Average age of MPs elected to 18th Lok Sabha stands at 56: PRS Legislative ResearchPRS Legislative Research analysis: Average age of 18th Lok Sabha MPs is 56 (down from 59). BJP leads with 240 seats, followed by Congress (...
06 Jun, 2024, 01.02 PM IST
UP, U'khand, Manipur assemblies see rise in number of MLAs aged above 55After the recent round of elections, the state assemblies of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Manipur have acquired an elder profile owing to...
13 Mar, 2022, 02.36 PM IST
Pandemic, lockdown affected sittings of legislatures in 2020, says reportIn 2020, Karnataka met for the highest 31 days, followed by Rajasthan 29 days, and Himachal Pradesh 25 days. Kerala dropped from an average...
04 Jun, 2021, 07.00 PM IST
Karnataka assembly clears BBMP bill proposing changes in city administrationA joint select committee headed by BJP MLA from CV Raman Nagar S Raghu proposed changes to the BBMP’s structure and that has been incorpora...
11 Dec, 2020, 11.17 AM IST
Govt mulling extension of ongoing Parliament session by 2-3 days: SourceAt the BJP's parliamentary party meeting on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said the session can be extended, if required.
19 Jul, 2019, 11.25 AM IST
Current Lok Sabha session most productive in 20 yearsNew session which has already functioned for over 150 hours till July 16 has registered record productivity of 128% already.
18 Jul, 2019, 07.35 AM IST
Parliament approves Autism billThe bill, which was passed by Lok Sabha on Thursday, had been approved by the Rajya Sabha last week.
20 Dec, 2018, 05.53 PM IST
Monsoon session: Most productive for Lok Sabha since 2000According to the data compiled by PRS Legislative Research, 20 bills were introduced during the session and 12 were passed.
10 Aug, 2018, 10.18 PM IST
18 Bills listed for passage in Monsoon session of ParliamentNine of these bills, which includes Whistle Blowers Bill and the National Commission for Backward Classes Bill have been passed by Lok Sabh...
15 Jul, 2017, 09.25 PM IST
Lok Sabha passes Railways appropriation billsThe Railways' revenue for 2017-18 is estimated at Rs 1,78,350 crore, recording a 9 per cent increase from the revised estimates of 2016-17.
20 Mar, 2017, 05.57 PM IST
97 bills get nod during PM Narendra Modi's regimeOf the bills passed by both Houses were 70 legislative bills and 27 finance and appropriation bills, according to data collected by PRS Leg...
10 Aug, 2016, 11.08 AM IST
Haryana Assembly met for only 56 days in five yearsThe outgoing Haryana assembly has met for only 56 days in five years, an average of 11 days a year.
26 Sep, 2014, 03.49 AM IST
Winds of change: Productivity of Lok Sabha climbs to 103%The 16th Lok Sabha recorded a productivity of 103%, in sharp contrast to the 15th Lok Sabha that worked for only 61% of the scheduled time.
02 Aug, 2014, 11.17 AM IST
Foreign funds in legislative research body come under Home Ministry scrutinyMembers of Parliament may not know that the organisation that’s built a reputation helping MPs has been under home ministry scrutiny, and m...
17 Mar, 2014, 01.42 AM IST
This Lok Sabha cleared 17% of bills in less than five minutesAccording to an analysis by PRS Legislative Research, of the 118 bills passed so far by this Lok Sabha, only 23%, or 27 bills, have been pa...
07 Feb, 2014, 11.16 AM IST
- Worst Lok Sabha session in 25 yrs’
The Lok Sabha session that was adjourned sine die on Monday will go down as the worst in terms of legislative performance in the last 25 ye...
14 Dec, 2010, 05.17 AM IST
- Students to work as interns for MPs
PRS Legislative Research has roped in ten students as interns for a period of ten weeks.
09 Aug, 2007, 10.50 AM IST