 bill no 15 of  2019 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2019 byshri nishikant dubey, mpa billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe it enacted by parliament in the seventieth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 this act may be called the constitution (amendment) act, 2019short title2 after article 85 of the constitution, the following article shall be inserted, namely:—insertion of new article 85a(i)  each house of parliament shall compulsorily sit for not less than onehundred days in a year;minimum number of days in a year for sessions of parliament, etc(ii) there shall be four sessions including a special session of parliament;and(iii) the number of hours unutilized due to disruptions shall be compensated by extending each session by as many hours as the sittings were adjourned due to disruptions:5provided that the special session of parliament shall be for a minimum of fifteen days and shall only be devoted to deliberations of at least two urgent matters of public importance to be decided by all political parties and no other business including government legislative business shall be transacted in that session10explanation—a productive day in parliament shall be of at least seven hours and for calculating the number of days for which the session has to be extended, the number of adjourned hours shall be converted into number of productive days, after adjusting the hours when the house transacted business beyond seven hours" statement  of  objects  and  reasonssince the inception of parliament of india in 1952, parliament used to devote one hundred to one hundred and twenty days of a year to sit in sessions this trend, however, witnessed a decline over decades, bringing down this number to seventy to eighty days in a year over the years, disruptions in the smooth functioning of the parliament sessions have become a rather common feature in the indian democracy this causes grave monetary loss, wastage of time and most importantly, delay in the decision-making on vital issues of public importance by hasty passing of laws without sufficient deliberation various issue which resonate strongly within the society are not paid enough attention, get overlooked, or are not adequately discussed due to these reasons, productivity of parliament is on a decline and the people of the country are gradually losing faith in the relevance of this supreme lawmaking institutionmore time should be allotted for debate and discussion on important subjects so as to arrive at solutions and increase productivity of the parliament there is no rule to dictate the minimum number of days the parliament should mandatorily be in sessionsin india, as a practice, usually the government overshadows the selection of the topics of discussion in parliament to avoid logjams in the smooth functioning of parliament and to prevent washout of sessions, it is crucial that the opposition also gets equal and adequate voice in parliament therefore, opposition parties should also have an adequate say in deciding the agenda of parliament so as to increase accountability of the governmentin the light of the above, the bill, therefore, seeks to insert new article 85a  in the constitution with a view to—(i) each house of parliament shall compulsorily sit for not less than one hundred days in a year;(ii) there shall be four sessions including a special session of parliament; and (iii) the number of hours unutilized due to disruptions shall be compensated by extending each session by as many hours as the sittings were adjourned due to disruptions the bill seeks to achieve the above objectives financial memorandumclause 2 of the bill provides that each house of parliament shall compulsorily sit for not less than one hundred days in a year it also provides that there shall be four sessions including a special session of parliament and that the number of hours unutilized due to disruptions shall be compensated by extending each session by as many hours as the sittings were adjourned due to disruptions the bill, if enacted, would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is, estimated that a recurring expenditure of about rupees one hundred and twenty crores per annum would be involved from the consolidated fund of indiano non-recurring expenditure is likely to involve lok sabha———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(shri nishikant dubey, mp)mgipmrnd—3262ls(s3)—30-01-2019