Plan vs Performance

Plan vs. Performance

Budget Session: January 29, 2021 – March 25, 2021

This note lists the legislative business planned by Parliament and compares it with the actual performance during Budget Session 2021.

	Plan	Actual
No. of Sittings (Lok Sabha)	33	24
No. of Sittings (Rajya Sabha)	33	23
No. of Bills for passage
- Finance and Appropriation Bills - Other Bills	1 29	7 11
No. of Bills for introduction
- Finance and Appropriation Bills - Other Bills	1 19	7 13
No. of Bills for withdrawal	4	0

The Budget session of Parliament was held from January 29, 2021 to March 25, 2021. The session was divided into two halves with a recess from February 16, 2021 to March 7, 2021. The session was curtailed by eight days. Parliament adjourned sine die on March 25, 2021 having sat for a total of 24 days.

In this session, 13 legislative Bills were introduced and 11 were passed. This excludes the seven Appropriation and Finance Bills. Lok Sabha worked for 107% and Rajya Sabha worked for 89% of their scheduled time.

Bills listed for consideration and passage

Short Title	Lok Sabha	Rajya Sabha
*Finance*
The Factoring Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2020	Introduced on 14 Sep 2020
*Home Affairs/ Security / Law / Strategic Affairs / Social Justice*
The DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill, 2019	Introduced on 8 Jul 2019
The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens (Amendment) Bill, 2019	Introduced on 11 Dec 2019
*Health and Education*
The National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions Bill, 2020	Passed on 24 Mar 2021	Introduced on 15 Sep 2020 Passed on 16 Mar 2021
The National Institutes of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management Bill, 2019		Introduced on 13 Feb 2019 Passed on 15 Mar 2021
The Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020	Introduced on 2 Mar 2020 Passed on 17 Mar 2020	Passed on 16 Mar 2021
*Agriculture and Food Processing*
The Pesticide Management Bill, 2020		Introduced on 23 Mar 2020
*Information and Broadcasting*
The Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill, 2019		Introduced on 12 Feb 2019
*Civil Aviation / Shipping / Transport*
The Major Port Authorities Bill, 2020	Introduced on 12 Mar 2020 Passed on 23 Sep 2020	Passed on 10 Feb 2021
*Water Resources*
The Dam Safety Bill, 2019	Introduced on 29 Jul 2019 Passed on 2 Aug 2019

Note: Blank cell indicates that the Bill was not introduced in or passed by that House.

Sources: Relevant Bills; Bulletins of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha; PRS.

Bills listed for introduction, consideration, and passage

Short Title			Lok Sabha	Rajya Sabha
*Finance / Corporate Affairs*
The Finance Bill, 2021			Introduced on 1 Feb 2021 Passed on 22 Mar 2021	Passed on 24 Mar 2021
The Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2021 – Replaces an Ordinance			Introduced on 4 Feb 2021 Passed on 12 Feb 2021	Passed on 10 Mar 2021
The Multi State Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Bill, 2021
The Competition (Amendment) Bill, 2021
The National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development (NBFID) Bill, 2021			Introduced on 22 Mar 2021 Passed on 23 Mar 2021	Passed on 25 Mar 2021
The Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill, 2021
The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (Amendment) Bill, 2021
*Home Affairs / Security / Law / Strategic Affairs / Social Justice*
The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2021 – Replaces an Ordinance			Passed on 13 Feb 2021	Introduced on 4 Feb 2021 Passed on 8 Feb 2021
The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2021			Introduced on 15 Mar 2021 Passed on 22 Mar 2021	Passed on 24 Mar 2021
The National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second (Amendment) Bill, 2021 – Replaces an Ordinance			Passed on 10 Feb 2021	Introduced on 8 Feb 2021 Passed on 9 Feb 2021
The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation (Amendment) Bill, 2021
*Environment / Urban Development*
The Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas Bill, 2021 – Replaces an Ordinance*
The Metro Rail (Construction, Operation and Maintenance) Bill, 2021
*Health and Education*
The National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (Amendment) Bill, 2021			Introduced on 15 Mar 2021
The Chartered Accountants, the Cost and Works Accountants, and the Company Secretaries (Amendment) Bill, 2021
*Women and Children Welfare*
The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment Bill, 2021			Introduced on 15 Mar 2021 Passed on 24 Mar 2021
*Shipping / Transport*
The Marine Aids to Navigation Bill, 2021			Introduced on 15 Mar 2021 Passed on 22 Mar 2021
The Inland Vessels Bill, 2021
*Mines / Power*
The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2021			Introduced on 15 Mar 2021 Passed on 19 Mar 2021	Passed on 22 Mar 2021
The Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2021

Note: *The ordinance lapsed as no Bill was introduced against it. Blank cell indicates that the Bill was not introduced in or passed by that House.

Sources: Relevant Bills; Bulletins of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha; PRS.

Bills not listed for introduction but introduced and passed

Short Title	Lok Sabha	Rajya Sabha
*Finance*
The Insurance (Amendment) Bill, 2021	Passed on 22 Mar 2021	Introduced on 15 Mar 2021 Passed on 18 Mar 2021
The Appropriation (No.2) Bill, 2021	Introduced on 17 Mar 2021 Passed on 17 Mar 2021	Passed on 23 Mar 2021
The Appropriation Bill, 2021	Introduced on 18 Mar 2021 Passed on 18 Mar 2021	Passed on 23 Mar 2021
The Jammu and Kashmir Appropriation Bill, 2021	Introduced on 18 Mar 2021 Passed on 18 Mar 2021	Passed on 23 Mar 2021
The Jammu and Kashmir Appropriation (No. 2) Bill, 2021	Introduced on 18 Mar 2021 Passed on 18 Mar 2021	Passed on 23 Mar 2021
The Puducherry Appropriation Bill, 2021	Introduced on 18 Mar 2021 Passed on 18 Mar 2021	Passed on 23 Mar 2021
The Puducherry Appropriation (Vote on Account) Bill, 2021	Introduced on 18 Mar 2021 Passed on 18 Mar 2021	Passed on 23 Mar 2021
*Law / Strategic Affairs / Social Justice*
The Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2021	Introduced on 13 Feb 2021 Passed on 19 Mar 2021	Passed on 22 Mar 2021

Sources: Relevant Bills; Bulletins of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha; PRS.

Bills not listed for introduction but introduced and pending

Short Title	Lok Sabha	Rajya Sabha
*Finance*
The Tribunals Reforms (Rationalisation and Conditions of Service) Bill, 2021	Introduced on 13 Feb 2021
*Civil Aviation*
The Airports Economic Regulatory Authority Of India (Amendment) Bill, 2021	Introduced on 24 Mar 2021

Note: Blank cell indicates that the Bill was not introduced in or passed by that House.

Sources: Relevant Bills; Bulletins of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha; PRS.

Bills listed for withdrawal

Short Title	Withdrawn on	Remarks
*Mines*
The Mines (Amendment) Bill, 2011
*Labour*
The Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Amendment Bill, 2011
The Building and Other Construction Workers Related Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2013
The Employment Exchanges (Compulsory Notification of Vacancies) Amendment Bill, 2013

Note: Blank cell indicates that the Bill was not withdrawn by that House.

Sources: Relevant Bills; Bulletins of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha; PRS.

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