Nearly 13% of the Private Members’ Bills moved in the 17th Lok Sabha were introduced by Members of Parliament (MPs) from Kerala.
A total of 729 private members’ Bills were introduced in the 17th Lok Sabha, spanning from June 2019 to February 2024. Of this, 95 Bills were moved by 13 of the 20 MPs from Kerala, according to data compiled by non-profit PRS Legislative Research.
In the State-wise data, Kerala stood at second position in the total number of Private Member’s Bills introduced in the 17th Lok Sabha. The MPs from Maharashtra topped the list after they moved 126 Bills. The statistics showed that only a few MPs had introduced the Bills. About 73% MPs did not introduce private members’ Bills (only an average of 1.5 Bills per MP).
