The government's argument came as the Opposition pushed certain reform bills in an apparent bid to delay their implementation.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu also attacked the Opposition for sending the land bill and other bills to parliamentary committees, saying, "They have no moral right to criticise our legislation."
He alleged that the Opposition makes allegations but does not hear the government and said, "This is not fair and not a healthy democracy" and the Opposition should understand.
"This session was very constructive as a number of pending legislations were cleared. During the last one year there have been 90 sittings of Lok Sabha, the highest in last 10 years. Rajya Sabha has also had 87 sittings, which is also a record. Both the Houses have passed 47 bills, the best in the last six years," Naidu said.
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Naidu said during the first year government sent all bills to the standing committees but noted that "this is not good".
"There is need to consider whether the bills should be referred to the Standing Committee," he said, adding that the "Opposition should think about its role in Parliament."
The minister said that the Rajya Sabha passed 25 bills and the Lok Sabha 24, the best of the Budget sessions of the last six years. Lok Sabha worked for 117 per cent of scheduled time while the productivity of Rajya Sabha was 101 per cent.