It is in this context that PRS provides MPs analysis on legislation and policy to help them prepare for parliamentary debates.
The initiative was incubated in the Centre for Policy Research (CPR), New Delhi, which is a leading Indian think tank.
PRS regularly interacts with MPs, providing them with research inputs and analysis to support their work in Parliament.
Members of the PRS team are often approached to contribute columns to provide a perspective on various key Bills and Parliament’s functioning.
[6] It tracks the MP’s engagement during sessions on different parameters such as Questions asked, Private Members’ Bill introduced, participation in Debates and Attendance.
The Network is a forum for legislators to interact and share policy initiatives on issues of common interest.
The Legislative Assistants to Members of Parliament (LAMP) Fellowship was conceptualised by PRS to create a platform for young Indians to engage with policy making at the national level.
The LAMP Fellows are engaged full-time for eleven months to work with the assigned MP over three parliamentary sessions.
In the first cohort of the LAMP Fellowship, 12 young individuals were selected and trained to work with MPs from both Houses of Parliament, across different political parties.