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Questions by department

What the house asked about.

Every question tabled in the Lok Sabha names the ministry that had to answer it. Counted up, that shows which parts of government the house chose to examine. A question is a demand for information rather than an accusation, so a department near the top is one being watched closely.

4,00,638
Questions on record
Tabled, whether or not answered
103
Ministries named
Departments that had to reply
1,422
Members asking
Ministers do not table questions
Departments

Ranked by questions put to them.

Scale matters more than scandal here. Railways and Health sit near the top partly because they touch every constituency in the country, so read this as a map of where attention went and not as a league table of failure.

The twelve most questioned departments. Counts published by PRS Legislative Research, from the questions tabled in the 15th to 18th Lok Sabha. Every department is listed below, and selecting one shows who asked.

Who asked

Environment, Forest and Climate Change

The members who put the most questions to this department. 6,135 questions from 815 members.

#MemberParty Questions
1 Bidyut Baran Mahato Jharkhand BJP 44
2 Shrirang Appa Barne Maharashtra SHS 44
3 Sudhir Gupta Madhya Pradesh BJP 42
4 Gajanan Chandrakant Kirtikar Maharashtra SHS 33
5 Manoj Tiwari Delhi BJP 33
6 Shrikant Eknath Shinde Maharashtra SHS 33
7 Saugata Roy West Bengal AITC 32
8 Gowdar Mallikarjunappa Siddeswara Karnataka BJP 31
9 Rahul Ramesh Shewale Maharashtra SHS 31
10 Rajiv Pratap Rudy Bihar BJP 31
11 Sanjay Sadashivrao Mandlik Maharashtra SHS 30
12 Pritam Gopinath Munde Maharashtra BJP 29
13 Gopal Chinayya Shetty Maharashtra BJP 28
14 Nalin Kumar Kateel Karnataka BJP 28
15 Naranbhai Kachhadia Gujarat BJP 28
16 Bhartruhari Mahtab Odisha BJP 27
17 Chandra Prakash Joshi Rajasthan BJP 27
18 Chudasama Rajeshbhai Naranbhai Gujarat BJP 27
19 Shashi Tharoor Kerala INC 27
20 Gourav Gogoi Assam INC 26
21 Heena Vaijaykumar Gavit Maharashtra BJP 26
22 Poonam Mahajan Alias Poonam Vajendla Rao Maharashtra BJP 26
23 Ramdas Chandrabhanji Tadas Maharashtra BJP 26
24 Bharatiben Dhirubhai Shiyal Gujarat BJP 25
25 Jagdambika Pal Uttar Pradesh BJP 25
A member who sat for more of the period had more chances to ask, and this table does not adjust for that.
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Questions counted by department

What it measures
Questions tabled in the Lok Sabha, counted once each against the ministry that was required to answer.
What moves it
The size of a department's remit, how many constituencies it touches, and whether it was in the news. A member with a local grievance about a railway line asks the railways.
What it cannot show
Whether the question was answered, whether the answer was any good, or whether the member pursued it afterwards. It also cannot show quality: one carefully researched question counts the same as one asked to fill a slot.

Every department

103 on record
Ministry Questions Members asking
Health and Family Welfare 25,715 1,267
Finance 23,166 1,149
Railways 20,793 1,267
Home Affairs 18,037 1,077
Human Resource Development 17,196 963
Road Transport and Highways 11,889 1,170
Civil Aviation 11,822 1,124
Commerce and Industry 11,532 1,058
Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution 11,506 1,103
Agriculture and Farmers Welfare 10,913 881
Rural Development 10,774 1,110
Petroleum and Natural Gas 9,946 1,024
Agriculture 9,671 690
Defence 9,552 959
Labour and Employment 9,258 1,084
Prime Minister 8,993 959
Women and Child Development 8,011 1,082
Power 7,296 1,006
Communications and Information Technology 7,137 663
External Affairs 6,806 962
Chemicals and Fertilizers 6,611 1,007
Environment, Forest and Climate Change 6,135 815
Textiles 5,871 911
Law and Justice 5,753 959
Social Justice and Empowerment 5,590 975
Coal 5,182 867
Environment and Forests 5,094 408
Youth Affairs and Sports 4,972 966
New and Renewable Energy 4,881 944
Tourism 4,817 948
Information and Broadcasting 4,626 885
Culture 4,481 909
Housing and Urban Affairs 4,384 756
Urban Development 4,313 642
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises 4,268 928
Education 4,229 625
AYUSH 3,963 725
Tribal Affairs 3,824 876
Jal Shakti 3,583 626
Communications 3,435 624
Water Resources 3,223 516
Food Processing Industries 3,057 792
Skill Development and Entrepreneurship 2,894 698
Electronics and Information Technology 2,830 656
Shipping 2,742 582
Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation 2,737 415
Drinking Water and Sanitation 2,678 581
Minority Affairs 2,592 680
Corporate Affairs 2,582 719
Science and Technology 2,570 681
Environment, Forests and Climate Change 2,475 385
Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises 2,395 674
Mines 2,120 674
Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation 2,095 534
Steel 2,089 657
Panchayati Raj 1,998 725
Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying 1,915 459
Earth Sciences 1,763 632
Statistics and Programme Implementation 1,208 547
Planning 1,179 453
Ports, Shipping and Waterways 894 358
Overseas Indian Affairs 839 313
Health And Family Welfare 485 269
Cooperation 441 237
Development of North Eastern Region 402 170
Communications And Information Technology 400 251
Consumer Affairs, Food And Public Distribution 343 229
Skill Development, Entrepreneurship, Youth Affairs and Sports 341 167
Petroleum And Natural Gas 265 184
Labour And Employment 240 172
Communication 228 157
Commerce And Industry 216 166
Ayush 210 158
Road Transport And Highways 206 158
Environment And Forests 172 118
Development Of North Eastern Region 158 93
Women And Child Development 146 117
New And Renewable Energy 125 103
Information And Broadcasting 113 98
Parliamentary Affairs 111 93
Youth Affairs And Sports 105 92
Law And Justice 103 74
Housing And Urban Poverty Alleviation 100 81
Social Justice And Empowerment 99 87
Chemicals And Fertilizers 88 81
Heavy Industries And Public Enterprises 86 79
Heavy Industries 84 74
Environment, Forests And Climate Change 77 74
Science And Technology 61 49
Consumer Affairs 50 49
Micro 49 44
Water Resources, River Development And Ganga Rejuvenation 39 38
Drinking Water And Sanitation 36 36
Micro, Small And Medium Enterprises 35 29
Atomic Energy 31 31
Statistics And Programme Implementation 24 24
Skill Development And Entrepreneurship 18 18
prime minister 16 16
Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions 13 13
Statiscs and Programme Implementation 12 12
Space 8 8
PANCHAYATI RAJ 1 1
CORPORATE AFFAIRS 1 1
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