Cost of running Parliament sessions: know where your money is going

How much does it cost to run the Parliament?

Approximately, it costs around Rs 2.5 lakhs per minute to run the parliament and in the last sessions were the least fruitful of the decade.

Sessions of the Parliament of the year

The money earned by hard-working taxpayers gets wasted which is meant for deliberating upon policies and legislating laws for the welfare of people.

Tax payer's money going waste

One fruitless session of the parliament means a huge loss of money and time meant for deliberating upon policies and legislating laws for the welfare of the people.

The last session before elections

During the last session of the term, the 17th Lok Sabha functioned for 230 sitting days only which displays the productivity of the lower house,

Lowest productivity hit

Of all the Lok Sabhas that completed the full five-year term, the 16th Lok Sabha had the lowest number of sitting days (331) that happened during Modis reign.

Budget session

As per the PRS report in the Budget Session, Lok Sabha functioned for only 45.9 hours out of 133.6 targeted hours and Rajya Sabha worked for just over 32.3 hours out of the targeted 130 hours.