Most bills passed without discussion in parliament

New Delhi, April 6: With Parliament passing only two laws outside Budget-related Bills during the month-long session, the Budget session that concluded on Friday is the least productive Budget session since 2000, data shows.

It was for the first time since 2000 that the two Houses spent almost no time on discussing the Budget and 100 percent of the demand for grants were passed without discussion, data compiled by NGO PRS Legislative Research showed.

A no confidence motion notice was given by the opposition against the Narendra Modi government for the first time since 2014 but it was not admitted by the Lok Sabha Speaker.

Besides the Finance Bill and the two Appropriation Bills, the Lok Sabha could pass only the Payments of Gratuity (Amendment) Bill and the Specific Relief (Amendment) Bill in its overall 29 sittings.

The Rajya Sabha passed only the Payments of Gratuity (Amendment) Bill, that too without any discussion, in its 30 sittings.