new delhi rajya sabha reported productivity of 269 per cent during the first week of the ongoing monsoon session the house transacted business only for one hour 16 minutes during the first three days of the week while it improved to 5 hours 31 minutes during the last two daysa total of 18 hours and 44 minutes of the scheduled sitting time of the house has been lost due to disruptions and forced adjournmentsa discussion of around twoandahalfhour accounting for 37 per cent of the total functional time on a private members bill on the right to health on friday on the last day of the week helped in improving the productivity of the housethe question hour could be taken up only on the last two days for a total time of 1 hour 50 minutes amounting to 27 per cent of the total functional time of the housesome sections of the house insisted on taking up discussion on price rise and gst hike under rule 267 suspending rules for taking up this issue this led to disruptions and forced adjournments of the houselok sabha chairman m venkaiah naidu informed the house that it has been decided to take up a separate discussion on price risehe also spoke to some leaders of the opposition seeking return of normalcy in the house leader of the house piyush goyal also stated in the house that such a discussion can be taken up once the finance minister recovered from the covid19 infectionduring the first week of the current session 22 of the 75 listed starred questions were orally replied to in the house five special mentions were made by the membersthe weapons of mass destruction and their delivery systems prevention of unlawful activities bill 2022 was discussed for 42 minutes with 8 members participating nine private members bills were introduced during the weekthirty newly elected members made oathaffirmation in the house