Less than 30 per cent of the time was spent on legislative business. This includes the time spent on discussing and passing Bills”: Reports ...

Mumbai: As the country is all set to constitute the 18th Lok Sabha, the Indian parliament is getting older with 52% of the Members of Parliament are above 55 years of age. A latest research about the ...

Around 89% of the 2024 union budget was passed without discussion, highlighted in an analysis report by the PRS Legislative Research. The research also highlighted that while the budget of only four ...

The state Assemblies in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh met for just 16 days in 2024, lower than the national average of 20 days, showed an analysis by non-profit research group PRS Legislative ...

The Question Hour during the Winter Session of the Parliament was “one of the least productive” of the 16th Lok Sabha, think-tank PRS Legislative Research has said. The Winter Session of the ...

Parliament spent less than 30 per cent of its working time this year on legislative business, including debating and passing ...

The Monsoon session of parliament, which ended today, was the "most productive" for Lok Sabha since 2000, a think tank has said. According to the data compiled by PRS Legislative Research, 20 bills ...

A Special Session of Parliament is being convened from September 18-22. Lok Sabha functioned for only 43 per cent of its scheduled time and Rajya Sabha 55 per cent in the just-concluded Monsoon ...

The 17th Lok Sabha, which is entering its final year, has functioned for 230 sitting days so far. Of all the Lok Sabhas that completed the full five-year term, the 16th Lok Sabha had the lowest number ...

Read these five democracy books and meet M R Madhavan, who tells us why “Game of Thrones” is essential reading for anybody investigating democracy On Thursday, we discussed Midnight’s Borders by ...

The argument in favour of ‘productivity’ must be re-examined. Prioritizing the volume of legislations over their quality and their referral to standing committees eviscerates the deliberative nature ...