In the recently concluded session of Parliament, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha passed 14 Bills each. However, only in the case of one of these Bills — the Constitution Amendment Bill that enables the Goods and Services Tax — do we know how each MP voted. All other Bills were voted by voice v...
The monsoon session of Parliament ends today. Statistics suggest that both houses of Parliament worked to their full capacity in this session. The lower house worked for 103% and the upper house for 99% of its scheduled time. Both houses sat beyond their working hours to make up for any time lost an...
Last week newspapers reported that the government is agreeable to the idea of a new parliament building. For some time, the idea behind a new parliament building has been gaining momentum. Last year Speaker Sumitra Mahajan wrote to the urban development ministry stating that the iconic circular buil...
Unlike other institutions, Parliament does not work throughout the year. Our constitution specifies that ‘six months shall not intervene’ between the last sitting of one session and the first sitting of the next. This provision effectively ensures that Parliament meets at least twice a y...
