Delhi MLA Report Card First comprehensive and objective annual report card of the performance of MLAs’ of a State Assembly. AAP by winning 67 out of 70 seats has got a mandate like no other. A unique result which changed Indian politics. Has AAP lived up to the desire and expectations of the people of Delhi?

Key highlights on the working of the MLAs 20 out of 58 MLAs ranked have a criminal record as of 31st December 2015. 10 of the 20 MLAs had cases registered against them as per their affidavits before elections 10 MLAs have got cases against them after elections. 3 MLAs [Raghuvinder Shokeen representing Nangloi Jat, Prakash representing Deoli (SC) & Mohd. Ishraque representing Seelampur] have not raised any issues in the assembly in 2015. 16 MLAs have only raised 1 to 5 issues. 33% of the MLAs are hardly participating in Deliberations. In our matrix for ranking, quality of issues raised has a significant weightage. We find that 72% of the MLAs are underperforming regarding this matter.

Key highlights regarding citizen issues 150,885 complaints registered for water supply, there were only 33 issues raised by MLAs. ‘Drainage chokes, blockages & cleaning and overflowing manholes’ – where there were 19,327 citizen complaints, only 5 issues were raised by our city’s MLAs in 2015. ‘Mosquito Nuisance & Fogging’ – where there were 10,102 complaints, there were no issues raised by any MLA. While there were 1092 complaints on Fire Brigade & related issues, only four issues were raised by MLAs in 2015.

Key highlights of comparison between Mumbai and Delhi In Mumbai 31 MLAs and Delhi 58 were ranked, only 26 meetings were held in Delhi as compared to Mumbai’s 50. In 2015, Mumbai MLAs raised 4343 issues in the state assembly; while, Delhi’s 58 MLAs raised only 951 issues. Delhi MLAs have raised on an average 16 issues; while, Mumbai MLAs have raised 140 issues on an average. Delhi’s ruling party (AAP) MLAs have raised on an average 12 issues; while, Mumbai’s ruling party (BJP & Shiv Sena) MLAs have raised 69 issues on an average. Average score of Delhi is 58.83% as per first report card for the 6th Assembly in 2016 while Mumbai’s average score is 65.11% in 2016.

(*) Score of Praja’s Delhi (2016) and Mumbai (2016) report card have been compared.

The Constitution as a Basis for monitoring of Elected Representatives ERs derive their powers for functioning through the Constitution They are mandated to Attend Sessions, Raise people’s Issues, Debate, Participate in Discussions and Pass legislations. The Constitution defines their powers and rules of functioning, hence only the Constitution can provide the parameters for their monitoring.

Parameters for Rating MLAs (1/4) Marks Present1(Attendance, No. & Quality of Issues Raised, Usage of Area Development Fund) 52 Past 2(Education qualification, PAN Card, Criminal cases) 8 Perception (through an citizen survey of 29,950 people for their perception on their MLA’s accessibility/availability, performance, corruption, and satisfaction with quality of life, services provided by government) 40 Negative for new FIR cases after 2015 election 3 Minus 5 Negative for pending Charge Sheet 3 Total 100 RTI Data Source: 1 Vidhan Bhavan and Delhi Government Website; 2 Election Commission of India’s Website; 3 Delhi Police.

Parameters for Rating MLAs (2/4) Present Parameter (Marks) Sessions Attended Based on percentage of attendance. 1) 100% to 91%- 10; 2) 90% to 76% - 8; 3) 75% to 61% -6; 4) 60% to 51% - 4; and 5) below 50% - 0 10 Number of Issues Raised Against Group Percentage Rank. 16 being the top most percentile and so on to the lowest for 1 Importance of Issues Raised Weightage is given to issues raised through the questions depending on whether they belong to the Central List, State List, or are in the domain of Municipal Authority. In the aggregate scale (out of 100) the following weightage is given: Centre gets 3; State gets 13; Municipal Corporation Delhi gets 4 and Centre/State/Municipal Corporation Delhi gets 7 27 Total Local Area Development Funds Utilised during April’2015 to March'2016 Calculation for the current financial year is done for the sanctioned fund of Rs. 4 crore.1) 100% (or more) to 91%- 5; 2) 90% to 76% - 4; 3) 75% to 61% -3; 4) 60% to 51% - 2; and 5) below 50% - 0 5 Back

Importance of Issues Raised Step 1: Issues raised are categorised into: Centre based State based Municipal Corporation Delhi based Centre/State/Municipal Corporation Delhi based Based on the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India. Overall weightage is given in the ratio of 3:13:4:7 in the above categories. Step 2: Further issues are given certain weightages depending on them being prime functions of the State Legislature or of the Municipal bodies or the Centre or jointly under Centre/State/Municipal Corporation Delhi. Step 3: Further weighted by score for Number of Issue Raised. Back

Parameters for Rating MLAs (3/4) Past Parameter (Marks) Education Qualification A minimum of 10th Pass - 1; if not – 0 1 Income Tax !) Possessing PAN Card - 1 2) Filling of last years IT returns – 1 2 Criminal Record If the candidate has zero cases registered against her/him, then 5; else as below: 1) Criminal Cases Registered containing the following charges: Murder, Rape, Molestation, Riot, Extortion - 0 2) Other criminal cases than the above mentioned – 3 5 Back

Parameters for Rating MLAs (4/4) Perception Parameter (Marks) Perception of Public Services Score on Public Services 20 Awareness & Accessibility Score on Awareness amongst people about their representative, their political party and ease of access to the representative 6 Corruption Index Score on perceived personal corruption of the representative 10 Broad Measures Score on overall satisfaction and improvement in quality of life 4 !) The weightage for Perception of Public Services was further divided into a hierarchy of 4 levels to meet the desired objective. Level 1 included facilities which are more critical to state government whereas Level 4 included facilities that are more critical to central government. Level 1 – This level included areas like Power supply, Law & Order situation & Instances of crime. It was given a weightage of 8 points Level 2 – This level included areas like Availability of food through ration shops & Pollution problems. It was given a weightage of 5 points Level 3 – This level included areas like Hospitals & other Medical facilities & Appropriate Schools & Colleges. It was given a weightage of 4 points Level 4 – This level included rest of the areas like Condition of Roads, Traffic Jams & Congestion, Availability of public gardens, Availability of public transport facilities, Water Supply, Water logging problems & Cleanliness & Sanitation facilities. It was given a weightage of 3 points 2) Broad Overall Measures: included opinions on Satisfaction with the MLA and Improvement in Lifestyle. Back

Top 3 MLAs

Bottom 3 MLAs

Top 5 MLAs in Number of Issues Raised Zone Constituency No. Name of the MLA Party No. of Issues Raised Shahdara North 69 Jagdish Pradhan BJP 85 Shahdara South 59 Om Prakash Sharma 82 Rohini 13 Vijender Kumar 78 Civil Line 20 Alka Lamba AAP 44 63 Rajendra Pal Gautam 43

(*) Includes 4 MLAs who had FIRs before elections as declared in their affidavit.

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