Most government assurances to MPS remain only on paper
NEW DELHI: If you have ever experienced governments not keeping its promises, you are not alone as the parliamentarians of both the Houses –Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha –have received assurances from ministers of the ruling parties that were unfulfilled.
According to a report of the Parliamentary Committee on Government Assurances, which has been analysed by Millennium Post, 45 per cent assurances to Members of Parliament in the lower house have not been kept, while 55 per cent assurances made to members of the upper house are yet to see the light of day.
“Most of the assurances, which are yet unfulfilled, were given by the government during Question Hour and Zero Hour. Assurances such as government will look into the matter and get back to the member, consider the suggestions of the member, etc have even been ‘forgotten' by the government,” the report stated.
“In Rajya Sabha, the government had made 1,967 assurances and out of which 1,100 are still pending, while in the Lok Sabha out of the total 3,374 promises, 1,515 assurances are still waiting for government's nod to get completed,” the findings of the report said. The ruling party at the Centre fulfilled 1,724 assurances out of 3,374.
The performance of the erstwhile UPA government, which was headed by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, was also not much better as the government failed to fulfil 13.3 per cent of the promises made in the 15th Lok Sabha, while the same regime could fulfil only 39.8 per cent of the promises made during their tenure in 14th Lok Sabha.
The committee to look into the matters of assurances is headed by BJP MP Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank in Lok Sabha, while BSP member Satish Chandra Mishra is chairing the panel in Rajya Sabha. NEW DELHI: The Government may soon review the public report of Sharda Prasad committee, that suggested the challenges in vocational education and training system of the country and convergence, synergy and rationalization of sector skill councils (SSCS).
The report is available at http://msde.gov.in/reportssc.html. The committee was formed by the government to re-evaluate the National Skill Development Mission. The report also suggested the appendices arranged chapterwise and Maps of National Classification of Occupations, 2015 with National Industrial Classification, 2008.
The committee reportedly advised the skill development ministry to drastically reduce the number SSCS from 40 to around 20 by merging identical sector councils but also to curtail their powers of assessment of skill training centers. These SSCS are overlapping in nature, and were unnecessarily floated without giving proper thought, making it difficult to manage a large number of them.
According to sources, the committee also suggested merging plumbing and construction, handloom and handicraft, telecom and Information Technology and Information Technology Enabled Services, automotive and logistics, health care and beauty and wellness sector, and many more. NEW DELHI: In an unprecedented move, the National Green Tribunal on Tuesday said it would itself inspect the most polluted parts of Ganga between Haridwar and Kanpur to get first hand information on the river.
The decision assumes significance as usually the green panel appoints a panel of experts to inspect a site and give a comprehensive ground report to it.
NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar said it has been hearing the Ganga cleaning case on day-to-day basis but there was still no definitive data on the quality and quantity of pollutants being discharged into the river. NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it has not "stopped" itself or any of the high courts from designating lawyers as senior advocates, an issue which has been marred by controversy in the recent past.
A bench comprising Justices Ranjan Gogoi and Navin Sinha said it was only dealing with the application seeking a stay on the practice of designating lawyers as seniors till a norm was evolved for it, as other issues related to the matter would be dealt with by a larger bench as ordered earlier.
"We have not stopped them (high courts and apex court). If high courts want to designate lawyers as senior advocates, they can go ahead. If the Supreme Court want to designate lawyers as seniors, they can do it," the bench said.
The designation of lawyers as senior advocates had come under criticism as a section of lawyers had complained that many deserving candidates were ignored.
Senior advocate Indira Jaising, the petitioner in the case, today told the court that guidelines should be evolved for designating lawyers as senior advocates as the affidavit filed by the secretary general of apex court says that the Supreme Court has no rules on this issue.