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Weekly Numerics | Suspension spree in the Parliament, Indian students’ spending abroad soars, and the rise in credit demand

With the 2024 Budget session left, the 17th Lok Sabha has already seen the most number of suspensions in India’s legislative history. Meanwhile, expenditure of Indian students going abroad is on the rise and is expected cross USD 70 billion annually by 2025, according to estimates.

December 22, 2023 / 21:12 IST
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Weekly Numerics is a column that features three to five charts based on major events or interesting data points that emerged during the week. Here are some of the key figures of the past seven days.

Record-breaking suspensions

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As the winter session of parliament was adjourned sine die a day ahead of schedule, the total number of MPs suspended stood at 206, the highest number of MPs ever suspended in India.

One hundred and forty six MPs were suspended in this winter session alone because of ‘unruly conduct’ following opposition protests demanding a statement from Union Home Minister Amit Shah on the security breach in parliament on December 13.

With almost 20 percent of the MPs suspended, the ruling BJP took the opportunity to pass several important legislations in parliament, such as the three bills replacing the Indian Penal Code, and the Telecom bill.
In fact, the parliament passed a total of 17 bills, 10 of which were introduced this session, along with seven pending from previous sessions, and no bills were referred to parliamentary committees. According to PRS Legislative Research, the proportion of bills referred to committees has decreased from 71 percent during the 15th Lok Sabha, to 16 percent during the current 17th Lok Sabha.