Syllabus: GS-II
Subject: Polity
Topic: Legislature
Issue: Sessions in Parliament.
Context: The average annual sitting days of the 17th Lok Sabha, are only 55 days on average, whereas the first Lok Sabha sat for 274 days.
| Parliamentary Sessions in India: 1. India does not have a fixed parliamentary calendar. By convention (i.e. not provided by the Constitution), 3 sessions are held per year. 2. The President summons each House of the Parliament from time to time. The gap between the two sessions of the Parliament cannot exceed 6 months. |