While unveiling 76 multistorey flats for MPs that have been built on the site where eight MP bungalows used to stand, Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted the increased efficiency in the functioning of Parliament since he came to power in 2014.
This is not inaccurate. The 16th Lok Sabha passed 15 per cent more Bills than the previous one, he said, adding that in these five years, 60 per cent of the passed Bills have been debated for at least 2 hours. The productivity of the first session of the 17th Lok Sabha was 135 per cent and that of the Rajya Sabha was 100 per cent. This is the best performance of Parliament in two decades, according to him.
According to PRS Legislative Research, the 16th Lok Sabha, which held its sessions between June 2014 and February 2019, passed 133 Bills and promulgated 45 Ordinances. This was 15 per cent higher than the 15th Lok Sabha under UPA II when 151 Bills and Ordinances were…