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Member of Parliament Legislative Performance Report

DELHI REPORT 2019 - 2020 Make an informed choice ? ? ? ?

Flip over to find out if attended decisive parliamentary sessions regularly for played an active role in parliamentary proceedings for YOUR asked questions in parliament on pertinent issues for lived up to the promises made to YOU addressed the issues that are cared about by MP wisely utilised the annual allocation of funds for

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HARSH MANOJ VARDHAN TIWARI BJP BJP

CHANDNI NORTH EAST CHOWK

GAUTAM MEENAKASHI GAMBHIR LEKHI BJP BJP

EAST DELHI

HANS RAJ PARVESH HANS VERMA BJP BJP

NORTH WEST DELHI

RAMESH BIDHURSHS BJP SOUTH DELHI WHAT DOES AN MP DO?

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nion and Concurrent List. The list is rather voluminous, but the major areas are: areas are: but the majorbut the major list is rather voluminous, list is rather voluminous, List. The List. The and Concurrent and Concurrent nion nion through its its its through through for for responsible responsible MP is MP is an an what what defines defines of of India Constitution Constitution The The e eibe eed e eibe eed national and policy issues. While MPs are entitled to spend are broader scheme), their primary responsibilities local needs of their constituency (as part of the MPLAD local needs of their constituency (as part Data from June 2019 - March 2020 Why are Bills important *First 3 sessions between June 2019 and March 2020 Bis Proposed It shows initiative taken by your MP in drafting innovative policies. We could not conduct MPLAD analysis due to unavailability of information from respective departments/websites. We even reached out to the local offices and ministry officials responsible for HRSH maintaining MPLAD data, but received no response. VRDH

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Mrshi i SOUTH Parliamentary Committees DELHI Why are parliamentary committees important Tells you what issues your MP Though in the sessions of the house, question hour and debates are often covered cares about ? by the media, the actual parliamentary machinery runs in the back office in the No. of years spent in a committee and type form of parliamentary committees. This is where the complex task of examining of committee are two parameters that bills, policies and grants for various ministries are carried out. This is how an MP define the interest/concerns of the MP and gets involved with influencing policy. the area they has focused on.

It’s an eualier The information presented below It comprises of members of both houses of parliament across an array of parties, indicates the type of parliamentary large or small, thus leveling the playing field. It gives opportunities to committees and years of participation https://mcdonline.nic.in/ndmcportal/ independent/small party MPs as much as members of a major party. by MPs. HRSH VRDH MJ TIWRI GTM GMBHIR T PPLICBLE ( YRS) . COMMITTEE ON ETERNAL AAIRS . COMMITEE ON RAN DEVELOPMENT MEESHI LEHI (MEMBER) (MEMBER) TTL CTRIBTI . YRS. TTL CTRIBTI . YRS. . COMMITTEE ON PLIC NDERTAINS (CHAIRPERSON) HS RJ HS COMMITTEE ON ETERNAL AAIRS COMMITTEE ON ETERNAL AAIRS RMESH BIDHRI NORTH . (MEMBER) . (MEMBER) TTL CTRIBTI . YRS. COMMITTEE ON WELARE O DELHI . COMMITTEE ON PRIVILEES . OTHER ACWARD CLASSES (MEMBER) (MEMBER) PRVESH VERM COMMITTEE ON PETROLEM ENERAL PRPOSE COMMITTEE ESTIMATE COMMITTEE . . AND NATRAL AS (CHAIRPERSON) . (MEMBER) (MEMBER)

OINT COMMITTEE ON THE PERSONAL COMMITTEE ON INANCE ENERAL COMMITTEE . . (MEMBER) . (MEMBER) ? DATA PROTECTION ILL, 2019 (CHAIRPERSON) TTL CTRIBTI . YRS. TTL CTRIBTI . YRS. TTL CTRIBTI . YRS. Data Range: une 2019 to March 2020 Source: Loksabha.nic.in 6 7 Do Jus Vo S Let the guessing cease. Let the truth unleash What this report won’t do: This is our 5th MP Performance Report: We have made these available for free to citizens & news media in 2011, 2014, 2015 & 2019. As you perhaps know, we are completely reliant on individual contributions to do this work. If you feel this is a valuable service to safeguard de- Make you a Superhero mocracy in our cities, then consider supporting our work. It will rekindle our faith in collective Lets not fool ourselves, just reading this report is not going to Solve Anything! civil action to hold those in power accountable towards the sacrosanct duty we have elected them to perform https://pages.razorpay.com/informedvoterproject What can you do: Become a vigilante of progressive Democracy Track your MP’s performance; communicate their achievements and shortcomings to them directly.

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