One Nation One Election: JPC tenure extended till Monsoon session

Key facts

• Lok Sabha extended the tenure of the Joint Committee of Parliament (JPC) examining simultaneous polls Bills till the last week of the Monsoon Session.
• The JPC is chaired by senior BJP MP PP Chaudhary and has 39 members.
• The Constitution (129th Amendment) Bill, 2024 and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024 were introduced on 17 December 2024 and referred to the JPC.
• The JPC held its first meeting on 8 January 2024 and has met 17 times so far.
• The JPC received its fourth extension during the Winter Session last year.
• EAC-PM working paper estimates ONOE could cut polling personnel deployment by 28 % or 26 lakh personnel.
• Simultaneous polls could save around 1.4 crore personnel-days over a five-year cycle according to the EAC-PM paper.
• Election Commission estimates nine polling personnel are needed for separate polls but only six for simultaneous polls.