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As already announced in this group, Prime Point Foundation honours top performing MPs of Lok Sabha with Sansad Ratna Awards, since 2010, based on their performance in debates, raising questions, introduction of private members bills, and attendance. The data is provided by PRS Legislative Research, Delhi.
This year, we selected 5 MPs for overall performance in the Lok Sabha (Sansad Ratna Award) , 4 MPs for their outstanding performance among women MPs (Sansad Mahila Ratna Award) and one young MP (Sansad Yuva Ratna Award) in the age group of less than 35. The purpose of such Awards is to recognize the top performers at national level and to motivate others to perform better.
Ten MPs were invited to receive the Awards at Chennai. 6 MPs participated in the function held on 20th April 2013 at IIT Madras. Shri T S Krishna Murthy, Former Chief Election Commissioner of India presented the Awards in the presence of Dr K Rosaiah, His Excellency The Governor of Tamil Nadu.
The Governor of Tamil Nadu also launched a special edition of our ezine PreSense on that day. We will circulate the ezine in a couple of days, with the photographs of the event.
The following MPs received the Sansad Ratna Awards.
Mr Anandrao Adsul, Shiv Sena MP from Maharashtra was honoured for maintaining the top position in raising questions in the current 15th Lok Sabha. He has raised 1055 questions till the end of last sittings in March 2013 with a total participation tally of 1091 for debates, questions and private member bills. Mr Anandrao Adsul was the topper in raising questions even in the 14th Lok Sabha, by raising 1255 questions with a total participation tally of 1290.
Mr S S Ramasubbu, Congress MP from Tamil Nadu secured the second position in the total performance tally of 1038 and maintains No 1 position among Tamil Nadu MPs from the time the awards were instituted.
Mr Arjun Ram Meghwal, BJP MP from Rajasthan received the Award for the second year for his outstanding performance in debates - by participating in 386 debates. His total tally is 1002.
Mr Hansraj Gangaram Ahir, BJP MP from Maharashtra was honoured for being No 1 in the category 'introduction of private member bills' with a total participation tally of 996. He has introduced 31 Private Member Bills in this Lok Sabha.
It may also be noted that Mr Hansraj Ahir and Mr Arjun Ram Meghwal have together introduced 51 private member bills, out of the 372 private member bills (14%) introduced in the current Lok Sabha by all the members.
Mr Anandrao Adsul, Mr Ramasubbu and Mr Hansraj Gangaram Ahir are receiving the Awards fourth time in a row.
Among the top performing women MPs, though 4 women MPs were selected and invited, two MPs received the Awards at Chennai. These women MPs were honoured with 'Sansad Mahila Ratna' Award.
Mrs Rama Devi, BJP MP from Bihar secured third position among all the women MPs in the Lok Sabha with her total score of 579..
Dr Jhansi Botcha Lakshmi, Congress MP from Andhra Pradesh has topped in debates among women MPs by participating in 131 debates. Her total participation tally is 478.
India's top performing MPs shared their success stories and interacted with the audience.
Prime Point Foundation is the only organization in India to honour the top performing MPs every year based on their performance.
A National Seminar on politics, democracy and governance was also held to coincide with this Award function. Award winning MPs and other Tamil Nadu political leaders participated in the panel discussions. The National Seminar was organised with the support of Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras.
It was a grand show, where India's leading MPs from different states and parties were seen on a single stage. I will share the links and proceedings in the next mail.
K. Srinivasan
Prime Point
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