New Delhi, May 16 -- Indian state legislative assemblies continue to meet for less than 30 days on average, according to a new report by PRS, a non-profit and non-partisan organisation.

Assemblies met for 28 days on average in 2017. The number of sitting days of Assemblies came down to 16 during the pandemic affected 2020.

Since then, it has remained close to 20 days a year, according to PRS' Annual Review of State Laws 2024. Some states have set a target for the minimum number of annual sitting days either through legislation or through Rules of Procedure. None of them have met these targets in any year.

In 2024, state Assemblies met for 20 days on average, as per the report by PRS. The average duration of each sitting was 5 hours. ...