Maximum Bill Passes In the Parliament in 67 Years

Maximum Bill Passes In the Parliament in 67 Years

The Parliament has created the record by passing maximum bills inits first session after the Lok Sabha elections in the last 67 years.

Lok Sabha passed 36 Bills, out of which, in seven cases, therewas recorded voting (21 percent) at some point during the discussion which ishigher than the 16th Lok Sabha, in which, recorded voting was calledfor 8 percent of the Bills.

Lok Sabha worked for 281 hours, which is 135 percent of thescheduled hours in the first budget session after the newly elected Modigovernment took charge which is higher than any other session in the past 20years. The session was extended by the Centre in order to complete legislativebusiness.

According to PRS Legislative, additionally, Lok Sabha spent 46percent of its time on legislative business. The corresponding figure for RajyaSabha is 51 percent.

It may be mentioned that thirty-eight bills were introduced inthe Parliament during the session out of which 28 were passed by both theHouses which is highest for any session in the last 10 years.

Five out of the 28 bills passed in the Parliament have beenscrutinized by committees in some form during the period of the previous LokSabha. A total of 36 percent of questions were answered orally in the Lok Sabhawhich is the highest in the last 20 years.

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