Jairam Ramesh backs VP's plan on Parl meeting for 100 days a yr to discuss bills at length

Jairam Ramesh, a Congress MP, backed Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu's statement that Parliament and state assemblies should meet for at least 100 and 90 days, respectively, and that Parliament should not only meet but also deliberate on bills in-depth and have detailed debates on issues. "Chairman Rajya Sabha @MVenkaiahNaidu says Parliament must meet for at least 100 days and state assemblies for atleast 90 days in a year. I fully support this. Parliament must not only meet, but deliberate on Bills at length and debate issues in depth. Hope he can make it a reality," said Ramesh in a tweet.

Jairam Ramesh supports Parliament meeting for 100 days and discussing Bills 

M. Venkaiah Naidu, India's Vice President and Chairman of Rajya Sabha, asked for a minimum of 100 Parliamentary sittings per year and an equate number of State Assembly sittings to allow for extensive talks on a variety of problems on Saturday. He urged political parties to have a consistent stance on subject rar than speaking in different ways when y were in opposition and when y were in power. His remarks were me to an audience in Parliament's Central Hall yesterday during Public Accounts Committee's (PAC) centenary celebration.

Rajya Sabha disruptions and productivity 

According to news agency ANI, Rajya Sabha squandered 52.30 % of its scheduled sitting time during first week of current Winter Session of Parliament due to "disruptions and forced journments" caused by opposition parties' frequent demonstrations. According to ANI, on last two days of week that concluded on December 3, situation appeared to be returning to normal, as productivity in Upper House stayed above 95%. According to data, Friday h highest output rate of 100%. Since start of Winter Session of Parliament on Monday, both Houses have been halted due to opposition party demonstrations.

Meanwhile, Rajya Sabha showed signs of returning to normal operation on last two days of first week of winter session, after many days of ongoing winter session of Parliament were washed away due to "disruptions and forced journments" amid Opposition disturbance. highest productivity of 100% was reported on Friday, and 95% on prior day last week, indicating that House is returning to normal operation. Chairman of Rajya Sabha Venkaiah Naidu met with some opposition leers and ministers on Friday, urging both parties to continue discussing ir positions on suspension of 12 members of House, which Opposition has demanded be lifted.

Bills passed so far

House passed two bills during first week of current monsoon session: Farm Laws Repeal Bill and Dam Safety Bills. In House, re were 27 Zero Hours and 15 Special Mentions. Orally, 23 of 67 Starred Questions were answered. Eight of listed questions h to be deleted again in order to suspend members who h asked m. After one year, nine months, and twenty-six days, and 66 sittings, Rajya Sabha resumed Private Members' Business for full two-and-a-half-hour session on Friday. last time it happened was on February 7, 2020, during House's 251st session, during Budget Session.

With inputs from ANI and PTI

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