I will focus on number of parliamentarians. We began with 544 members of Lok Sabha in 1949 when we hada population of 37 crores. Now we have the population of 125 crore and number of LS Members continues to be same. We need to increase this number to about 2500 effectively having one Lok Sabha member for every 5 lakh population. Out of this 5 lakh, there would be about 2.5 lakh adults and rest will be children. This is a manageable number. Right now Parliamentarians are far disconnected from their constituents.
This may mean structural changes in the parliament building, which is long overdue. Central Hall can be modified to accomodate the larger numbers. Seating has to change.
Right now there is so much emphasis on spoken word only. Each seat should be equipped with a computer screen in front, where the speech and the issue being debated is displayed. Option of translation to any of the scheduled languages should be made available.
