NEW DELHI: The furore over demonetisation put paid to the best laid plans with Parliament functioning in this session dropping to a mere 17%, the worst in the last six years.This is the sharpest dip since the Modi government came to power and comes only second to the 2010 winter session when UPA was in charge. That session notched an average productivity of just 4% which was the worst in 25 years.Data collated by PRS Legislative Research indicates that productivity of Lok Sabha was just at 15% and Rajya Sabha was at 19% in the 2016 winter session as it draws to a close on Friday . So far in the current Parliament, the average productivity of Lok Sabha has been 93% and that of Rajya Sabha stands at 72%. Both the Houses of Parliament saw repeated disruptions on the issue of demonetisation. While Lok Sabha lost 97 hours to disruptions, Rajya Sabha lost 90 hours.Both Houses also had the least productive question hour in the 16th Lok Sabha. As a result of repeated disruptions, only 1% of the questions could be answered orally in Rajya Sabha. This has been one of the least productive question hour sessions for Rajya Sabha since 2004.Two recent instances when question hour performance of the Upper House recorded a blank were in the winter sessions of 2010 and 2013. In the current session, 13% of the questions could be answered orally in Lok Sabha. Only 5% of the planned legislative business could be transacted.At the beginning of the session, 19 bills were listed for consideration and passage. Only one was passed by Parliament. Out of the nine bills listed for introduction, three were introduced.Three other bills, that were not listed initially , were introduced. Worse still, the bills introduced and passed by either House were done without any discussion.Lok Sabha passed the Taxation Laws (Second Amendment) Bill, 2016 within an hour of introduction, with no MPs participating in the discussion. Rajya Sabha passed the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2014 also within an hour.