TNPSC Thervupettagam

Legislative Research’s Analysis of State Assembly Sessions

June 8 , 2023 295 days 353 0
  • State assemblies in India met for an average of 21 days in 2022.
  • Only seven states in India met for more than 30 days in 2022.
  • Karnataka had the highest number of days with 45, followed by West Bengal (42) and Kerala (41).
  • Among the North-East states, only Assam exceeded the national average of 21 sitting days.
  • Meghalaya and Mizoram had 15 Sessions each.
  • The Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) convened for just six days.
  • Apart from Nagaland, the state assemblies of Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura had the second lowest number (7) of meetings in the country.
  • Sikkim ranked third with 10 days.
  • On average, 20 states discussed budgets for eight days in 2022.
  • Tamil Nadu spent 26 days on the entire budget discussion.
  • It is followed by Karnataka (15), Kerala (14), and Odisha (14).
  • Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, and Punjab discussed their budgets for two days each.
  • Nagaland passed the fewest bills in 2022, with only three, compared to the average of 21 bills passed by the 28 states.
  • 56% of the bills were passed within a day of introduction across the states.
  • Only around 5% of the bills were referred to the Committee of the Assembly for detailed examination.

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