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New Delhi : The Budget Session, 2021 of Parliament, which commenced on January 29, 2021, was adjourned sine die on March 25, 2021. In between, Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha adjourned for recess on February 12, 2021, and February 13, 2021, respectively and reassembled on March 8, 2021, to enable Departmentally related Standing Committees to examine and report on the Demands for Grants relating to various Ministries/Departments.
Speaking about the Budget Session, Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Prahlad Joshi stated that during the entire Budget Session, 2021 there were 24 sittings of Lok Sabha and 23 sittings of Rajya Sabha. The first part of the Budget Session yielded a total of 12 sittings of Lok Sabha and 11 sittings of Rajya Sabha. There were 12 sittings of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha respectively in the second part of the session.
The Session, which was originally scheduled to have sittings till April 8, 2021, was curtailed due to demand of Leaders of various political parties in both the Houses so that Members could participate in the election process in certain States/UTs.
This being the first Session of the year, the President addressed both Houses of Parliament assembled together on January 29, 2021. Motion of Thanks on the President’s Address in Lok Sabha was moved by Locket Chatterjee and seconded by Dr.Virendra Kumar. Motions of Thanks were discussed and adopted by the two Houses during the first part of the Session.
The Union Budget for 2021- 22 was presented on February 1, 2021. General Discussion on the Union Budget was held in both Houses in the first part of this Session. This engaged the Lok Sabha for 14 Hours 44 minutes against allotted 10Hours and Rajya Sabha for 10 Hours 56 minutes against allotted 10 Hours. During this Session a total of 20 Bills (17 in Lok Sabha and 3 in Rajya Sabha) were introduced. 18 Bills were passed by Lok Sabha and 19 Bills were passed by Rajya Sabha. Total number of Bills passed by both Houses of Parliament was 18. Joshi informed that the productivity for the complete Budget Session, 2021 of Lok Sabha was approx.114% and that of Rajya Sabha was 90%, according to a PIB release.