Rajya Sabha clocks 99% productiveness as 1st a part of Budget session ends

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The Rajya Sabha clocked 99 per cent productiveness throughout the two-week lengthy first a part of the dual-phase Budget session of Parliament, Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu stated Friday. The House broke for a three-week recess on Friday after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s reply to a dialogue on the finances for the fiscal yr starting April 1. The recess will permit parliamentary committees to look at the finances allocation for varied ministries.
Parliament will now meet on March 8 for the second a 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,” Naidu stated 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 at 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 stated. “As against the total scheduled time of 45 hours 4 minutes, net of only 30 minutes has been lost due to disruptions,” Naidu stated.

Naidu, who can also be the Vice President of India, stated throughout the first half a complete of 27 hours and 11 minutes have been spent on debate and discussions.
Over 60 per cent of the overall practical time was spent on discussing Motion of Thanks to the President and the General Budget for 2021-2022, he stated.
“About 100 members spoke on these two subjects alone.”
As in opposition to the overall lack 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 problems with 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&Okay 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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