# Parliament loses 7,023 minutes, Rs 175 crore in session washout 2026-08-15T18:10:40+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet India's Parliament lost 7,023 minutes of working time during the recent session, costing an estimated Rs 175 crore, as repeated disruptions turned proceedings into a bitter Government-versus-Opposition standoff, Times Now reports. Crucial legislative business was stalled as both sides remained locked in confrontation, with politics taking centre stage over parliamentary functioning. The deadlock has raised questions about whether political defiance has trumped the work of Sansad. The figures highlight the financial and time cost of the impasse, though no details of specific bills or agenda items affected were provided in the report. ## Coverage - timesnownews.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Government of India, Lok Sabha, Parliament, Rajya Sabha, Times Now Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/parliament-loses-7023-minutes-rs-175-crore-in-session-washout/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/parliament-loses-7023-minutes-rs-175-crore-in-session-washout/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/