This Parliament's monsoon session (July-August 2018) Lok Sabha Question Hour was one of the of the most productive spells, functioning for 84% of the scheduled time. Here, we have mined and analysed data from about 5,000 questions on the Lok Sabha website. Here's a breakdown of the questions, involvement of Members of Parliament (MPs), and more.
What did MPs speak about?
Members of Parliament addressed a wide range of issues, from cleaning the Ganga river to skill development and railway projects. Analysis of data shows that the term 'development' appeared about 150 times in question titles from July 18 to August 10. However, the term was used in various contexts: for instance, 'skill development' appeared in the questions 22 times, while 'rural development' appeared 11 times.
The following word cloud depicts the general topics on which questions were asked. Bigger the size of the word, higher its frequency in the question titles.
Who asked the most questions?
Data analysis shows that the most number of questions were asked by MPs from Maharashtra-- of the top 10 frequent questioners, eight were from Maharashtra and one each from Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh. Dhananjay Bhimrao Mahadik (NCP, Maharashtra) asked the most number of questions (72) in this session. However, MPs often asked the same question with other colleagues. For instance, Mr. Mahadik asked a question on 'Innovation at the school and college level' along with five other MPs (who had also asked a high number of questions).
The following table shows the MPs who asked the most number of questions.
| MP | Questions | State | Party |
| Dhananjay Bhimrao Mahadik | 72 | Maharashtra | NCP |
| Heena Vijaykumar Gavit | 71 | Maharashtra | BJP |
| Satav Rajeev Shankarrao | 70 | Maharashtra | INC |
| Vijaysinh Mohite Patil | 67 | Maharashtra | NCP |
| Anandrao Adsul | 66 | Maharashtra | Shiv Sena |
| Jayakumar Jayavardhan | 66 | Tamil Nadu | AIADMK |
| Shivaji Adhalrao Patil | 66 | Maharashtra | Shiv Sena |
| Supriya Sule Sadanand | 66 | Maharashtra | NCP |
| Dharmendra Yadav | 66 | Uttar Pradesh | SP |
| Shrirang Appa Barne | 65 | Maharashtra | Shiv Sena |
Which ministry answered the most questions?
In the monsoon session, 376 (8% of total) questions were answered by the Finance ministry, while Railways answered 290 (6%). Parliamentary Affairs answered the least number of questions (four). Here's a breakdown of the number of questions answered by each ministry. In the treemap below, the largest squares represent ministries which answered the most number of questions. Tap or hover on each square for more details.
