Compared to its average number of sitting days of 32 during 2016-19, the Karnataka Legislature met on 31 days last year, the highest for any State in 2020, according to a study. Compared to its average number of sitting days of 32 during 2016-19, the Karnataka Legislature, which is bi-cameral, met on 31 days last year, the highest for any State in 2020, according to a study that covered 19 States. In 2020, the average number of sitting days for the 19 States was 18, which was 11 less than the four-year (2016-19) average of 29. After the lockdown, Karnataka’s figure of sitting days of the legislature was 10; Telengana – 9; Andhra Pradesh – 7; Tamil Nadu – 3 and Kerala – 2. Rajasthan, which was the number two State in terms of the overall number of sitting days, had met only on five days after the lockdown.

Source: The Hindu June 15, 2021 09:17 UTC