It is shocking to see the deterioration in the working of Parliament in the recent past. The overall productivity of the fifteenth Lok Sabha was just 61 per cent. From 1952 to 1967, each of the three Lok Sabhas sat for an average of 600 days and more than 3,700 hours. In comparison, the fifteenth Lok Sabha—from 2009 till 2013—met for 357 days and 1,338 hours.
