Pendency of cases across courts in India has increased in the last decade. In this note, here, data related to pendency
of cases and vacancy of judges in the Supreme Court, High Courts, and subordina... Section: Discussion Papers
by Roshni Sinha | On 25 Jul 2018 The paper says that the Committee noted that synergy between the central and state policies will bring changes in women's healthcare. Section: Reports
by Nivedita Rao | On 03 Jan 2018 The Monsoon Session of Parliament is to be held between July 17 and August 11, 2017. There will be a total of 19 sittings. The agenda for legislation includes 18 Bills for consideration and passing. 1... Section: General
by Kusum Malik | On 15 Jul 2017 This report provides an overview of police organisation in India, and highlights key issues that affect their
functioning. Note that the Standing Committee on Home Affairs is also examining two subje... Section: Discussion Papers
by Anviti Chaturvedi | On 01 Jun 2017 In 2015, there were about five lakh road accidents in India, which killed about 1.5 lakh people and injured about five lakh
people. India, as a signatory to the Brasilia declaration, intends to reduc... Section: General
by Prachee Mishra | On 28 Mar 2017 The Finance Minister of Assam , MrHimanta Biswa Sarma presented the Budget for Assam for financial year 2017-18 on February 7, 2017. [PRS]. Section: General
by Arvind Gayam | On 08 Feb 2017 The Union Budget for 2017-18 will be presented on February 1, 2017. In this context, we present data regarding the state of
the Indian economy in 2016-17, across indicators such as gross domestic pro... Section: Reports
by Tanvi Deshpande | On 31 Jan 2017 The Election Commission recently announced the poll schedule for the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. In this context, data on the composition of the 16th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (2012-... Section: General
by Jhalak Kakkar | On 06 Jan 2017 Winter Session 2016 has been one of the least productive sessions for both Houses in the last 15 years, with repeated disruptions on the issue of demonetisation of currency. While eight Bills were int... Section: Discussion Papers
by Kusum Malik | On 16 Dec 2016 This note lists the legislative business planned by Parliament and compares it with the actual performance during Winter Session 2016. Section: Reports
by Kusum Malik | On 16 Dec 2016 State legislatures are responsible for making laws on key subjects like land, police and health. They are also
tasked with approving the expenditure of money for their respective states every year. T... Section: Discussion Papers
by Prianka Rao | On 29 Nov 2016 Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha will meet for the Winter Session between November 16 and
December 16, 2016. There will be a total of 22 sittings.
The agenda for legislation includes ten Bills for consider... Section: General
by Kusum Malik | On 11 Nov 2016 The Monsoon Session of Parliament concluded on August 12, 2016. The session had 20 sittings, during which various
Bills were passed, including a Constitutional Amendment Bill enabling the levy of a G... Section: General
by Kusum Malik | On 12 Aug 2016 The Ministry of Human Resource Development released a draft National Education Policy in July 2016. In this context,
some data on education indicators such as enrolment of students, drop-out rates, a... Section: General
by Roopal Suhag | On 11 Aug 2016 Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha will meet for the Monsoon Session between July 18 and August 12, 2016. There will be a total of 20 sittings. The agenda for legislation includes nine Bills for consideration... Section: Discussion Papers
by Kusum Malik | On 15 Jul 2016 As of July 7, 2016, rainfall in the country in the 2016 monsoon season is estimated to be 1% above normal rainfall. However, due to deficient rainfall in the country resulting in drought conditions ov... Section: Discussion Papers
by Tanvi Deshpande | On 13 Jul 2016 The Budget Session was originally planned to be held in two parts: from February 23 to March
16 and April 25 to May 13. However, at the end of March, the government decided to convert
these into two... Section: Reports
by Kusum Malik | On 13 May 2016 Trends regarding the central government’s sources of financing including tax revenue, disinvestments, and its revenue and capital expenditure, including subsidies. Estimates are presented in the 2016-... Section: General
by Mandira Kala | On 29 Feb 2016 The Minister of Railways, Mr. Suresh Prabhu, presented the Railway Budget 2016-17 to Parliament on February
25, 2016. In his address, he commented on the performance of Railways in 2015-16 and laid o... Section: Discussion Papers
by Prachee Mishra | On 25 Feb 2016 The Budget Session of Parliament will be held between February 23, 2016 and May 13, 2016.
The session will have a recess from March 17 to April 24, when the Standing Committees will
examine the Dema... Section: General
by Kusum Malik | On 22 Feb 2016 The Standing Committee on Water Resources examined the subject ‘Review of ground water scenario, need for a comprehensive policy and measures to address problems in the country with particular referen... Section: Discussion Papers
by Roopal Suhag | On 01 Feb 2016 The Standing Committee on Human Resource Development is currently examining the subject 'Role
of Private Sector in Higher Education'. In this context, an analysis of the role of the
private sector... Section: Discussion Papers
by Apoorva Shankar | On 01 Jan 2016 This note compares the legislative business planned by Parliament and compares it with the actual
performance, during the Winter Session 2015. Section: Discussion Papers
by Kusum Malik | On 23 Dec 2015 This note presents data regarding Parliament’s productivity during Winter Session 2015. Section: Discussion Papers
by Kusum Malik | On 22 Dec 2015 The central government periodically constitutes a Pay Commission, to evaluate and recommend revisions of salaries and
pensions, for its employees. Recently, the Seventh Central Pay Commission has mad... Section: General
by Vatsal Khullar | On 08 Dec 2015 In the recent past, several initiatives have been taken to address the challenges in the power sector. These include structural
changes in the regulatory framework as proposed by the Electricity (Ame... Section: General
by Prachee Mishra | On 02 Dec 2015 Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha will meet for the Winter Session between November 26th and December 23rd, 2015. The legislative agenda includes 19 Bills currently
pending in Parliament for consideration an... Section: General
by Kusum Malik | On 24 Nov 2015 This note presents data regarding Parliament productivity during Monsoon Session 2015. This session has been one of the least productive sessions in the last 15 years with repeated disruptions in both... Section: General
by Kusum Malik | On 13 Aug 2015 Bills Passed by Parliament during the Monsoon Session Section: General
by Kusum Malik | On 13 Aug 2015 Monsoon Session 2015 marks the end of the first year of the 16th Lok Sabha. This note looks at the participation of MPs in both Houses of Parliament over the last year. Participation in debates includ... Section: General
by Kusum Malik | On 13 Aug 2015 A juvenile or a child is any person below the age of 18 years. Over the last 10 years, crimes committed by
children, as a percentage of all crimes committed in the country, have risen from 1.0% to 1.... Section: General
by Apoorva Shankar | On 04 Aug 2015 Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha will meet for the monsoon session between July 21 and August 13, 2015.
The legislative agenda includes 7 legislative Bills currently pending in Parliament for consideration... Section: General
by Kusum Malik | On 20 Jul 2015 Bills Passed by Parliament during the Winter Session Section: General
by Kusum Malik | On 23 Dec 2014 Parliament performs several essential functions including that of making laws, scrutinising and passing the budget, conducting oversight on the activities of the government and representing citizens.... Section: Discussion Papers
by Prianka Rao | On 02 Dec 2014 This note presents an analysis of Parliament’s role of financial oversight and examines how to strengthen it. It highlights gaps and solutions to improve the existing structures affecting budgetary an... Section: Discussion Papers
by Apoorva Shankar | On 02 Dec 2014 Statistics of participation of MPs in budget session 2014 is shown here. Section: General
by Mandira Kala | On 14 Aug 2014 The PRS Annual Policy Review aims to capture the key legislative and policy developments in
India during the fiscal year 2013-14. The objective of this document is to summarise all the
major devel... Section: Reports
by Parliamentary Research Service PRS | On 01 May 2014 Over its five year term, the 15th Lok Sabha was disrupted frequently and witnessed a decline in time spent on legislation and oversight of the government. Disruptions over the allocation of 2G spectru... Section: General
by Kusum Malik | On 21 Feb 2014 During September 2013, Parliament passed the National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013. The NFSA seeks to make the right to food a legal entitlement by providing subsidised food grains to nearly two-th... Section: General
by Sakshi Balani | On 01 Dec 2013 The Monsoon Session ended with the passage of Bills on food security, land acquisition, companies, and pension. During the session, significant time was lost due to frequent disruptions over issues su... Section: Reports
by Kusum Malik | On 07 Sep 2013 Parliament convened for the Budget Session 2013 for 32 days between February 21 and May 8. Both Houses
were adjourned sine die on May 8, two days ahead of the planned schedule. There was a month long... Section: Reports
by Priya Soman | On 08 May 2013 Justice Usha Mehra report on Delhi gang rape case, Railway Budget, Union Budget were the important highlights on this months. [PRS]. URL:[http://www.prsindia.org/announcements/monthly-policy-review-26... Section: General
by Parliamentary Research Service PRS | On 01 Mar 2013 The Minister of Railways, Pawan Kumar Bansal, presented the Railway Budget 2013 to Parliament on 26th February. In his address, he commented on the performance of Railways in 2012-13 and laid out his... Section: Reports
by Vishnu Padmanabhan | On 27 Feb 2013 A bill to provide for the establishment and incorporation of Universities for Research and
Innovation and for enabling them to emerge as centres for ecosystems to develop as
hubs of education, resea... Section: General
by Parliamentary Research Service PRS | On 30 Aug 2012 The deficit in the supply of electricity relative to demand at peak hours in 2011-12 was 11 per cent. While
generation capacity has increased, the fuel supply situation has deteriorated. Here, some f... Section: General
by Karan Malik | On 29 Jun 2012 According to the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, most of the recommendations made by the Committee in their earlier Report (21st Report) on the Companies Bill, 2009 have been accepted by the Government... Section: Reports
by Lok Sabha Secretariat | On 26 Jun 2012 Government owned Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) raised the price of petrol on 23rd May 2012. After the
inclusion of local taxes, this amounted to a hike of Rs 7.54 per litre in Delhi. A snapshot of t... Section: General
by Karan Malik | On 31 May 2012 According to the Paper, black money is a serious issue because it has a ‘debilitating effect’ on governance and public policy and this affects the poor disproportionately. [PRS Report Summary]. Section: Reports
by Vishnu Padmanabhan | On 23 May 2012 Parliament met for the Budget Session between March 16 and May 22 with a three-week recess in April. Both Houses met for 35 days each. A special sitting was convened on Sunday, May 13 to commemorate 6... Section: General
by Rohit Kumar | On 22 May 2012 On May 13, 2012 Parliament completes 60 years since its first sitting. To mark the occasion, a special sitting
of both Houses has been organised on the day.
Recently, there has been much public scru... Section: General
by Rohit Kumar | On 11 May 2012 With the aim of better regulation of traffic systems in cities, this Bill amends the existing Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. Among other provisions, it makes way for state governments to allow recognised a... Section: General
by Parliamentary Research Service PRS | On 10 May 2012 The Minister of Railways, Dinesh Trivedi, presented the
Railways Budget 2012 to Parliament on 14th March. In
his address, he commented on the performance of
Railways in 2011-12 and laid out his bud... Section: General
by Rohit Kumar | On 14 Mar 2012 The Election Commission recently announced the poll schedule for Assembly elections in five States
– Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa. As parties prepare for the upcoming
election... Section: General
by Rohit Kumar | On 20 Jan 2012 The year in Parliament was characterised by frequent disruptions and protests over a host of issues.
The issue of the establishment of a Lokpal prompted both disruption as well as intense debate.
A... Section: General
by Rohit Kumar | On 30 Dec 2011 This note lists the legislative business planned by Parliament and compares it with the actual
performance during the Winter Session. [PRS Note]. URL:[http://www.prsindia.org/administrator/uploads/ge... Section: General
by Kusum Malik | On 29 Dec 2011 How often do our State Assemblies meet? Do MLAs get enough opportunity to scrutinize Bills? Are all budget demands discussed on the floor of the House? PRS studied the work done by 13 State Assemblies... Section: Reports
by Parliamentary Research Service PRS | On 05 Dec 2011 The Bill establishes a body called the Lok Pal. It provides a process for receiving corruption complaints against
public servants and investigating and prosecuting these in a time bound manner. The B... Section: General
by Kaushiki Sanyal | On 30 Nov 2011 The Judicial Standards and Accountability Bill, 2010 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on December 1, 2010. The Bill was introduced by the Minister of Law and Justice. The Bill was referred to the Stand... Section: General
by Anirudh Burman | On 29 Nov 2011 The Pension Fund Regulatory
and Development Authority Bill,
2011 was introduced in the Lok
Sabha by Mr. Pranab Mukherjee,
Minister for Finance on March
24, 2011.
The Bill was referred to the
St... Section: General
by M. R. Madhavan | On 28 Nov 2011 This note lists the legislative business planned by Parliament and compares it with the actual
performance during the Monsoon Session. URL:[http://www.prsindia.org/administrator/uploads/general/13154... Section: General
by Kusum Malik | On 08 Sep 2011 In performance terms, the house fell significantly short of its initial plan. Proceedings were marred by disruptions – first on the issue of corruption and the detention of Anna Hazare, and later on t... Section: General
by Rohit Kumar | On 08 Sep 2011 A note comparing the key features of the Lok Pal Bill, 2011 introduced on August 4, 2011 and the Bill prepared by civil society representatives in the Joint Drafting Committee. URL:[http://www.prsind... Section: General
by Parliamentary Research Service PRS | On 25 Aug 2011 The current audit builds on the recommendations of the Stuy Report of 2009. It covers the period of May 2003 to December 2010 after the conclusion of the Games. It also covers hosting of the Games dev... Section: General
by Parliamentary Research Service PRS | On 09 Aug 2011 Parliament meets for the Monsoon Session between August 01 and September 08, 2011. There will
be a total of 26 sittings.
The agenda for government Bills includes 35 pending Bills for consideration... Section: General
by Kusum Malik | On 29 Jul 2011 The Union Law Minister recently launched the ‘Mission Mode Programme for Reduction of
Pendency of Arrears in Courts’. According to media reports, the programme aims to dispose of
40 per cent of the... Section: General
by Rohit Kumar | On 06 Jul 2011 Bill to establish an independent authority to investigate offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 to detect corruption by expeditious investigation and to prosecute offenders and to ensu... Section: General
by Parliamentary Research Service PRS | On 21 Jun 2011 The National Advisory Council recently released a draft ‘Prevention of Communal and Targeted Violence (Access to Justice and Reparations) Bill, 2011’. The Bill intends to create a framework for preven... Section: General
by Rohit Kumar | On 15 Jun 2011 In January 2011, the government formed a Group of Ministers, chaired by Shri Pranab Mukherjee to suggest
measures to tackle corruption, including examination of the proposal of a Lok Pal Bill. Section: General
by Kaushiki Sanyal | On 01 Apr 2011 Nine legislative Bills were introduced during the session. Five Bills were passed and one Bill was withdrawn during the session. Several hours were lost due to interruptions on the issues of appointme... Section: General
by Kusum Malik | On 25 Mar 2011 List of Bills passed, withdrawn, introcuced and pending during the Winter Session Section: General
by Kusum Malik | On 13 Dec 2010 This note is intended as a brief guide on how the budget papers are organised, and how to find the exact information that a reader wants (expenditure on a particular scheme of interest, or total budge... Section: General
by Avinash Celestine | On 16 Feb 2010 This Primer explains the process by which a citizen group can participate and become actively involved in the process of lawmaking. A number of cases have been used to demonstrate the various ways in... Section: General
by Avinash Celestine | On 19 Aug 2009 A bill to provide for free and compulsory education to all children of the
age of six to fourteen years. Section: General
by Parliamentary Research Service PRS | On 27 Jul 2009 The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce examined the subject of Foreign and Domestic Investment in the Retail sector beginning April 5, 2007 under the chairmanship of Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi.... Section: Reports
by Anirudh Burman | On 09 Jun 2009 This Report on the World Social Situation seeks to contribute to rethinking poverty and its eradication. It affirms the urgent need for a strategic shift away from the market fundamentalist thinking,... Section: Reports
by United Nations (UN) | On 01 Jan 2009 Women's Reservation Bill Section: General
by Parliamentary Research Service PRS | On 24 Jul 2008 This week, the finance minister presents a statement to Parliament of how much money the central government expects to raise in the next financial year, and how it will spend that money. The budget sp... Section: General
by Avinash Celestine | On 11 Feb 2008 The Bill seeks to amend the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961. Section: General
by Parliamentary Research Service PRS | On 10 Oct 2007 List of Bills passed, withdrawn, introcuced and pending during the Winter Session. Section: General
by M. R. Madhavan | On 21 Dec 2006 The central government periodically constitutes a Pay Commission, to evaluate and recommend revisions of salaries and
pensions, for its employees. Recently, the Seventh Central Pay Commission has mad... Section: Discussion Papers
by Vatsal Khullar | On 01 Dec 1900 |