Budget Session 2023: Know total functioning TIME as Parliament saw rare logjam by ruling party as well

Budget Session 2023: Both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha were adjourned sine die today, bringing an end to the Budget Session that registered very low productivity of 34 per cent in the Lower House and 24.4 per cent in the Upper House. "The productivity of the Lok Sabha during the Budget Session, 2023 was approximately 34 per cent and that of the Rajya Sabha was 24.4 per cent," said the MoS. The bills introduced in the Lok Sabha include The Finance Bill, 2023, The Inter-services Organisations Bill, 2023, The Jammu and Kashmir Appropriation Bill, 2023, The Jammu and Kashmir Appropriation Bill, 2023, The Appropriation Bill, 2023, The Appropriation Bill, 2023, The Forest Amendment Bill, 2023 and The Coastal Aquaculture Authority Bill, 2023.The Budget Session of Parliament which commenced on January 31, 2023, was adjourned sine die earlier in the day. Meanwhile, the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha were adjourned for recess on February 13 to reassemble on March 13 to enable departmentally related Standing Committees to examine and report on the Demands for Grants relating to various ministries and departments.The first part of the Budget Session yielded a total of 10 sittings of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. In the Rajya Sabha, the working of the ministries of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Textiles, Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Rural Development, Cooperation, Railways and New and Renewable Energy could not be discussed due to continuous disruptions in the House.The Rajya Sabha returned the Appropriation Bills related to Demands for Grants for the year 2023-24 and Supplementary Demands for Grants for the year 2022-23 in respect of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir; Supplementary Demands for Grants for the year 2022-23 and Demands for Grants for the year 2023-24 in respect of the Union on March 27.