During 2014-16, around 500 among 543 Lok Sabha MPs and 203 among 253 Rajya Sabha MPs identified a village. The number went down during 2016–18, to 326 Lok Sabha MPs and 121 Rajya Sabha MPs. It went down further during 2017–19. According to the report of February 2018, only 97 Lok Sabha MPs and 27 Rajya Sabha MPs picked a village.