GG News Bureau
New Delhi, 7th April. The Budget Session of Parliament concluded on Thursday, a day ahead of schedule with both the houses witnessing healthy debates and lesser disruptions.
The Budget Session had started on January 31 with the address of President of India, Ram Nath Kovind to the joint sitting of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. It was followed by the presentation of the Union Budget by the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1.
The first part of the Parliament Budget Session concluded on February 11 when Parliament went into recess to examine the budget papers.
The budget session resumed on March 14 and concluded today (on Thursday), a day ahead of schedule after completion of the budgetary process and passage of significant bills such as the Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill and the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill 2022.
The total productivity of the eighth session of the 17th Lok Sabha was 129 percent, the Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla informed, noting that the House had 27 sittings.
The Rajya Sabha lost nearly nine-and-a-half hours due to disruptions and forced adjournments, but made up for the lost time by sitting extra for nine hours and 16 minutes, the Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu informed.
The productivity of the House during the Budget Session was 99.8 percent. If only the House had functioned for 10 more minutes, the productivity would have been 100 per cent, the Rajya Sabha Chairman Naidu said.
The Lok Sabha passed 12 bills, including the Finance Bill, Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill, The Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Amendment Bill.
The Rajya Sabha passed 11 key bills including six appropriation bills and Finance Bills that were returned.
The Lok Sabha also had short duration discussions on climate change, the current situation in Ukraine and the requirement to promote sports in India.
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