Private members bill
- March 6, 2021
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Private members bill
Subject: Polity
Context: The MP state legislature passed a private bill to change the name of Hoshangabad to Narmadapuram through voice vote.
Concept:
- Every member of Parliament/legislature, who is not a Minister, is called a Private Member.
- A private member’s Bill is different from a public Bill and is piloted by an MP/MLA who is a private member.
- Government Bills are backed by the government and also reflect its legislative agenda. The admissibility of a private Bill is decided by the Chairman in the case of the Rajya Sabha and the Speaker in the case of the Lok Sabha
- the Member must give at least a month’s notice, for the House Secretariat to examine it for compliance with constitutional provisions and rules on legislation (Public bill can be introduced on any day).
- Unlike public bill which can be introduced any day, the private members bill can be introduced only on Friday.
- Private members bill has lesser chance of being passed.
- As per PRS Legislative, no private member’s Bill has been passed by Parliament since 1970. To date, Parliament has passed 14 such Bills, six of them in 1956.