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The mean yearly sitting days of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly reduced by half, from 64 days during the archetypal word (1952-57) to 32 days during the latest 16th word (2021-26), according to an investigation by PRS Legislative Research, an autarkic probe body.
According to the analysis, the 16th Assembly, whose tenure began connected May 11, 2021, and is acceptable to reason connected May 10, 2026, met for lone 155 days, the lowest for a full-term Assembly since 1952. However, information shared by Speaker M. Appavu during his valedictory code successful the Assembly connected February 20 stated the House met for 161 days.
The mean yearly sitting days saw a changeless simplification from 2006. It was 46 successful the 13th Assembly (2006-11), 40 successful the 14th Assembly (2011-16), and 34 successful the 15th Assembly (2016-21), the investigation said.
During the tenure of the 16th Assembly, 201 Bills were introduced, of which 194 were passed, excluding Finance and Appropriation Bills and 7 different Bills that were not considered for analysis. Of the Bills passed, 78% were cleared by the House connected the time of introduction, portion 10% were passed wrong 2 to 5 days. The remaining 12% were passed aft much than 5 days of introduction, the investigation said.
During this tenure, 82% of Bills received assent [from Governor / President] wrong 3 months of passage, portion 9 Bills received assent much than a twelvemonth aft being passed. These see six Bills that were deemed to person received assent pursuing a 2025 judgement of the Supreme Court, the investigation said.
Urban governance, education, and nationalist services emerged arsenic cardinal legislative themes during this tenure, with 13% of the Bills related to education, followed by 12% of Bills connected municipality and municipal governance and 8% of the Bills pertaining to instrumentality and order, the investigation added.
