Vital Stats Functioning of 16Th Lok Sabha (2014-2019)
Vital Stats Functioning of 16th Lok Sabha (2014-2019) The 16th Lok Sabha held its sessions between June 2014 to February 2019. During the 16th Lok Sabha, 133 Bills were passed and 45 Ordinances were promulgated. Some of the major issues discussed in Parliament were the agrarian crisis in the country, inflation, and various natural calamities. Second lowest hours of work done by Lok Sabha in any full term Lok Sabha Total hours of work done by Lok Sabha . The 16th Lok Sabha worked for a total number of 5,000 1,615 hours, 20% more than the 15th Lok Sabha. However, this is 40% lower than the average of all full 4,000 term Lok Sabhas (2,689 hours). 3,000 . There has been a general decline in the number of sitting days. The 16th Lok Sabha sat for 331 days. On 2,000 average, full term Lok Sabhas sat for 468 days. This Lok Sabha lost 16% of its scheduled time to 1,000 disruptions, better than the 15th Lok Sabha (37%), but worse than the 14th Lok Sabha (13%). - . Rajya Sabha lost 36% of its scheduled time. In the th th LS 2 LS 3 LS 7 LS 8 LS LS 1 LS 15 and 14 Lok Sabhas, it lost 32% and 14% of its *LS 4 *LS 6 *LS 9 *LS LS 13 LS LS 10LS 14LS 15LS 16LS **LS 5 *LS 12 *LS *LS 11 *LS scheduled time, respectively. Note: * less than 5 years; ** 6 year term 32% of time spent on legislative business, second highest than previous Lok Sabhas Time spent on various roles 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% LS 1 LS 2 LS 3 LS 4* LS 5** LS 6* LS 7 LS 8 LS 9* LS 10 LS 11* LS 12* LS 13 LS 14 LS 15 LS 16 Legislative Question Hour Financial Other Note: *less than 5 years; ** 6 year term .
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