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Parliament and state legislatures form the core of India's democracy. On behalf of citizens, they make laws, hold the governments accountable for their actions, and allocate public funds to various national priorities. Therefore, it is imperative that legislators take informed decisions, that citizens know how they are being represented, and that there are channels of participation between..
PRS Legislative Research
1w ago
In 1920, Delhi resident Abdul Majid came to the attention of the British government. He was someone who would ordinarily not be on the administration’s radar. His description varied from petty trader to sweetmeat seller and confectioner. In November that year, he filed nomination papers to con ..read more
PRS Legislative Research
2w ago
What led to SC’s judgment on legislators & bribes? What had SC said earlier? What are the implications? Supreme Court has overturned its 1998 judgment on the PV Narasimha Rao bribery case. The earlier judgment protected MPs and MLAs for accepting bribes to vote ..read more
PRS Legislative Research
1M ago
North-South politics hogged the limelight towards the end of the 17th Lok Sabha. First, Congress MP from Karnataka, D K Suresh, said that the people of South India might have to demand a separate country if “the injustice of not providing the rightful share of taxes (to the southern states) co ..read more
PRS Legislative Research
2M ago
There are a few defining dates in our country’s democratic journey; November 26 is one of them. On this day in 1949, the Constituent Assembly adopted our Constitution after extensive deliberations. Following a suggestion by six-time Lok Sabha MP Bhartruhari Mahtab, in 2015, the government ..read more
PRS Legislative Research
2M ago
At about 10 am on September 24, 1951, Hucheshwar Gurusidha Mudgal stood up to clear his name in Parliament. Mudgal was a member of the Provisional Parliament, the national legislature that preceded the first elected Lok Sabha in 1952. September had been a busy month for this law-ma ..read more
PRS Legislative Research
3M ago
The absence of procedural mechanisms for deliberating on contentious issues is at the heart of parliamentary dysfunction. It has led to the current impasse between the government and the Opposition and the resulting unprecedented situation. Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha suspended 141 Opposition Members ..read more
PRS Legislative Research
4M ago
On December 8, the Lok Sabha expelled one of its members, Mahua Moitra, from the membership of the House. The minister for parliamentary affairs Pralhad Joshi, moved a motion for her expulsion. It stated that Moitra’s conduct (of sharing her parliamentary credentials and accepting money and am ..read more
PRS Legislative Research
4M ago
A short history of India’s legislative chambers shows why the December 13 breach shouldn’t lead to limited public access The inviolability of legislatures is at the heart of democracy. Yesterday, two irresponsible citizens broke this basic tenet. They opened a smoke canister and jumpe ..read more
PRS Legislative Research
5M ago
The Government has introduced three Bills to replace the core laws, i.e., the Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860, the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), 1973, and the Indian Evidence Act (IEA), 1872, which form the basis of the criminal justice system. These Bills are being examined by the ..read more
PRS Legislative Research
6M ago
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi recently remarked that the upcoming electoral contest in Rajasthan was “very close” but he hoped his party would pull it off nevertheless. There have been a few close elections in the state, and one of them was in 1967. The general elections that ..read more