scorecardresearch
Add as a preferred source on Google
Thursday, October 30, 2025
TopicPRS Legislative Research

Topic: PRS Legislative Research

Nishikant to Kangana—who was class bunker, who asked most questions, a Lok Sabha report card of BJP MPs

Ravi Shankar Prasad, Radha Mohan Singh, Mahesh Sharma & Sakshi Maharaj haven’t asked a single question, while first-time MP Praveen Patel asked 160.

40% kids below 5 yrs of age underweight, 61% breastfeeding mothers anaemic in Haryana—PRS analysis

Land of ‘doodh dahi ka khana’ exhibits very poor indicators on women and child health even as funds for various govt schemes to address malnutrition in state have been increased.

Sunny Deol’s Parliament flop: Low attendance, no bills & just 1 question in 3.5 years as MP

Deol's sole question pertains to illegal mining of sand. His personal assistant contends the 'visits' should not matter as long as development work is done in Gurdaspur.

Every national party wants a pie of Bengal — state’s 42 seats have record 195 contestants

ThePrint analyses electoral data compiled by PRS Legislative Research to see where candidates are coming from in this hotly-contested Lok Sabha poll.

On Camera

Here’s how Khilji, Akbar, and Hindu rulers dealt with Halal

In Medieval India, the late Prof Satish Chandra demonstrates how Muslim rulers in India quickly grasped that pristine notions of Halal and haram did not hold up to the realities of statecraft.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

India pulled out of Tajikistan’s strategically important Ayni air base in 2022. Here’s why

Tajikistan did not want to extend the lease because of apparent pressure from Russia & China over non-regional military personnel at the air base, it is learnt.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.