Rajya Sabha Winter Session

In the first Budget session of the 15th Lok Sabha, only eight Bills were passed. And, in the opening Budget session of the 16th Lok Sabha, 12 Bills were passed

He also said there should be healthy ties between the ruling and opposition parties

Fourteen bills were passed by the Lower House while 15 bills were passed by Rajya Sabha

Demanding the government protect goldsmiths, BJP leader Kailash Soni said traders of gold and silver are in distress due to "police harassment".

While T K Rangarajan of CPM said laws be framed to tackle crime are not percolating down, Vaiko of the DMK wanted concrete action be taken to deal with such crimes.

Members of Rajya Sabha also made a record 51 zero hour submissions and 30 special mentions on various issues of public importance.

The Rajya Sabha as the council of states should be given "greater respect by the executive", and should have been consulted before the "drastic measures" were taken of converting a state into Union Territories and redrawing of its boundaries, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Monday, in direct criticism of the government's move to abrogate Article 370 in Jammu & Kashmir.

Rajya Sabha chairman Naidu said that the House's inability to function was causing a loss of image

Rajya Sabha proceedings have been disrupted since the session started last week on issues like Rafale, dam on Cauvery river and demand for special status to Andhra Pradesh

The Rajya Sabha, which had 13 sittings during the winter session that started on December 15, saw the passage of nine government bills