Another Parliament Session Wasted, But Who Gains?

With the Parliament's winter session set to end on Wednesday there is already a feeling of big disappointment within the country. Now with just 2 working days remaining of the winter session, an all-party meeting was convened by Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari where the government and opposition arrived at an agreement to pass key pending bills on which there was general consensus, skipping the contentious GST bill. 6 bills are slated to be passed in the remaining 3 days from (Monday to Wednesday).

This Winter Session itself was largely a repeat of the Monsoon Session.

Courtesy: PRS Legislative Research

The Monsoon Session of 2015 has been one of the least productive sessions in the last 15 years with repeated disruptions in both the Houses and both Houses losing around 75 per cent of its allocated time for business. While several Bills were introduced in the session, only one Bill could be passed by Parliame...