Lok Sabha productivity at 10-year high

March 16, 2015 12:41

The Congress may have walked out in Parliament today over the alleged snooping on Rahul Gandhi, but current budget session is likely to be the most productive for the Lok Sabha in over a decade, according to official data. Both Houses of Parliament have worked for more than their scheduled time, so far.

The Lok Sabha worked for 113 per cent of its scheduled time as of Friday night, Parliament data compiled by the independent, non-partisan research group, PRS Legislative Research shows. This is the most productive it has been since 2002. Read

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