December 14, 2025 03:55 pm (IST)
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Winter Session of Parl enters final lap, RS still to decide on crucial bills
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IBNS): The current Winter session of Parliament enters the final lap with only two scheduled sittings left next week even as the Rajya Sabha which is passing through a stalemate is still to take up crucial Bills relating to facilitation of auction of coal blocks, enhancing FDI limit in the capital starved insurance sector and enabling extension of Delhi Special Provisions Act that expires by the end of this month.
Marking a sharp contrast in the functioning of the two Houses of Parliament during the first four weeks of the Winter session, Lok Sabha functioned for over 126 hours during the stipulated 20 sittings with a productivity of over 105%.
As against this, the productivity of Rajya Sabha has been only 68%.
During this period, Lok Sabha has passed 17 Bills as against only 11 by the Upper House.
Lok Sabha has lost only 2 hours and 10 minutes so far due to interruptions. The Lower House witnessed interruptions during five of the 20 sittings losing time in the range of 12 to 55 minutes on each of these days.
The House however, worked over time on eight days for a total additional duration of 8 hours 36 minutes with a net gain of additional working hours of 6 hous 26 minutes.
The Rajya Sabha on the other hand witnessed interruptions during 15 of the 19 sittings (for which data is available) losing a total time of 44 hours 09 minutes.
Time lost on each day of such interruptions ranged from 45 minutes to 323 minutes (5 hours 23 minutes). However, members of the Upper House worked over time on seven days making up 8 hours 46 minutes. The net loss of time on account of interruptions in Rajya Sabha has been 35 hours 38 minutes.
The Lok Sabha has already set up a record in terms of number of Bills passed and productivity vis-à-vis the last Budget session of this year and the Winter session of last year.
The Lower House has so far passed 17 Bills during the current Winter session so far as against 12 Bills during the last Budget session and 17 Bills passed during last year’s Winter session. Productivity of Lok Sabha during the current session so far has been 105% as against 104% during the last Budget session this year.
On the contrary, productivity of Rajya Sabha so far during the current winter session has been 68% as against 106% during the Budget session this year. The Upper House passed 12 and 17 Bills respectively during this year’s Budget session and last year’s Winter session.
The remaining two sittings as per the schedule assumes importance as the Rajya Sabha is still to consider some crucial Bills, passed by Lok Sabha.
These include : The Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Bill, 2014 that seeks to facilitate auction of coal blocks further to the Supreme Court striking down allocation of over 200 coal blocks, holding the allocation process arbitrary and illegal. The Upper House is also to take up the National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Amendment Bill, 2014.
This Bill, passed by the Lok Sabha seeks to extend the validity of an Act that gives protection to unauthorized constructions and which is to expire by the end of this month.
Consideration and passing of the Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill, pending since 2008 in the Rajya Sabha has been held up on account of the prevailing stalemate in the House.
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