 bill no 29 of  2018 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2018 byshri gaurav gogoi, mpa billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-ninth year of the republic of india as follows:—short title1 this act may be called the constitution (amendment) act, 2018amendment of article 852 in article 85 of the constitution, in clause (i), the following proviso shall be added at the end, namely:— statement of objects and reasonsthe constitution has vested the power of the 'purse' in the hands of chosen representatives of the people, thus sanctifying the principle of 'no taxation without representation' this accountability of the government to citizens is implemented through scrutiny of its work by the parliamentfrom the citizen's point of view, parliamentary oversight inquiries offer an avenue to express views about the government's management of public affairs this direct citizen testimony is a valuable way to 'humanize' national governancethere are several points of overlap between parliament's two most crucial functions—that of law making and oversight statutory lawmaking remains almost universally the preserve of parliament while most countries across the globe have specified a calendar of sitting days for their parliament functioning, the makers of our constitution left the power to the decision-makers of the daythe highest institution of a democratic set up is the parliament it represents the will of the people and therefore the parliament as an institution of accountability needs to be strengthened for a parliamentary democracy to prosper the bill seeks to ensure a minimum number of sitting days to ensure that there is constitutional sanction and thus greater accountability for the parliament to convene for a specific period of timeduring the first two decades of parliament, lok sabha met for an average of a little more than one hundred twenty days a year this has come down to approximately seventy days in the last decade to ensure that our parliament functions in the spirit and resolve that it was meant to, we need to have structural safeguards that strengthen the parliament as an institution and not let it remain solely at the bidding of the executivehence this billnew delhi;gaurav  gogoidecember 1, 2017 annexure extract from the constitution of india   85 (1) the president shall from time to time summon each house of parliament to meet at such time and place as he thinks fit, but six months shall not intervene between its last sitting in one session and the date appointed for its first sitting in the next sessionsessions of parliament, prorogation and dissolution(2) the president from time to time—(a) prorogue the houses or either house; (b) dissolve the house of people    lok sabha———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of  india————(shri gaurav gogoi, mp)mgipmrnd—3660ls(s3)—01022018