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The Monsoon session of parliament was held between July 21 and August 21, 2025.  Both Houses functioned for 21 days as originally scheduled.

However, two-thirds of the planned time was lost to disruptions. This affected Question Hour particularly hard – the Lok Sabha worked for 23% while the Rajya Sabha worked for 6% of the scheduled Question Hour.

Several Bills were also passed without discussion amidst the disruption. Each House reserves time on Friday afternoons to take up Bills and Resolutions proposed by private members; this was not taken up during this Session. The Lok Sabha continues to function without a deputy speaker – a constitutional requirement – for over six years now.

This note looks at the functioning of both the Houses during this period.

Both Houses functioned for about a third of their scheduled time. This was the lowest functioning seen during the 18th Lok Sabha.

FS is First Session, BS is Budget Session, MS is Monsoon Session, and WS is Winter Session.

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