Time consumed in Assembly sessions of 15th Odisha Assembly

Total Days planned, total time consumed and lapsed in different Assembly sessions of 15^th Odisha Legislative Assembly

To get enlightened about functioning of Odisha Legislative Assembly, RTI Application was filed   to the PIO, Odisha Assembly seeking information about details of days planned   for assembly session, total time consumes and lapsed due to interruption by the parties and other reasons during the session.  The PIO has supplied the information upto May 2016.  The details of the information are as follows.

1. The First Assembly session of 15th Odisha Legislative Assembly was held in the month of June, 15 (starting date - 12.6.14) .

2. From June, 14  to May 2016, total  six no. of sessions of 15^th Assembly   has been  conducted  by  OLA.

3. Total days planned, total time consumed and lapsed is as follows.

No. of session	Total Days  planned  for sitting	Total days  consumed	Total time consumed		Total time lapsed
			Hour	Minutes	Hour	Minute	Reason
1st Session ( 12.6.2014 to 28.7.14 )	25 days	25 days	162	35	10	39	Not mentioned
2nd Session ( from 20.11.14 to 5.12.14)	26 days	14 days	16	04	56	37	Not mentioned
3rd Session ( From 6.2.15 to 31.3.15)	30 days	28 days	131	38	30	48	Due to interruption
4th Session ( From 18.8.15 to 29.8.15 )	11 days	11 days	39	03	23	53	Due to interruption
5th Session ( From 1.12.15 to 16.12.15)	21 days	13 days	73	05	17	58	Due to interruption
6th Session  ( from 15.3.16 to 16.5.16)	34 days	27 days	78	19	94	36	Not mentioned
Total	147	118	500	44	234	31

 

Comments

A. As per plan,  days of assembly  sessions could not  be     completed.

B. Though assembly  sessions are held,  35% of the  total times earmarked   get  lost   due to interruption.

C. Very few times are devoted  in assembly   for healthy discussion  on  various issues concerning  common  people.

D. Ho’ble MLAs   spend only 4 hours in an average   per day in assembly session .

Pradip Pradhan

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Date-21.9.16