The
15th Session of the Parliament (Monsoon Session 2018) adjourned sine die on August 10, 2018. Lok Sabha
voted on a no-confidence motion which was won by the government. It also
discussed issues related to the recent floods and drought in the country. Rajya
Sabha discussed the final draft of the National Register of Citizens in Assam,
non-implementation of the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganising Act,
incidents of misuse of the social media and mob lynching.
Rajya
Sabha also elected its Deputy Chairman. In addition, the supplementary demands
for grants were discussed in Lok Sabha. 20 legislative Bills were introduced
during the session and 18 were passed other than the two Appropriation Bills.
Four Bills were withdrawn. Lok Sabha worked for 110% of the scheduled hours and
Rajya Sabha for 68%.
Top Performers –
Individuals
The
top 5 performers of the 16th Lok Sabha from the first session till
the end of the 15th Session (Monsoon Session 2018) are given
below. The table indicates the
cumulative performance of the Members of Parliament (MPs) from the beginning of
16th Lok Sabha.
MP
|
Political party
|
Initiated Debates (ID)
|
Private Members Bills (PMB)
|
Questions (Qns)
|
Total of ID+PMB+ Qns
|
Attendance
|
Supriya Sule
|
Nationalist Congress Party
|
95
|
19
|
1049
|
1163
|
96%
|
Shrirang Appa Barne
|
Shiv Sena
|
111
|
20
|
998
|
1129
|
94%
|
Rajeev Shankarrao Satav
|
Indian National Congress
|
114
|
19
|
989
|
1122
|
81%
|
Dhananjay Bhimrao Mahadik
|
Nationalist Congress Party
|
49
|
3
|
1042
|
1094
|
73%
|
Shivaji Adhalrao Patil
|
Shiv Sena
|
25
|
13
|
985
|
1023
|
68%
|
Source: PRS India
All the MPs are from
Maharashtra
Incidentally,
all the top 5 performers are from the state of Maharashtra. They are also Sansad Ratna Awardees in the
previous years.
Performance of
States
The
average score of the 16th Lok Sabha till the end of the Monsoon
Session per MP is 281. Maharashtra,
Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Jharkhand have shown performance score of more than
400. West Bengal and Jammu & Kashmir
have shown poor performance.
States
|
MPs
|
Initiated debates (ID)
|
Sum of Private Member Bills (PMB)
|
Questions (Qns)
|
ID + PMB + Qns
|
|||
Total
|
Average
|
Total
|
Average
|
Total
|
Average
|
|||
Maharashtra
|
50
|
1910
|
39.8
|
187
|
24192
|
504.0
|
26289
|
547.7
|
Tamil Nadu
|
39
|
1482
|
39.0
|
0
|
15032
|
395.6
|
16514
|
434.6
|
Kerala
|
21
|
1711
|
81.5
|
80
|
7762
|
369.6
|
9553
|
454.9
|
Jharkhand
|
14
|
730
|
56.2
|
71
|
4793
|
368.7
|
5594
|
430.3
|
Karnataka
|
28
|
838
|
32.2
|
8
|
8462
|
325.5
|
9308
|
358.0
|
Rajasthan
|
27
|
1340
|
49.6
|
78
|
7719
|
285.9
|
9137
|
338.4
|
Delhi
|
7
|
303
|
50.5
|
67
|
1705
|
284.2
|
2075
|
345.8
|
Telangana
|
18
|
575
|
31.9
|
33
|
4533
|
251.8
|
5141
|
285.6
|
Haryana
|
10
|
418
|
52.3
|
24
|
1967
|
245.9
|
2409
|
301.1
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
31
|
867
|
31.0
|
20
|
6635
|
237.0
|
7522
|
268.6
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
25
|
852
|
35.5
|
15
|
5665
|
236.0
|
6532
|
272.2
|
Gujarat
|
26
|
645
|
24.8
|
55
|
6107
|
234.9
|
6807
|
261.8
|
Chhattisgarh
|
11
|
211
|
21.1
|
1
|
2070
|
207.0
|
2282
|
228.2
|
Odisha
|
22
|
908
|
43.2
|
63
|
4027
|
191.8
|
4998
|
238.0
|
Bihar
|
41
|
1669
|
43.9
|
101
|
6221
|
163.7
|
7991
|
210.3
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
83
|
2565
|
33.3
|
101
|
12073
|
156.8
|
14739
|
191.4
|
Assam
|
15
|
501
|
33.4
|
8
|
1937
|
129.1
|
2446
|
163.1
|
Uttarakhand
|
5
|
177
|
35.4
|
28
|
573
|
114.6
|
778
|
155.6
|
Punjab
|
15
|
472
|
33.7
|
11
|
1343
|
95.9
|
1826
|
130.4
|
West Bengal
|
46
|
1142
|
24.8
|
13
|
3462
|
75.3
|
4617
|
100.4
|
Jammu and Kashmir
|
7
|
120
|
20.0
|
1
|
346
|
57.7
|
467
|
77.8
|
National
|
20129
|
37.3
|
999
|
130598
|
241.8
|
151726
|
281.0
|
Source: PRS India
States with more
than 5 MPs only are taken up for analysis
Performance of
Political Parties
The
following table indicates the cumulative performance of the political parties
in the 16th Lok Sabha from the first Session till the 15th
Session. Shiv Sena and Nationalist
Congress Party have shown very good performance. They have done very well under ‘Questions’
category. CPI (M) has done very well
under ‘Debates’ category. All India
Trinamool Congress showed the poorest performance (average score for this party
is 87.6 while the National average is 281).
Out
of 999 Private Members Bills, Members of Bharatiya Janata Party, Indian
National Congress and Shiv Sena alone have introduced 760 bills. Although All India Anna DMK with 37 MPs, has
shown good performance with an average score of 444.7, their Members have not
introduced even a single Private Members Bill.
Row Labels
|
MPs
|
Initiated debates (ID)
|
Total Private Member Bills (PMB)
|
Questions
|
ID + PMB + Qns
|
|||
Total
|
Average
|
Total
|
Average
|
Total
|
Average
|
|||
Shiv Sena
|
18
|
842
|
49.5
|
74
|
10488
|
616.9
|
11404
|
670.8
|
Nationalist Congress Party
|
7
|
224
|
32.0
|
22
|
3597
|
513.9
|
3843
|
549.0
|
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|
9
|
854
|
94.9
|
23
|
3137
|
348.6
|
4014
|
446.0
|
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|
37
|
1471
|
39.8
|
0
|
14982
|
404.9
|
16453
|
444.7
|
Indian National Congress
|
49
|
1984
|
40.5
|
119
|
12624
|
257.6
|
14727
|
300.6
|
Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party
|
9
|
379
|
42.1
|
2
|
2219
|
246.6
|
2600
|
288.9
|
Telugu Desam Party
|
16
|
511
|
34.1
|
14
|
3744
|
249.6
|
4269
|
284.6
|
Bharatiya Janata Party
|
287
|
9133
|
34.6
|
567
|
59535
|
225.5
|
69235
|
262.3
|
Telangana Rashtra Samithi
|
12
|
445
|
37.1
|
30
|
2539
|
211.6
|
3014
|
251.2
|
Biju Janata Dal
|
21
|
908
|
43.2
|
63
|
4027
|
191.8
|
4998
|
238.0
|
Rashtriya Janata Dal
|
5
|
414
|
82.8
|
27
|
536
|
107.2
|
977
|
195.4
|
Samajwadi Party
|
7
|
116
|
16.6
|
1
|
1080
|
154.3
|
1197
|
171.0
|
Lok Jan Shakti Party
|
6
|
52
|
10.4
|
0
|
469
|
93.8
|
521
|
104.2
|
All India Trinamool Congress
|
38
|
817
|
21.5
|
8
|
2505
|
65.9
|
3330
|
87.6
|
National
|
20129
|
37.3
|
999
|
130598
|
241.8
|
151726
|
281.0
|
Source: PRS India
PreSense
congratulates all the top performers.
We have already announced the Sansad Maha Ratna
Guidelines for the 16th Lok Sabha.
Please click the link.
By K. Srinivasan, Publisher & Managing Editor
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