Overview
- From January 28, attendance will be recorded only at MPs’ designated seats using a smart ID card, thumbprint or PIN, with ministers and the Leader of Opposition exempt and no sign-in permitted after adjournment affecting daily allowances.
- Speaker Om Birla said AI transcription and translation trials have reached about 80% accuracy with manual verification, targeting uploads of House proceedings to the MPs’ portal within roughly 30 minutes by April or the Monsoon session.
- Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh advocated a shared legislative Data Lake and a human-in-the-loop approach to ensure reliable, contextual AI across Parliament and state legislatures.
- A committee has been constituted to examine standardisation of practices and procedures across legislative bodies to improve consistency and efficiency.
- During the 86th All India Presiding Officers’ Conference in Lucknow, leaders stressed capacity building and highlighted the Uttar Pradesh Assembly’s women-only sessions and youth dialogues as models for broader adoption.