When the monsoon session started on August 5, the government had hoped to pass 43 bills over the 16 sittings available. It also proposed to introduce 25 new legislations. But it was, inevitably, a sluggish session that got saved in the last lap when the Lok Sabha worked extended hours to pass the food security bill and the long pending land acquisition bill.
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(This story appears in the 20 September, 2013 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)
The government should be penalized for being under productive. There should be financial sanctions, salary and reimbursement cut backs if certain productivity limits are not hit. The least the government can do is provide a healthy debate on the bills and not waste time with walkouts. That is unworthy of politicians representing the country. Wonder how unproductive that session would be if the sanctions were to be proposed ?
on Sep 10, 2013The government should be penalized for being under productive. There should be financial sanctions, salary and reimbursement cut backs if certain productivity limits are not hit. The least the government can do is provide a healthy debate on the bills and not waste time with walkouts. That is unworthy of politicians representing the country. Wonder how unproductive that session would be if the sanctions were to be proposed ?
on Sep 10, 2013