Rajya Sabha Functional Hours

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  Rajya Sabha Spent 28 Percent Of Functional Time To Make Laws Between 1978-2018

  The Rajya Sabha spends 40 per cent of its functional time deliberating on issues of public importance, 32 per cent time ensuring accountability of the executive and 28 per cent in making laws, a survey has revealed.

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  Allow Rajya Sabha To Function Smoothly, Only 3 Days Left: Venkaiah Naidu

  The Rajya Sabha today functioned smoothly and completed the zero and question hours for the first time in this Winter Session of Parliament. Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu, appealed to the members to "see to it that the House functions" as very few working days are left in the session

• Rajnath Singh's Two-Hour Reply Tests the Patience of MPs

  Home Minister Rajnath Singh - replying to a debate on his ministry's functioning in the Rajya Sabha today - spoke for over two hours straight, prompting the Congress's Satyavrat Chaturvedi to pledge that he would not ask the minister a question again.

• Rajya Sabha Question Hour, Zero Hour Timings Changed

  In an apparent move to ensure its smooth functioning, the Rajya Sabha will have its Question Hour at 12 noon from the next session of parliament while the Zero Hour has been slotted for 11 am as soon as the House assembles for the day.

• Hamid Ansari calls rules committee meeting to break Rajya Sabha deadlock

  Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari has called for a meeting of the Rules Committee today to try and get the House to function again and conduct the Question Hour smoothly. After many days were lost to the deadlock over Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail till last week, parties are now disrupting proceedings over the Wal-Mart lobby...

• BJP moves notice to suspend Question Hour to debate Lokpal Bill

  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asked the Opposition to allow Parliament to function in the Budget Session that began on Monday, but the BJP is working to its own plan. On Day 2 of the session, today, the BJP has moved a notice to suspend the Question Hour for a discussion on the Lokpal Bill in the Rajya Sabha. A demand that puts it on collision cour...

• BJP wants discussion on Lokpal Bill in Rajya Sabha today

  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has asked the Opposition to allow Parliament to function in the Budget Session that began on Monday, but the BJP is working to its own plan. On Day 2 of the session, today, it wants Question Hour suspended for a discussion on the Lokpal Bill in the Rajya Sabha.