Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, March 14: Vice President Venkaiah Naidu praised the Standing Committees’ efforts in debating the Request for Grants.
DRSCs (Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committees) assessed the Demands for Grants of several ministries for the fiscal year 2022-23 during the 30-day gap between the two sessions.
“The eight DRSCs of Rajya Sabha have held a total of 21 meetings for a total duration of 73 hours 33 minutes and examined the Demands for Grants of 18 Ministries encompassing 32 Departments,” Speaking on day one of the second part of the Budget Session, the Rajya Sabha Chairman said.
“I am happy to share with you all that the average duration of these 21 meetings was 3 hours and 30 minutes per meeting which is the best in this regard so far. This marked an increase of one hour seventeen minutes per meeting, a rise of 56 per cent over that of last year,” he added.
The Chairman also stated that the first portion of the Budget session, which had a total of 10 seats, was highly encouraging. During the first portion, there were no forced adjournments of the House. As a result, the House’s productivity was 101.40 percent. For the first time in roughly three years, the last eight complete sittings of the first part of this Session were devoid of interruptions and forced adjournments.
Notably, the second part of the Budget session got underway today and will go on till eighth April with a total of 19 seatings.
