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Least productive Lok Sabha session in 4 yrs wasted Rs 1.98 bn of your money

Each minute of running Parliament costs the exchequer Rs 250,000, then parliamentary affairs minister Pawan Kumar Bansal had said in September 2012

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Opposition members protest during the ongoing budget session of Parliament in the Lok Sabha, in New Delhi | PTI Photo / TV GRAB

Angel Mohan | IndiaSpend New Delhi

The recently concluded budget session was the least productive in four years for the Lok Sabha (lower house of Parliament), where four in five hours stipulated for business were lost due to interruptions, according to an analysis by PRS Legislative Research, a think tank. The 2015 budget session was the most productive for the Lok Sabha, when it conducted business for 122% of the stipulated time.

Rs 1.98 billion of taxpayer money was lost due to interruptions and forced adjournments in the lower house this session, according to IndiaSpend