 "247 Bills got the Presidential sanction between 2014 and 2022, shows data")
In response to Lok Sabha Member of Parliament Chandeshwar Prasad’s question regarding Bills received from states and Union Territories (UTs) between 2014 and 2022, Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Kumar Mishra provided the following information in the Lok Sabha on August 1 this calendar year:
The Presidents of India gave their assent to 247 Bills during the specified period.
Of these Bills, the highest — 24 — were from Gujarat, followed by 23 from Uttar Pradesh (UP).
As for the number of pending Bills, the minister listed 95 Bills that “have been processed in consultation with the nodal central ministries and departments”.
In cases where observations were made by nodal ministries and departments, the states concerned were asked to provide clarifications and comments. Due to the time-consuming nature of this consultation process and obtaining feedback from stakeholders, no fixed time schedule could be prescribed for the approval of these Bills.
The data provided does not include details of any Bill assented to or pending from Nagaland or from Jammu & Kashmir (which became a UT in August 2019).
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