the session in which the third lowest number of bills (five) were passed in the last eight years. This was significantly less than the second budget session of 2019, when 30 bills were passed. During the analysis period, the monsoon session of 2015 was the least productive in terms of passing of Bills, when only three Bills could be passed.

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