Parliament, in the last five years, has been criticised for not having transacted much business. However, on several fronts in the legislative domain, there has been considerable progress. The UPA government introduced Bills across sectors. Many of these have been examined by standing committees of ...
In the last two parts of this series, we discussed the need for repealing the anti-defection law and possible reforms in the process of lawmaking by Parliament. We now turn to another important role of Parliament: holding the government to account for its policies and actions.
First, let us see w...