India, April 17 -- Our Parliament is discussing a Constitution amendment bill to increase the size of the Lok Sabha to 850 lawmakers, from the current cap of 550 - a change that has to be approved by two-thirds of members present and voting in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. The government has clarified that while 850 is the ceiling, the plan is to increase the number of seats from 543 to 816. If this proposal goes through, our Lok Sabha will become the largest directly elected legislative body in the world. China's National People's Congress, which has roughly 3,000 deputies, is an indirectly elected House. A closer look at the current functioning of the Lok Sabha offers insights into what a larger House might entail. This examination can ...