DONT JUST VOTE, SELECT! 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 1 Do you know Who your MP is? HARSH MANOJ VARDHAN TIWARI BJP BJP CHANDNI NORTH EAST CHOWK DELHI GAUTAM MEENAKASHI GAMBHIR LEKHI BJP BJP EAST NEW DELHI DELHI HANS RAJ PARVESH HANS VERMA BJP BJP NORTH WEST WEST DELHI DELHI RAMESH BIDHURSHS BJP SOUTH DELHI WHAT DOES AN MP DO? It’s not opinion. It’s analysis. Delhi org 2 3 Priry Rsosiiiis of MPs uestion of usios The Constitution of India defines what an MP is responsible for through its Why are Parliamentary uestions It is an MP’s way to get to know the impact of national policies on their constituency. It is their nion and Concurrent List. The list is rather voluminous, but the major areas are: asked by MPs Important alternative to RTI and an equalizer between independent MPs and star members of a party! DEFENSE FOREIGN RAILWAYS NATIONAL PORTS AVIATION BANKI SOCIAL Number of questions asked Total number of questions asked by MP in parliament IRS HIGHWAYS SIPPIG FINANC SECURITY Top five ministries first 3 sessions June 2019 and March 2020 National Average 49 questions ESTIS ESTIS MIISTRY ME Data Source: loksabha.nic.in Source: Data TRAD HEAV ENERGY LABOUR PRIMAR LAW JUSTIC TAXATION HERITAGE COMMERC INDUSTRIES POWER EMPLOYMENT HIGHER COURTS PRESERVATION * Harsh Vardhan is a minister in the EDUCATION Union Cabinet. Ministers don't ask questions, participate in debates, etc. / / as they represent the government. HARSH VARDHAN Sory Rsosiiiis of MPs ENVIORNMENT, FORESTS While MPs are entitled to spend R eye on AND CLIMATE CHANE local needs of their constituency (as part of the MPLAD RRAL DEVELOPMENT scheme), their primary responsibilities are broader national and policy issues. e NOT te iy AI SHATI IS SII RDS PS R SPP e eibe eed S MM DRI RDS OOD PROCESSIN INDSTRIES AYSH MANO TIWARI 92 ENVIORNMENT, FORESTS Data from June 2019 - March 2020 AND CLIMATE CHANE Source: prsindia.org Source: LAOR AND EMPLOYMENT INV AI SHATI ISIBLE65%59% National Average 84% HOME AAIRS 60% 80% TORISM 42 ATAM AMHIR H E A HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE L L T I H V ARICLTRE AND Y E W ARMERS WELARE H 82% I E R H A ENVIORNMENT, FORESTS E L E A T AND CLIMATE CHANE L H T Y HOSIN AND H LL E Y II RAN AAIRS L L VV 88% B I E 94% V87% E A W PETROLIM AND E W MEENAASHI LEHI 96 C I W NATRAL AS II L RR P I R EE P E HOSIN AND A 98%98% Attendance 99% RAN AAIRS T 100% O N in Parliament HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE TORISM Why is attendance in parliament important MICRO SMALL & The below data represents the number of days the MP has attended MEDIM ENTERPRISE LAWS & STICE HANS RA HANS 15 parliament during the three sessions that were conducted between une 2019 and March 2020. The MP’s role is to represent their HOME AAIRS constituency in the parliament for which it is very important for them HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARECE GPL SHETTY IRIT SMIY RHL SHEWLE RVID SWT HS RJ PRVESH VERM MEESHI LEHI RMESH BIDHRI GJ IRTIR to attend the sessions regularly. GTM GMBHIR MJ TIWRI HRSH VRDH PM MHJ WOMAN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT HOSIN AND RAN AAIRS 03 7 09 03 0 0 Why is participation ARICLTRE AND PARVESH VERMA 11 19 ARMERS WELARE 101 Priiio in debates important 21 / 14 It shows their active participation HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE in Debates on various issues in parliament. AI SHATI “Data range: 3 sessions between June 2019 and March 2020” 37.9 ETERNAL AAIRS 35 National Average Data Source: loksabha.nic.in (16 sessions) ENVIORNMENT, FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANE 57 SILL DEVELOPMENT RAMESH IDHRI 4 AND ENTREPRENERSHIP 5 18 17 National Average (3 sessions) 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 NA i https://mcdonline.nic.in/edmcportal/ MJ NA TIWRI i HELTH D GTM MILY GMBHIR WELRE i EAST MEESHI NA DELHI LEHI i HS RJ NA HS i ? EVIRMET CSMER IRS PRVESH REST D HME IRS D D PBLIC VERM CLIMTE CHGE 01 DISTRIBTI i 02 01 https://mcdonline.nic.in/sdmcportal/ RMESH NA BIDHR i 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. 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