NEW DELHI: The Monsoon Session of Parliament will be carried out from July 18 until August 10; parliamentary affairs minister Ananth Kumar informed.

 He also said that the session will comprise 18 working days.

On a related note, the previous Parliamentary session means the budget session in April - was a complete washout.

During that session, Lok Sabha (LS) members spent just 1% of its allotted time on legislative affairs even while the Rajya Sabha (RS) members spent 6%.

In total, 250 hours were worn out while most heated issues like the PNB scam and alleged dilution of the SC/ST Act couldn't come up for debate.

As per the PRS legislative research, the most recent Parliamentary session was the least creative budget session since 2000. The research said the Upper House spent only three minutes on government bills. On the other hand it was only 14 minutes spent for the Lower House.

The study also said though the Upper House spent 2 hours, 31 minutes in discussing legislative affairs, it spent only three minutes of this time on government bills.

The rest of the time was used up for private members' bills. The Lok Sabha spent 19 minutes on legislative affairs, of which 14 minutes were used up in approving two government bills.

In all, the Lok Sabha passed five bills while the Rajya Sabha passed one. These are the smallest number since 2014.