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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | 93 hours lost in most disrupted budget session of 15th LS -Bharti Jain

93 hours lost in most disrupted budget session of 15th LS -Bharti Jain

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published Published on May 9, 2013   modified Modified on May 9, 2013
-The Times of India


The Budget session - saddled by a washed-out second half - ended on Wednesday, earning the dubious distinction of being the most disrupted budget session of the 15th Lok Sabha and second only to the 2010 winter session in terms of hours lost. A good 92 hours and 40 minutes were lost to disruptions and forced adjournments - on account of sustained protests over Coalgate, Railgate and leaked draft report of the JPC on 2G - as compared to a matching 94 hours and 42 minutes of sittings during the latest session, according to the data compiled by the Lok Sabha Secretariat.

Had the session concluded as per schedule on May 10, the hours lost would have well surpassed the hours of sittings, given the bleak prospects of the House functioning the two remaining days.

The picture was no different in the Rajya Sabha. According to PRS Legislative Research, the total productive time in the Upper House was 83 hours, which is just 52% of the scheduled time. During the budget session of 2012, the Rajya Sabha worked for 94% of the scheduled time.

The hours of sittings in this session - the 13th for the current House - were barely half of the 187.36 hours of business transacted during the 2012 budget session. Even the 94 hours and 42 minutes of business transacted were essentially during the first half - from February 21 and March 21. This was also the time, when the House sat extra hours - totalling 28 hours and 30 minutes - to complete listed business.

In terms of legislative business, the 13th session saw the passage of 12 of the 18 bills introduced in the Lok Sabha, most of them financial bills. The only other bills passed were the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2013, and the Sexual Harassment at Workplace Bill.

The Finance Bill, 2013, was passed without discussion and all demands for grants were guillotined. In comparison, 92% of the demands were guillotined in 2012, and 81% in 2011.

Apart from the Bills, 362 matters were raised under Rule 377 as compared to 244 in the 12th session, 100 in the 11th session and 434 in the 2012 budget session. As many as 244 matters of urgent public importance were raised during the "Zero Hour", which was far less than the 634 raised in the last Budget session.

The 13th session saw two discussions under Rule 193 - over drought and hailstorms in various parts of the country - that was not completed and the plight of Tamils in Sri Lanka.

In the Lok Sabha, Question Hour was conducted for only 23% of the scheduled time. The percentage in the Rajya Sabha was a tad higher at 30%. Only 37 starred questions were orally answered on the floor of the Lok Sabha. While, in the Rajya Sabha, only 49 questions were orally answered.


The Times of India, 9 May, 2013, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/93-hours-lost-in-most-disrupted-budget-session-of-15th-LS/articleshow/19961101.cms


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