Overview

• The 17th Assembly averaged 29 sitting days a year, with about three hours per sitting versus a five-hour national average in 2024.
• Lawmakers cleared 78 Bills during the term, none subjected to committee scrutiny or multi-day debate.
• Legislative output skewed toward education, administration, and finance, including exam-cheating and crime-control laws and a 2025 gig-worker measure.
• Two 2023 laws to expand reservation in jobs and education were struck down by the Patna High Court in June 2024.
• PRS notes brief fiscal oversight, with roughly ten days a year for budget debates and nine days to review ministry spending, as elections are set for November 6 and 11 with counting on November 14.