Parameters for Sansad Ratna Awards for 17th Lok Sabha

Sansad Ratna Awards for 17th Lok Sabha - Jury Committee Members - L to R - Shri Shrirang Appa Barne, Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal and Shri N K Premachandran

A new Jury Committee has

been constituted for 17^th Lok Sabha.

1.Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal,
Hon’ble MOS Parliamentary Affairs – Chairman

2.Shri N K Premachandran MP
(RSP – Kerala) – Member

3.Shri Shrirang Appa Barne
MP (Shiv Sena – Maharashtra) – Member

The Jury Committee
Members themselves were Sansad Ratna Awardees of the 15^th and 16^th
Lok Sabha.

The newly constituted
Jury Committee for the Sansad Ratna Awards met at Delhi on 4th July 2019  under the Chairmanship of the Parliamentary
Affairs and Heavy Industries Minister, Mr Arjun Ram Meghwal, and finalised the
parameters to select the outstanding performers of the 17th Lok Sabha.

PARAMETERS FOR SANSAD RATNA AWARDS FOR
17^TH LOK SABHA

1.         
Debates :-

a.         
Zero Hour

b.         
matter under Rule
of 377

c.         
Calling Attention

d.         
Private Members
Bills / Private Members Resolution

e.         
Written Speeches
laid on the Table of the House.

The number of
Debates in respect of Government Bills, Budget, President’s Address, etc. have
not been taken into account as only the Party nominates the Speaker to
participate in the debate and individual M.P.s has no role in it.

2.      Questions :-

a.         
Number of oral
questions

b.         
Number of
unstarred questions (written and answers)

    

3.      Private Members
Bills :-

a.     Number of Private Bills introduced.

    

Awards

1)         
For Debates                -
     Paragraph 1 may be taken into account

2)         
For Questions              -       Paragraph
2 may be taken into account 

3)         
For Private
Members’s Bills - Paragraph 3 may be taken
into account 

4)         
For overall  (3 awards)
-      1+2+3

              (General + one
woman + First time MP)          

(Attendance and MPLAD utilization are additional qualifying
parameters)

         

Excellence Award :-

Number of Debates
including Government Bills, Budget, President Address, etc. + Questions +  Private Members Bills

( Attendance and
MP Lad funds for additional qualifying parameters).

Jury Committee Special Awards

Every year Jury
Committee will decide on the number of awards.

(For quality of
debates, intervention, etc.)

Rajya Sabha Award

Topper among the retires of previous year (Debates + Questions +
Private Members Bills)

Awards for Standing Committees

Topper for Reports presented and number of meetings held. (Bills
excluded)

Additional eligibility parameters

4.      Attendance :-

a.         
Attendance in the
House (Minimum 70%)

b.         
Attendance during
sittings of the Committee (Minimum 60%)

    

5.      MPLADS Funds :-

a.      Amount
recommended  under MPLADS funds (Minimum
recommendation 75%)

Awards will be presented every year after the Budget Session. Jury Committee decision is final.

Data source : Lok Sabha Secretariat and PRS India.

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