
Functioning of Bihar Vidhan Sabha
Note: Bulletins are not available for one sitting day each in the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, and 9th sessions, and two sitting days in the 6th session. Functioning and adjournment time exclude these days. Only data on sittings and functioning time is available for the 9th session.
Questions
Session |
Total Notices |
Accepted |
Short Notice |
Starred |
Un-starred |
Orally Answered |
1st Session 2020 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
2nd Session 2021 |
4397 |
3616 |
78 |
3075 |
463 |
377 |
3rd Session 2021 |
822 |
779 |
18 |
608 |
153 |
615 |
4th Session 2021 |
890 |
787 |
31 |
649 |
107 |
684 |
5th Session 2022 |
5460 |
4693 |
137 |
3885 |
671 |
- |
6th Session 2022 |
827 |
713 |
46 |
572 |
95 |
598 |
7th Session 2022 |
843 |
678 |
30 |
543 |
105 |
548 |
8th Session 2023 |
4646 |
3888 |
94 |
3259 |
535 |
- |
Note: The number of starred and short notice questions answered is not available for the 5th and 8th sessions.
Debates (Calling Attention Motions)
Session |
Total Notices |
Accepted |
Received written responses |
Rejected |
1st Session 2020 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
2nd Session 2021 |
375 |
41 |
326 |
8 |
3rd Session 2021 |
103 |
8 |
89 |
6 |
4th Session 2021 |
101 |
8 |
90 |
3 |
5th Session 2022 |
312 |
38 |
265 |
9 |
6th Session 2022 |
181 |
8 |
170 |
3 |
7th Session 2022 |
96 |
8 |
81 |
7 |
8th Session 2023 |
370 |
38 |
320 |
12 |
Private Members Resolutions
Session |
Total Notices |
Accepted |
Resolutions accepted by the House |
1st Session 2020 |
- |
- |
- |
2nd Session 2021 |
242 |
224 |
1 |
3rd Session 2021 |
69 |
66 |
1 |
4th Session 2021 |
94 |
91 |
2 |
5th Session 2022 |
263 |
258 |
13 |
6th Session 2022 |
107 |
107 |
- |
7th Session 2022 |
103 |
100 |
3 |
8th Session 2023 |
292 |
288 |
4 |
Legislation
Session |
Bills Introduced |
Bills Passed |
1st Session 2020 |
- |
- |
2nd Session 2021 |
14 |
14 |
3rd Session 2021 |
8 |
8 |
4th Session 2021 |
4 |
4 |
5th Session 2022 |
11 |
11 |
6th Session 2022 |
2 |
2 |
7th Session 2022 |
7 |
7 |
8th Session 2023 |
4 |
4 |
Note: To access copies of Bills introduced and passed, see here.
Sources: https://www.vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/daily_bulletin.html, https://www.vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/Sitting%20of%20bihar%20legislative%20assembly.pdf