MPs Across Parties Skip Standing Committee Meetings: Lok Sabha Website
NDTV
After reorganisation of 13 Standing Committees of the Lok Sabha, 22 meetings were held in October-November 2022, attended by only 16 members
MPs from various parties have skipped the Parliamentary Standing Committee meetings after they were reconstituted in September to deliberate on the Bills for introduction in Parliament during 2022-23, according to data on the Lok Sabha website.
After the reorganisation of 13 Standing Committees of the Lower House, 22 meetings were held from October to November 2022 to select the subjects to be considered during the year 2022-23. Only 16 members were present on an average for those meetings, data showed.
The Standing Committee of Parliament consists of 31 members from Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha in which 21 are from the Lower House and 10 from the Upper.
On an average, more than 40 per cent of members were absent in the meetings of more than a dozen Standing Committees of the Lok Sabha, including the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Consumer Affairs, External Affairs, Commerce, Housing and Urban Affairs, Social Justice and Empowerment, it showed.
