The Monsoon Session of Parliament came to an end on Wednesday owing to the rising number of coronavirus cases in India. Both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha were adjourned sine die (with no appointed date for resumption), seven days ahead of schedule.
Rajya Sabha passed 15 bills over the last two days, clocking a productivity rate of over 100% despite this being the shortest Monsoon Session. Eight bills were passed on Wednesday in less than four hours and seven bills were passed on Tuesday in three-and-a-half hours. But this happened even as Opposition leaders boycotted proceedings of both the Houses over the suspension of eight members following the pandemonium when farms bills were taken up for voting on Sunday.
In his valedictory address as the House adjourned indefinitely, Rajya Sabha chairman Venkaiah Naidu also pointed out that the bills were passed despite the…
