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Here's what the overworked Parliament spent its time doing this Budget Session

Despite the government giving in to the demands of opposition to delay Land Acquisition Bill and Goods and Services Tax (GST) till the next session, the Indian Parliament's productivity for the Budget session exceeded its normal time. 

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Despite the government giving in to the demands of opposition to delay Land Acquisition Bill and Goods and Services Tax (GST) till the next session, the Indian Parliament's productivity for the Budget session exceeded its normal time. 

According to the PRS Legislative Research, the Rajya Sabha registered  productivity of 102% whereas the Lok Sabha's productivity came in at 123%. 

However, the data showed that 30% of the time in Lok Sabha and 42% time in Rajya Sabha was spent in non-legislative activities. 

Time spent on the actual legislative work in the Lok and Rajya Sabha stood at 28% and 20%, respectively. 

The Lok Sabha worked for a total of 238.8 hours during the Budget session while Rajya Sabha clocked in 176 hours. 

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