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More than half of the bills introduced in the 18th Lok Sabha so far have been passed by both Houses in the session of their introduction, with the trend accelerating sharply over the past year, an analysis of data from PRS Legislative Research shows.
Of the 64 bills introduced since this Lok Sabha was constituted, 34 or 53 per cent were passed by both Houses in the session in which they were introduced, according to an analysis of PRS’ session-wise data.
The corresponding proportion was 33 per cent during the 16th Lok Sabha, when 63 of the 189 bills introduced were passed in the session of their introduction.
It nearly doubled to about 62 per cent during the 17th Lok Sabha, when 117 of the 190 bills introduced were passed in the same session, an analysis of PRS data shows.
The 18th Lok Sabha, however, began slowly on this count, according to records maintained by PRS, an independent, not-for-profit group that researches and tracks the functioning of Parliament and state legislatures.
In the budget session of 2026, five of the 10 bills introduced completed passage through both Houses in the same session. The trend was most pronounced in the monsoon session, which ended on August 13.
Eleven of the 12 bills introduced were passed before the session ended. The only one that remained pending was the Indian Statistical Institute Bill, 2026.
The government’s original legislative agenda had listed five new bills for introduction and passage and two pending bills for consideration and passage.
But six of the 11 bills eventually passed by Parliament had not been listed for introduction in the original agenda.
Neither of the two pending bills listed on the government’s agenda for consideration and passage – the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan (VBSA) Bill, 2025, and the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment (FCRA) Bill, 2026 – was passed.
