New Delhi, Oct. 30 -- The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) convened on Friday to review the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth Amendment) Bill 2024 and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024, engaging with domain experts to assess the long-term socio-economic impact of synchronising national, state, and union territory elections.

The depositions before the JPC contended that India's staggered election cycle results in massive fiscal waste, discourages private corporate investment, ties up the administrative and security apparatus and perpetuates a campaign culture which in turn is detrimental to good governance and the health of democracy.

Detailing the systemic inefficiencies of separate elections, Chairman of the...