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10 crore lost due to disruptions in RS
The Winter Session of Parliament which began on November 26 ended on Wednesday, with the Rajya Sabha having worked for just half of the time allotted to work.
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The Winter Session of Parliament which began on November 26 ended on Wednesday, with the Rajya Sabha having worked for just half of the time allotted to work.
The Rajya Sabha where the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance is in a minority, lost 55 hours to disruptions by the Opposition. It was scheduled to work for 112 hours during the session.
The Lok Sabha, where the BJP has a comfortable majority, worked for 115 hours - an hour extra compared to the scheduled 114 hours.
The cost of running each House is Rs 29,000 per minute and the loss of hours in the Rajya Sabha has resulted in a loss of nearly Rs 10 Crore to the exchequer.
The Lok Sabha passed 14 Bills registering 104 per cent productivity.
The Rajya Sabha, however, passed nine bills registering 46 per cent productivity.
The Goods and Services Tax bill, introduced in Parliament last year, remains pending in the Upper House.
After days of repeated diruptions, the Rajya Sabha functioned for five hours at a stretch on December 22, to pass the new Juvenile Justice Bill which had been passed by the Lok Sabha in May.
