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Statistical Handbook 2019 STATISTICAL HANDBOOK 2019 MINISTRY OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS GOVERNMENT OF INDIA https://mpa.gov.in PREFACE The Statistical Handbook, a publication of the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, contains information/data relating to the activities of both Houses of Parliament and the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs as well. The Handbook covers the period upto 31 March, 2019. It is hoped, this Handbook will prove to be a useful document for Government officials and also will make an interesting reading for academician, students and all those who are interested to know and study the activities of Parliament. Adequate care has been taken to make the Hand Book comprehensive and accurate. However, suggestions for improvement and correction of errors which may have inadvertently crept into it would be duly acknowledged. I would like to place on record my appreciation to the officers and staff of the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs involved in collection and compilation of this Hand Book. (SURENDRA NATH TRIPATHI) Secretary Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs New Delhi, Dated the 3rd April, 2019 1 CONTENTS LEGISLATIVE MATTERS Table No. Subject 1. Dates of poll, constitution, first sitting, expiration of the term and dissolution of Lok Sabha since 1952 (First to Sixteenth Lok Sabhas). 2. Statement showing the dates of constitution, dissolution, etc. of various Lok Sabahs since 1952. 3. Dates of issue of summons, commencement, adjournment sine-die, prorogation, sittings and duration of various sessions of Lok Sabhas held since 1952. (―Bǁ in column 1 stand for Budget Session). 4. Dates of issue of summons, commencement, adjournment sine-die, prorogation, sittings and duration of various sessions of Rajya Sabhas held since 1952. 5. Statement showing the interval of less than 15 days between the issue of summons to Members of Lok Sabha and dates of commencement of sessions since 1962. 6. Statement showing the interval of less than 15 days between the issue of summons to Members of Rajya Sabha and dates of commencement of sessions since 1989. 7. Statement showing the names and dates of appointment etc. of the Speaker Pro tem. 8. Statement showing the dates of election, names of Speaker and Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha. 9. Dates of election of the Speaker, Lok Sabha and constitution of the Departmentally related Standing Committees since 1993. 10. Statement showing the dates of election, names of the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha. 11. Duration of recess during Budget Session since 1993. 12. Statement showing the details regarding sessions of the Lok Sabha etc. when the House remained unprorogued for more than 15 days. 13. Statement showing the details regarding sessions of the Rajya Sabha etc. when the House remained unprorogued for more than 6 days. 14. Dates of presentation of Interim (General and Railway) Budgets in Lok Sabha and Duration of the sessions in which presented. 15. Vote of Accounts taken twice during a financial year. 16. Statistical information regarding number of sessions, sittings held, Bills introduced, Passed and Lapsed and Number of various discussions held on Non-official motions. 17. Number of Bills passed by both Houses of Parliament, Session-wise during each Lok Sabha since 1952. 2 18. Number of sittings of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, number of Bills passed by both Houses of Parliament, year-wise since 1952. 19. List of Government Bills pending in Rajya Sabha after dissolution of 15th Lok Sabha and conclusion of 230th Session of Rajya Sabha. 19-A. List of Government Bills lapsed on the dissolution of 15th Lok Sabha in term of article 107(5) of the Constitution. 20. Ordinances promulgated by the President (since 1952) 21. Dates of delivery of President‘s address, Names of Mover and Seconder, Dates of discussion on Motion of Thanks in the two Houses. 22. Certain statistical data regarding Motion of Thanks on the President‘s Address. 23. Sittings of Houses of Parliament held on Saturdays/Holidays for presentation of General Budget. 24. Date and time of presentation of General Budget in Lok Sabha and whether business transacted after its presentation/laying in two Houses. 25. Dates of presentation, general discussion on the General and Railway Budgets etc. in the Lok Sabha since 1952. 26. Dates of general discussion on General and Railway Budgets and consideration and return of Appropriation Bills relating to the Demands for Grants by the Rajya Sabha since 1952. 27. Discussions held on Government Motions in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha since 1993. 28. No -Confidence Motions discussed in the Lok Sabha and their outcome since 1952. 29. Confidence Motions so far listed/discussed in Lok Sabha. 30. Statement showing time lost on adjournment in two Houses due to interruptions during the term of the 14 th Lok Sabha and corresponding period of the Rajya Sabha. 30-A. Statement showing time lost on adjournment in two Houses due to interruptions during the term of the 15 th Lok Sabha and corresponding period of the Rajya Sabha. 30-B. 16th Lok Sabhaupto Budget Session, 2016 31. Demands for Grants of Ministries discussed in Lok Sabha during the Budget Session since 1993. 32. Details of the Ministries whose working were discussed in the Rajya Sabha since 1993. 33. Private Members‘ Bills passed by Parliament since 1952 so far. RULE 377/SPECIAL MENTIONS 34. Matters raised under Rule 377 in the Lok Sabha and Special Mentions made in Rajya Sabha and their pendency position, session-wise. 3 TRAINING COURSES 35. Orientation Courses held for the officers of the Central Ministries / Departments. 36. Orientation Courses held for the officers of the State Governments. 37. Workshop on Managing Legislative Business for officers of various Ministries/Departments CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEES 38. List of various Consultative Committees constituted for various Ministries. 39. List of Ministries where Consultative Committees could not be constituted for want of requisite number of Members. 40. Statement showing Consultative Committees meetings held during the period from 1.01.2016 to 31.03.2019. 41. List of Members of Parliament nominated as Permanent Special Invitees (PSI) to the Consultative Committees of various Ministries / Departments. GOVERNMENT SPONSORED DELEGATIONS OF PARLIAMENTARIANS 42. Government sponsored Goodwill Delegations of Parliamentarians sent abroad by the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs. 43. Foreign Delegations received by Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs. LEADERS OF HOUSES/LEADERS OF OPPOSITION/LEADERS MEETINGS/AIWCS 44. Name of Leaders of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha of Parliament since 1952. 45. Statement indicating the names of the Leaders of Opposition alongwith their Party etc. since November 1st 1977 when the Salary and Allowances of Leaders of Opposition in Parliament Act 1977 came into force. 46. Meetings with Leader of various Political Parties/Groups. 47. Statement showing the details of All India Whip‘s Conference held by the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs. 48. Statement showing the Salary and Allowances and other facilities admissible to MPs. 49. Facilities extended to Ex-Members of Parliament. 4 YOUTH PARLIAMENT COMPETITION 50. Details of the Youth Parliament Competitions for the Schools of NCT of Delhi and NDMC since 1966. 51. Details of the Youth Parliament Competitions held between 1983-88 among Kendriya Vidyalayas located in and around Delhi. 52. Details of the National Youth Parliament Competitions for the Kendriya Vidyalayas initiated from 1988. 53. Details of the National Youth Parliament Competitions for Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas since 1997 – 98. 54. Details of the National Youth Parliament Competitions for Universities/ Colleges initiated from 1997 – 98. 55. Details of Orientation Courses held since 1988 for organisation of the Youth Parliament Competitions in Delhi and NDMC Schools. 56. Details of Orientation Courses held for organisation of Youth Parliament Competitions in Kendriya Vidyalayas. 57. Details of Orientation Courses held for organisation of National Youth Parliament Competitions in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas. 58. Details of Orientation Courses held for organisation of National Youth Parliament Competitions in Universities/ Colleges. HINDI 59. मंालय मे हदी सलाहकार सिमितयो के गठन तथा बैठक क ितिथयाँ ASSURANCES 60. Details of Assurances extracted/fulfilled during 1956 to 31st December, 2017. ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS 61. List of Telephone Nos. of Ministers and Officers in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs. 62. List of Secretaries of the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs. 63. List of Employees of the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs. 5 TABLE-1 DATES OF POLL, CONSTITUTION, FIRST SITTING, EXPIRATION OF THE TERM AND DISSOLUTION OF LOK SABHA SINCE 1952 (First to Sixteenth Lok Sabha) Lok Sabha Last date Date of the Date of Date of the Date of Date of of poll constitution constitution of first sitting expiration of dissolution Lok Sabha Government/ term (Article Cabinet 83(2) of the Constitution 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 First 21.02.52 02.04.52 13.05.52 13.05.52 12.05.57 04.04.57 Second 15.03.57 05.04.57 17.04.57 10.05.57 09.05.62 31.03.62 Third 25.02.62 02.04.62 10.04.62 16.04.62 15.04.67 03.03.67 Fourth 21.02.67 04.03.67 13.03.67 16.03.67 15.03.72 *27.12.70 Fifth 10.03.71 15.03.71 18.03.71 19.03.71 18.03.77 *18.01.77 Sixth 20.03.77 23.03.77 24.03.77 25.03.77 24.03.82 *22.08.79 Seventh 06.01.80 10.01.80 14.01.80 21.01.80 20.01.85 31.12.84 Eighth 28.12.84 31.12.84 31.12.84 15.01.85 14.01.90 27.11.89 Ninth 26.11.89 02.12.89 02.12.89 18.12.89 17.12.94 *13.03.91 Tenth 15.06.91 20.06.91 21.06.91 09.07.91 08.07.96 10.05.96 Eleventh 07.05.96 15.05.96 16.05.96 22.05.96 21.05.2001 *04.12.97 Twelfth 07.03.98 10.03.98 19.03.98 23.03.98 22.03.2003 *26.04.99 Thirteenth 04.10.99 10.10.99 13.10.99 20.10.99 19.10.2004 *06.02.2004 Fourteenth 10.05.04 17.05.04 22.05.04 02.06.04 01.06.09 18.5.2009 Fifteenth 13.05.09 18.05.09 22.05.09 01.06.09 31.05.14 18.05.14 Sixteenth 12.05.14 18.05.14 26.05.14 04.06.14 03.06.19 * 1.
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