Performance of Individuals, Political Parties and States in the 16th Lok Sabha upto Monsoon Session 2018

The 15^th Session of the Parliament (Monsoon Session 2018) adjourned sine die on August 10, 2018. Lok Sabha voted on a no-confidence motion which was won by the government. It also discussed issues related to the recent floods and drought in the country. Rajya Sabha discussed the final draft of the National Register of Citizens in Assam, non-implementation of the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganising Act, incidents of misuse of the social media and mob lynching.

Rajya Sabha also elected its Deputy Chairman. In addition, the supplementary demands for grants were discussed in Lok Sabha. 20 legislative Bills were introduced during the session and 18 were passed other than the two Appropriation Bills. Four Bills were withdrawn. Lok Sabha worked for 110% of the scheduled hours and Rajya Sabha for 68%.

Top Performers – Individuals

The top 5 performers of the 16^th Lok Sabha from the first session till the end of the 15^th Session (Monsoon Session 2018) are given below.  The table indicates the cumulative performance of the Members of Parliament (MPs) from the beginning of 16^th Lok Sabha.

MP	Political party	Initiated Debates (ID)	Private Members Bills (PMB)	Questions (Qns)	Total of ID+PMB+ Qns	Attendance
Supriya Sule	Nationalist Congress Party	95	19	1049	1163	96%
Shrirang Appa Barne	Shiv Sena	111	20	998	1129	94%
Rajeev Shankarrao Satav	Indian National Congress	114	19	989	1122	81%
Dhananjay Bhimrao Mahadik	Nationalist Congress Party	49	3	1042	1094	73%
Shivaji Adhalrao Patil	Shiv Sena	25	13	985	1023	68%

Source: PRS India

All the MPs are from Maharashtra

Incidentally, all the top 5 performers are from the state of Maharashtra.  They are also Sansad Ratna Awardees in the previous years.

Performance of States

The average score of the 16^th Lok Sabha till the end of the Monsoon Session per MP is 281.  Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Jharkhand have shown performance score of more than 400.  West Bengal and Jammu & Kashmir have shown poor performance.

States	MPs	Initiated debates (ID)		Sum of Private Member Bills (PMB)	Questions (Qns)		ID + PMB + Qns
		Total	Average		Total	Average	Total	Average
Maharashtra	50	1910	39.8	187	24192	504.0	26289	547.7
Tamil Nadu	39	1482	39.0	0	15032	395.6	16514	434.6
Kerala	21	1711	81.5	80	7762	369.6	9553	454.9
Jharkhand	14	730	56.2	71	4793	368.7	5594	430.3
Karnataka	28	838	32.2	8	8462	325.5	9308	358.0
Rajasthan	27	1340	49.6	78	7719	285.9	9137	338.4
Delhi	7	303	50.5	67	1705	284.2	2075	345.8
Telangana	18	575	31.9	33	4533	251.8	5141	285.6
Haryana	10	418	52.3	24	1967	245.9	2409	301.1
Madhya Pradesh	31	867	31.0	20	6635	237.0	7522	268.6
Andhra Pradesh	25	852	35.5	15	5665	236.0	6532	272.2
Gujarat	26	645	24.8	55	6107	234.9	6807	261.8
Chhattisgarh	11	211	21.1	1	2070	207.0	2282	228.2
Odisha	22	908	43.2	63	4027	191.8	4998	238.0
Bihar	41	1669	43.9	101	6221	163.7	7991	210.3
Uttar Pradesh	83	2565	33.3	101	12073	156.8	14739	191.4
Assam	15	501	33.4	8	1937	129.1	2446	163.1
Uttarakhand	5	177	35.4	28	573	114.6	778	155.6
Punjab	15	472	33.7	11	1343	95.9	1826	130.4
West Bengal	46	1142	24.8	13	3462	75.3	4617	100.4
Jammu and Kashmir	7	120	20.0	1	346	57.7	467	77.8
National		20129	37.3	999	130598	241.8	151726	281.0

Source: PRS India

States with more than 5 MPs only are taken up for analysis

Performance of Political Parties

The following table indicates the cumulative performance of the political parties in the 16^th Lok Sabha from the first Session till the 15^th Session.   Shiv Sena and Nationalist Congress Party have shown very good performance.  They have done very well under ‘Questions’ category.  CPI (M) has done very well under ‘Debates’ category.  All India Trinamool Congress showed the poorest performance (average score for this party is 87.6 while the National average is 281). 

Out of 999 Private Members Bills, Members of Bharatiya Janata Party, Indian National Congress and Shiv Sena alone have introduced 760 bills.  Although All India Anna DMK with 37 MPs, has shown good performance with an average score of 444.7, their Members have not introduced even a single Private Members Bill. 

Row Labels	MPs	Initiated debates (ID)		Total Private Member Bills (PMB)	Questions		ID + PMB + Qns
		Total	Average		Total	Average	Total	Average
Shiv Sena	18	842	49.5	74	10488	616.9	11404	670.8
Nationalist Congress Party	7	224	32.0	22	3597	513.9	3843	549.0
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	9	854	94.9	23	3137	348.6	4014	446.0
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	37	1471	39.8	0	14982	404.9	16453	444.7
Indian National Congress	49	1984	40.5	119	12624	257.6	14727	300.6
Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party	9	379	42.1	2	2219	246.6	2600	288.9
Telugu Desam Party	16	511	34.1	14	3744	249.6	4269	284.6
Bharatiya Janata Party	287	9133	34.6	567	59535	225.5	69235	262.3
Telangana Rashtra Samithi	12	445	37.1	30	2539	211.6	3014	251.2
Biju Janata Dal	21	908	43.2	63	4027	191.8	4998	238.0
Rashtriya Janata Dal	5	414	82.8	27	536	107.2	977	195.4
Samajwadi Party	7	116	16.6	1	1080	154.3	1197	171.0
Lok Jan Shakti Party	6	52	10.4	0	469	93.8	521	104.2
All India Trinamool Congress	38	817	21.5	8	2505	65.9	3330	87.6
National		20129	37.3	999	130598	241.8	151726	281.0

Source: PRS India

Only those political parties with more than 5 Members were considered for this analysis

PreSense congratulates all the top performers. 

We have already announced the Sansad Maha Ratna Guidelines for the 16^th Lok Sabha.  Please click the link.

http://www.sansadratna.in/2018/07/sansad-maha-ratna-awards-2019-guidelines.html

By K. Srinivasan, Publisher & Managing Editor 

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Sansad Maha Ratna Awards 2019 Guidelines

Sansad Maha Ratna Guidelines

The current 16th Lok Sabha will complete its five year term in May 2019.  Mostly, the Budget Session will be completed by Feb 2019 end and all the political parties may get ready to face the next General Election.  Sansad Ratna Awards Committee will present the Awards immediately after the completion of all the sessions of 16th Lok Sabha, but before the announcement of next General Elections.

Every year, based on the cumulative performance, Sansad Ratna Awards are being presented.  In 2019, a few members will be honoured with 'Sansad Maha Ratna' for their extraordinary cumulative performance.  The Jury Committee has  approved the guidelines for Sansad Maha Ratna Awards of 16th Lok Sabha.

Since the selection process is done transparently, we are publishing the guidelines for the information of MPs and general public.

Sansad Maha Ratna Awards – 16^th Lok Sabha

Guidelines

There will be five Categories for individual Lok Sabha MPs under Sansad Maha Ratna of 16^th Lok Sabha. (Based on the cumulative performance from the first Session till the end of 16^th Lok Sabha, data  provided by Lok Sabha Secretariat and PRS India)

1       Initiated Debates category :  Topper in Initiated Debates - Total no initiated debates alone which includes debates on Govt and Private Bills, Budget President Address Matters under rule 193, Matters under rule 377, zero hour calling attention, private members resolutions. (Associated debates will be excluded from Debates)

2       Question category : Topper in all starred and unstarred questions.

3   Total Tally - General category :  Topper in Initiated debates + Private Members Bills introduced + Questions.

4       Total tally – First time MP category : Topper in Initiated debates + Private Members Bills introduced + Questions (among the first time MPs)

5       Distinguished performance Category : Topper in total tally of (a) total no of starred and unstarred questions, (b) zero hour debates  (c)  matters under rule 377 (d) debates on private members bills, resolutions  (e) calling attention and (f) introduction of private members bills. (Because for this category party permission is not required it is purely individual effort. – This Award is subject to availability of data from Lok Sabha Secretariat and PRS India)

Other parameters:  In addition to the above, the individual MPs should satisfy the following other parameters to become eligible for Sansad Maha Ratna Awards.

a)    Attendance in the House should be more  than 60%;

b)    Attendance in one of the ‘Departmentally Related Standing       Committee’     should be more than 60%;

c)    Recommendation under MPLad should be more than 50%

(Jury Committee has the right to modify, amend  and relax any parameters in deserving cases.  Jury Committee decision is final and binding)

For more details visit www.sansadratna.in or mail to info@sansadratna.in

- K. Srinivasan, Founder & Chairman, Sansad Ratna Awards Committee

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Sansad Ratna Awards 2018 - Interactive session with award winning parliamentarians

Interactive session with award winning Parliamentarians

Sansad Ratna Awards 2018 (9th edition) and National Seminar on Politics, Democracy and Governance (7th edition) was held at IIT Madras on 9th June 2018.  Six MPs and one Parliamentary Committee Chairman were honoured with Sansad Ratna Awards for their outstanding performance.

Shri M K Narayanan (Former Governor of West Bengal and Former National Security Advisor to Prime Minister) and Shri T S Krishnamurthy (Former Chief Election Commissioner of India) presented the Awards.  Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal (Hon'ble MOS Parliamentary Affairs) and Dr Bhaskar Ramamurthy (Director, IIT Madras) were also present.  

After the Award presentation, the awardees interacted with the audience sharing their views and success stories.  Dr Veerappa Moily, Chairman of Finance Committee was also present.  

Shri Bhartruhari Mahtab (Party: Biju Janata Dal; Constituency: Cuttack, Odisha), Smt. Supriya Sule (Nationalist Congress Party, Baramati, Maharashtra), Shri Shrirang Appa Barne (Shiv Sena, Mavel, Maharashtra), Rajeev Shankarrao Satav (Indian National Congress, Hingoli, Maharashtra) and Dhananjay Bhimrao Mahadik (Nationalist Congress Party, Kolhapur, Maharashtra) and Dr Heena Vijayakumar Gavit (Bharatiya Janata Party, Nandurbar, Maharaashtra) were also present during the interactive session. 

Please watch the full proceedings:

In the afternoon session, Dr Veerappa Moily and Shri Bartruhari Mahtab shared very useful information about the functioning of Parliament and Standing Committees.

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Sansad Ratna 2018 Awards - speeches by M K Narayanan and T S Krishnamurthy

M K Narayanan

Sansad Ratna Awards 2018 (9th edition) and National Seminar on Politics, Democracy and Governance (7th edition) was held at IIT Madras on 9th June 2018.  Six MPs and one Parliamentary Committee Chairman were honoured with Sansad Ratna Awards for their outstanding performance.

Shri M K Narayanan (Former Governor of West Bengal and Former National Security Advisor to Prime Minister) and Shri T S Krishnamurthy (Former Chief Election Commissioner of India) presented the Awards.  Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal (Hon'ble MOS Parliamentary Affairs) and Dr Bhaskar Ramamurthy (Director, IIT Madras) were also present.  

Shri M K Narayanan delivered an inspiring speech, after presenting the awards.

The text of his speech may be downloaded from this link.

Shri T S Krishnamurthy, Former Chief Election Commissioner of India was the Guest of Honour.  Please listen to his informative speech.

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Sansad Ratna Awards 2018 - Important speeches

(L to R : Susan Koshy, K. Srinivasan, M K Narayanan, Arjun Ram Meghwal, T S Krishnamurthy, Dr Bhaskar Ramamurthy, Bhawanesh Deora, Dr Sudarsan Padmanabhan - Getting ready for award presentation ceremony)

Sansad Ratna Awards 2018 (9th edition) and National Seminar on Politics, Democracy and Governance (7th edition) was held at IIT Madras on 9th June 2018.  Six MPs and one Parliamentary Committee Chairman were honoured with Sansad Ratna Awards for their outstanding performance. (link)

Shri M K Narayanan (Former Governor of West Bengal and Former National Security Advisor to Prime Minister) and Shri T S Krishnamurthy (Former Chief Election Commissioner of India) presented the Awards.  Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal (Hon'ble MOS Parliamentary Affairs) and Dr Bhaskar Ramamurthy (Director, IIT Madras) were also present.  

K. Srinivasan, Founder of Sansad Ratna Awards welcomed the gathering.

Dr Bhaskar Ramamurthy, Director, IIT Madras delivered Key Note Address.  He announced about the new internship model developed by IIT Madras to support Parliamentarians.

Hon'ble Minister Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal in his special address appealed to all award winning Parliamentarians to utilise the service of IIT Students interns to formulate development plans in their constituencies.

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Presentation of Sansad Ratna Awards 2018 at IIT Madras

Sansad Ratna 2018 Awardees

9th edition of Sansad Ratna Awards 2018 was held at IIT Madrason 9th June 2018.  Shri M K Narayanan (Former Governor of West Bengal and Former National Security Advisor to Prime Minister) and Shri T S Krishnamurthy (Former Chief Election Commissioner of India) presented the Awards in the presence of Shri Arjun Ram Meghal (Hon'ble MOS Parliamentary Affairs and Jury Committee Member) and Dr Bhaskar Ramamurthy (Director, IIT Madras).

From this year, one ‘Departmentally Related Standing Committee’ of Parliament too was honoured based on criteria like the reports presented, the number of sittings held and the number of subjects selected, and others.  Dr M Veerappa Moily, Chairman of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance received the Awards personally on behalf of the Finance Committee.

The selection of individual awardees was  based on the performance parameters like initiated debates, private members’ bills, questions raised and the attendance in the House.  The data is provided by Lok Sabha Secretariat and PRS India.

Shri Bhartruhari Mahtab (Party: Biju Janata Dal; Constituency: Cuttack, Odisha), Smt. Supriya Sule (Nationalist Congress Party, Baramati, Maharashtra), Shri Shrirang Appa Barne (Shiv Sena, Mavel, Maharashtra), Rajeev Shankarrao Satav (Indian National Congress, Hingoli, Maharashtra) and Dhananjay Bhimrao Mahadik (Nationalist Congress Party, Kolhapur, Maharashtra) and 

Dr Heena Vijayakumar Gavit (Bharatiya Janata Party, Nandurbar, Maharaashtra) received the Sansad Ratna Awards. 

Please watch the presentation of awards in this short video.

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Sansad Ratna Awards 2018 - Background notes and photos

Sansad Ratna Awardees 2018)

9th edition of Sansad Ratna Awards 2018 was held at IIT Madras on Saturday, 9th June 2018.  Shri M K Narayanan (Former Governor of West Bengal and Former National Security Advisor to Prime Minister) and Shri T S Krishnamurthy (Former Chief Election Commissioner of India) were the Chief Guests and presented the Awards.

Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal, Hon'ble MOS (Parliametnary Affairs) and the Jury Committee Member was also present.  

For the first time, Sansad RAtna Awards Committee introduced an Award to a Parliamentary Committee.  Dr. Veerappa Moily, Hon'ble Chairman of Finance Committee received the Award on behalf of the Committee.

Smt. Supriya Sule (NCP), Shri Shrirang Appa Barne (Shiv Sena), Shri Bartruhari Mahtab (BJD), Shri Rajeev Shankarrao Satav (Congress), Shri Dhanjay Bhimrao Mahadik (NCP) and Dr Heena Gavit (BJP) received the Sansad Ratna Awards 2018.

All the background documents and award photos may be downloaded from the following link.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1SRy6kJ42IHjZlC1DNDH8uaDMAcFy3XPB?usp=sharing

All the photographs have been uploaded in the following links.  You can download the required photos.

Part I - sansad ratna awards 2018

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Morning session - Sansad Ratna Awards 2018

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Evening Session - Sansad Ratna Awards 2018

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