(Video) Rajya Sabha TV (RSTV) The Big Picture: Rajya Sabha: Last Five Years

Topic: Rajya Sabha: Last Five Years

Guest:

K. V. Prasad, (Senior Associate Editor, The Tribune)
Chakshu Roy, (Head of Outreach, PRS Legislative Research)
Shekhar Iyer, (Senior Journalist)

Topic Description:

248th Session of the Upper House of Parliament came to an end on Wednesday . However during the 10 sittings of this session the productivity of Rajya Sabha was only 4.79 % with 39 hours and 51 minutes lost out of total 48 hours.

Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu once again expressed his anguish on this issue and in his valedictory address gave a summary of the work done by Rajya Sabha in 18 sessions since June 2014 . During the 328 sittings of the upper house in this period only 154 bills were passed . In terms of the time available and the time utilized for taking up legislative business and the issues of public concern , the average productivity of the upper house was 60 % during this period with 8 sessions out of 18 clocking less than the average.

On the brighter side, despite the disruptions and adjournments several important bills were also passed in the upper house during this period .