Legislative Business of the 16th Lok Sabha

♤ Compared to the first Lok Sabha, later ones have spent less proportion of time on legislative business. This 16th Lok Sabha spent 32% of its time on legislative business, higher than the average of other Lok Sabhas (25%).

♤ The 16th Lok Sabha spent 13% of its time on question hour, 10% on short duration discussions, and 0.7% on calling attention motions.

♤ In the 16th Lok Sabha, a no-confidence motion was moved against the government and discussed in the Monsoon Session of 2018. This was the 27th time a no-confidence motion was discussed since the first Lok Sabha. It was discussed for 11 hours 46 minutes and was negatived thereafter.

♤ The motion of thanks was amended twice by Rajya Sabha in 2015 and 2016. 16th Lok Sabha spent 4.5% of its time, and Rajya Sabha spent 6% of its time debating the President’s Address.