Assembly worked for just 88 hours in 29 days Hyderabad, March 29 (INN): The budget session of the State Legislative Assembly which started on February 13 concluded on Thursday with the State Government passing the Appropriation Bill without debate.
According to the statistics, the Assembly functioned for 29 days and worked for 88 hours and 14 minutes. However, on an average, the assembly worked for a little over three hours on each working day to discuss and pass a budget of Rs 1.45 lakh crore.
As many 127 Starred Questions were answered orally and 40 answers to Un-starred Questions included in the lists and circulated to the MLAs.
While just seven Short Notice Questions were answered, 213 supplementary questions were answered. Similarly, 93 Starred Questions, 24 Un-starred Questions and 23 SNQs were placed on the Table of the House on Thursday.
As many as 173 MLAs made speeches during the session and the ministers made three statements on different issues.
Further, 11 Bills were introduced and 17 Bills were passed during the budget session. The House also had a short discussion on power situation.
At the end of ninth session of the present assembly, the party position as on Thursday was:
Congress - 154; TDP - 86; TRS - 16; AIMIM - 7; CPI - 4; BJP - 3; CPI (M) - 1; Lok Satta - 1; YSR Congress - 2; Independents - 3 and one nominated member.
A total of 17 seats are lying vacant due to the disqualification of 16 rebel MLAs and resignation of PRP MLA Shoba Nagi Reddy.
News Posted: 29 March, 2012
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