New Delhi: The Budget session of Parliament concluded Wednesday with passage of “record official business in
recent years” but the government failed to ensure passage of the controversial land acquisition bill as also key reform
measure of GST amid stiff resistance from Oopposition.“The Budget Session has proven to be most productive
during the last decade with the Lok Sabha working 117 per centof the scheduled working hours and the Rajya Sabha reported a productivity of 101 per cent,” the government claimed. “In terms of number of bills passed by both the houses, the highest number of 24 bills were passed by both the houses during this budget session, the best in the last five years,” parliamentary affairs minister Venkaiah Naidu said. The second phase of the budget session of Lok Sabha started April 20 in an atmosphere surcharged over the Land Bill as several Opposition parties had made a common cause to resist it.