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53% of Lok Sabha bills passed in same session: PRS
Over half the bills introduced in the 18th Lok Sabha have been passed by both Houses in the session of their introduction, according to data from PRS Legislative Research. Of the 64…
Over half the bills introduced in the 18th Lok Sabha have been passed by both Houses in the session of their introduction, according to data from PRS Legislative Research. Of the 64 bills introduced so far, 34 or 53 per cent were passed in the same session, a trend that accelerated sharply since 2025. The figure was 33 per cent during the 16th Lok Sabha and 62 per cent in the 17th Lok Sabha, PRS data shows.
During the Monsoon Session that ended August 13, 11 of 12 bills introduced were passed before the session ended. Only the Indian Statistical Institute Bill remains pending. Nine of those bills were cleared without any MP other than the piloting minister speaking, and seven were passed in five minutes or less. Neither the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill nor the Foreign Contribution Regulation Amendment Bill, listed for consideration, was passed. PRS notes that a short gap between introduction and passage leaves MPs less time for scrutiny and stakeholder consultation.
Parliament faced repeated disruptions during the session over the NEET-UG paper leak, police action at Jantar Mantar, and an alleged temple donation theft. The Lok Sabha functioned for only 15 per cent of its scheduled time and Question Hour for just nine minutes, with only two of 380 listed questions answered orally. Hindustan Times and India Today both report the data from PRS without adding commentary.
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Both Hindustan Times and India Today present the PRS data as straight wire copy, with no editorial slant or selective emphasis. Hindustan Times leads with the headline framing of a 'growing trend', while India Today flags 'renewed concerns over limited scrutiny' in its subheading, but neither outlet embeds advocacy in the body text. The uniformity reflects reliance on the same PRS dataset and agency feed. The core tension in the story is not between the two reports but between the data's implication and the government's legislative efficiency narrative. The measured takeaway: the sharp rise in same-session passage since 2025, coupled with minimal floor debate and suspended Question Hour, signals a structural trade-off between speed and scrutiny that both reports document without resolving.
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Sources (2): hindustantimes.com (neutral report), indiatoday.in (neutral report)
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