Minister of State (IC) for Ministry of Minority Affairs and Minister of State for Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, while giving a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today, informed that the number of scheduled sittings of Parliament have increased during the last two years as compared to the average number of sittings in 10 years preceding 2014.

Shri Naqvi informed the House that the average number of sittings from the years 2004 to 2014 is 68 in respect of Lok Sabha and 67 for Rajya Sabha, whereas in the year 2015, there were 72 sittings of Lok Sabha and 69 sittings of Rajya Sabha. Further, the Minister informed that in the year 2016, there were 70 Sittings of Lok Sabha and 72 sittings of Rajya Sabha.

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