Lucknow, Jan. 22 -- The 86th All India Presiding Officers' Conference (AIPOC) on Wednesday adopted six resolutions, including the one calling for state legislatures to ensure a minimum of 30 sittings a year, to strengthen parliamentary functioning and democratic accountability. The resolutions were unanimously adopted by the presiding officers of Parliament, state legislative assemblies and legislative councils, underlining the need for adequate floor time to ensure meaningful debate, scrutiny of government policies and effective law-making. According to the resolution no. 2 adopted at the conference here, increasing the number of sittings would help curb legislative pendency, improve the quality of discussions, enhance the role of elected representatives and reinforce public trust in democratic institutions. "We, presiding officers, resolve to create consensus among all political parties to increase the number of sittings of our state legislative bodies to a minimum thirty (30) sittings in a year and to constructively utilise the time and resources for legislative business so that our democratic institutions are more accountable to the people," the resolution said. Chief minister Yogi Adityanath has welcomed this resolution, assuring his government's full cooperation. "The state legislature sessions must last for at least 30 days in a year. I welcome the resolution in this regard and assured full cooperation," he said in his valedictory address. This resolution came two days after Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla, UP governor Anandiben Patel and Leader of Opposition in UP Vidhan Sabha Mata Prasad Pandey expressed concern over shortening legislature sessions and suggested sessions longer enough to enable legislators to raise and debate issues. They had expressed this concern during the inaugural session on Monday. Beyond the commitment on sittings, the conference adopted five additional resolutions forming a comprehensive framework for legislative reform. The opening resolution aligned all legislative bodies with India's Viksit Bharat 2047 vision, with presiding officers pledging to conduct legislative business in a manner that contributes to achieving the national goal of becoming a developed nation by 2047. Technology integration emerged as a key theme in the third resolution, emphasising the continuous use of digital tools to improve legislative processes and build effective connections between citizens and their representatives for meaningful participatory governance. The fourth resolution reinforced the commitment to providing exemplary leadership to all participatory governance institutions, deepening and strengthening India's democratic ethos. The conference also focused on capacity building, with the fifth resolution committing to support parliamentarians and legislators in efficiently using digital technology while strengthening research support for more effective participation in legislative debates and discussions. In a pioneering move, the sixth resolution called for creating a National Legislative Index to benchmark legislative performance using objective parameters. This system aims to foster healthy competition among legislative bodies while serving public interest with greater accountability....