The Rajya Sabha was adjourned sine die on Wednesday, clocking a productivity rate of over 100%, even though it was one of the shortest monsoon sessions with only 10 sittings held.
Parliament proceedings, Sept. 23 updates
On Wednesday, the House passed eight Bills in less than four hours as the Opposition boycotted the proceedings over the manner in which two farm bills were passed on Sunday.
Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu said the session was being concluded eight sittings ahead of the 18 planned sittings as COVID-19 pandemic continued.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was present in the House when Mr. Naidu made the concluding remarks.
“In the 10 sittings, 25 bills were passed and 6 bills introduced. The productivity of the House during this session has been 100.47 %. As against the scheduled available time of 38 hours and 30 minutes, the actual functional time of the House has been 38 hours…
