MPs spent least amount of time passing Budget since 2000
The amount of time spent by the Parliament over deliberating the Budget 2018 was lowest since 2000, according to data collated by the non-profit PRS Legislative Research. The Members of Parliament spent less than a day to approve the Budget exceeding â¹24 lakh crore. Lok Sabha MPs spent 14.5 hours deliberating the budget while Rajya Sabha MPs spent 10.9 hours.