The Lok Sabha’s overall productivity stood at 129 percent as it sat late for 40 hours and discussed important issues. In the Budget session that concluded on Thursday, 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 and the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill , 2022, that allowed collection of biological samples of convicted, arrested and detained persons.
After curtains came down on the Budget session, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met Congress president Sonia Gandhi, national conference head Farooq Abdullah,Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav and other leaders.
The Budget Session ended a day ahead of schedule with both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha yielding good productivity with fewer disruptions , barring the ones caused by fuel price-hike protests by the opposition.
Ahead of this phase of the session results of five state assembly polls were also declared, allowing members enough time to participate in the parliamentary debates.
The first part of the Budget Session concluded on February 11 when Parliament went into recess to examine the budget and then resumed on March 14 to conclude on Thursday . Among others, the Prime Minister and Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul were present in the house.
The house was adjourned sine die following the conventional rendering of ‘Vande Mataram’, the national song.
Speaker Om Birla informed that a total of 27 sittings were held which lasted for about 177 hours 50 minutes.
He said that the General Discussion on the Union Budget for the year 2022-23 was held on 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th February, 2022. The discussion lasted for 15 hours and 35 minutes. The Speaker informed 12 Government Bills were introduced and 13 Bills were passed.Union Minister for Parliamentary affairs Prahlad Joshi said the government allowed full discussion on various issues in both houses and it is not appropriate for the opposition to allege that it denied discussion . He said the opposition members requested to adjourn both houses sine die before the scheduled time.