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FALLING PRODUCTIVITY OF RAJYA SABHA (Relevance of Rajya Sabha (Permanent…
FALLING PRODUCTIVITY OF RAJYA SABHA
Highlights of report highlighting the below-par performance of the Upper House
Since June 2014, the Rajya Sabha has held 18 sessions and 329 sittings and passed 154 Bills — which comes to less than one Bill in two sittings
legislative output of the Rajya Sabha has been falling
Upper House has been unable to function for 40% of its allotted time due to disruptions
Out of 48 hours in the Budget session, the house functioned only for eight hours
Relevance of Rajya Sabha
Permanent House
Guard against populist measures
Representation of States
Space for Experts
Sharing the legislative burden
Criticism of Rajya Sabha
Reduced Significance
Chamber for political end seekers
Hindrance to speedy Legislation
Frequent disruptions
Way forward
Legislative Measures
Parliament (Enhancement of Productivity) Bill, 2017 should be taken up which seeks to fix the minimum number of days (100 days for Rajya Sabha) in which parliament shall be in session
National Commission to Review the Working of the Constitution (NCRWC) has also recommended the minimum number of working days to be 120 and 100 respectively for Lok sabha and Rajya Sabha
Performance related pay
Stricter Rules of Procedure and conduct of business
Reviewing the Anti-Defection Law
Sustained Evaluation of performance of our parliament and the MPs on regular intervals
Other issues in Parliamentary functioning
Decline in parliamentary sittings
Passage of bills and budgets without due diligence and debate
Lack of Accountability
Disruptions
recommendations to ensure the federal character of the Rajya Sabha
Having fixed number of seats for each state in Rajya Sabha, like the U.S.
direct election
NCRWC suggested to keep the domicile requirement