Indian Parliament

OECMUN 14, Bhubaneswar

Charges of Corruption against the Indian
Government
Agenda:
Speaker:
Vaivab Das
+91-9090210526
dasvaivab1@gmail.com

Dy. Speaker:
Prateek Jajodia
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prateekjajodia@gmail.com

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction
Section 1: The address
Section 2: The Parliament
Chapter 2: Rules of Procedures
Section 1: The Rules of procedure
Section 2: Samples (Appendix)
Chapter 3: Synopsis
Section 1: Synopsis
Chapter 4: Insight
Section 1: topics to be considered for general
debate.
Section 2: topics to be considered for
adjournment motion.

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Chapter 1: Introduction

Section 1: The Address

In this world of information, ignorance is a choice.
Amidst the scenario of turmoil and uncertainty, the idea and the ideals of
the democracy have not turned obsolete. The machinery of democracy
craves for a new set of gears, gears which will not only run the machinery
but guide it out from the depths of uncertainty and bring its ideals into
fruition.

The youth of this nation faces a choice. A choice of just sitting back,
reading newspapers, accepting the reality and succumbing to
circumstances or to raise their voice, the voice that will not loom into
the voids of oblivion, rather will barge through the doors of the decision
makers, a voice that will penetrate their ears and ring their mind. A voice
that not only questions but answers. A voice not reduced to mere words
but performs action. The first edition of the OEC Indian Parliament
provides a platform to this voice This event is a simulation of law making
procedure of the lower house (Lok Sabha) of the Indian Parliament. This
unique event provides an opportunity to the youth of this nation to step
into the shoes of a Member of the Parliament and participate in the
lawmaking procedure of this country. Every participant will be allotted a
constituency and he/she will take part in this event as its elected
representative. This event seeks to establish a link between the youth of
the nation and the absolute decision-making body of the nation i.e. The
Parliament.
This event aims at awakening toiling masses from their slumber and
realizes the true power of the parliamentary democracy. This event
provides the potential leaders of the future in general and students in
particular, the parliamentary ambience where they can feel the essence
of parliamentary procedures, where all democratic principles will be
enforce and capacity to lead and to belief will be put to a rigorous test.
This event spanning three days will encompass all intricacies of bill
drafting like multidimensional debates, and deliberations, clause by
clause discussion, amendments and finally a draft of the bill will be
prepared based on the consensus of the house.

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With these immensely ambitious thoughts, the Speaker of Lok
Sabha, Vaivab Das, on behalf of the Secretary General summon all
the honourable delegates of the lower house of the parliament ti
THE FIRST MOCK INDIAN PARLIAMENT being held at OEC.

Regards,
Vaivab Das (Speaker)
Prateek Jajodia (Deputy Speaker)

Section 2: The parliament
The Indian parliament consists of:
1.The President
2.The Lok Sabha
3.The Rajya Sabha.

1. PRESIDENT:
The President of India is the constitutional head of the country.
Each bill passed by both the houses of the Parliament require the
assent of the President to become a law.

2. LOK SABHA:
Lok Sabha is the House of the People. Lok Sabha is composed of
representatives of the people chosen by direct election on the
basis of the adult suffrage. The maximum strength of the House
envisaged by the Constitution is 552, which is made up by election
of upto 530 members to represent the States, up to 20 members
to represent the Union Territories and not more than two
members of the Anglo-Indian Community to be nominated by the
Hon'ble President, if, in his/her opinion, that community is not
adequately represented in the House. The total elective
membership is distributed among the States in such a way that the
ratio between the number of seats allotted to each State and the
population of the State is, so far as practicable, the same for all
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States. The qualifying age for membership of Lok Sabha is 25 years.
The Lok Sabha at present consists of 545 members including the
Speaker and two nominated members. Lok Sabha, unless sooner
dissolved, continues for five years from the date appointed for its
first meeting and the expiration of the period of five years operates
as dissolution of the House. However, while a Proclamation of
Emergency is in operation, this period may be extended by
Parliament by law for a period not exceeding one year at a time and
not extending, in any case, beyond a period of six months after the
proclamation has ceased to operate.
The Constitution of India came into force on January 26, 1950.
The first general, elections under the new Constitution were held
during the year 1951-52 and the first elected Parliament came into
being in April, 1952. Lok Sabha elects one of its own members as its
Presiding Officer and he/she is called the Speaker. He/she is
assisted by the Deputy Speaker who is also elected by Lok Sabha.
The conduct of business in Lok Sabha is the responsibility of the
Speaker. When in session, Lok Sabha holds its sittings usually from
11 A.M. to 1 P.M. and from 2 P.M. to 6 P.M. On some days the sittings
are continuously held without observing lunch break and are also
extended beyond 6 P.M. depending upon the business before the
House. Lok Sabha does not ordinarily sit on Saturdays and Sundays
and closed on other holidays.
The main business of the day may be consideration of a Bill or
financial business or consideration of a resolution or a motion.
Members may raise discussions on matters of urgent public
importance with the permission of the Speaker. Such discussions
may take place on two days in a week. After the member who
initiates discussion on an item of business has spoken, other
members can speak on that item of business in such order as the
Speaker may call upon them. Only one member can speak at a time
and all speeches are directed to the Chair.
A matter requiring the decision of the House is decided by means of
a question put by the Speaker on a motion made by a member. A
division is one of the forms in which the decision of the House is
ascertained. Normally, when a motion is put to the House members
for and against it indicates their opinion by saying "Aye" or "No" from
their seats. The Chair goes by the voices and declares that the
motion is either accepted or rejected by the House. If a member
challenges the decision, the Chair orders that the lobbies be
cleared. Then the division bell is rung and an entire network of bells
installed in the various parts and rooms in Parliament House and
Parliament House Annexure rings continuously for three and a half


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minutes. Members and Ministers rush to the Chamber from all sides.
After the bell stops, all the doors to the Chamber are closed and
nobody can enter or leave the Chamber till the division is over. Then
the Chair puts the question for second time and declares whether in
its opinion the "Ayes" or the "Noes", have it. If the opinion so
declared is again challenged, the Chair asks the votes to be recorded
by operating the Automatic Vote Recording Equipment.

3. RAJYA SABHA
Rajya Sabha The Constituent Assembly decided to have a bicameral
legislature for independent India mainly because a federal system
was considered to be most feasible form of Government for such a
vast country with immense diversities. A single directly elected
House, in fact, was considered inadequate to meet the challenges
before free India.
A second chamber known as the Council of States, therefore, was
created with altogether different composition and method of
election from that of the directly elected House of the People. It
was conceived as another Chamber, with smaller membership than
the Lok Sabha. It was meant to be the federal chamber i.e., a House
elected by the elected members of Assemblies of the States and two
Union Territories in which States were not given equal
representation. Apart from the elected members, provision was also
made for the nomination of twelve members to the House by the
President. These nominated members shall consist of persons having
special knowledge or practical experience in respect of such matters
as art, literature, science and social service. The minimum age of
thirty years was fixed for membership as against twenty five years
for the Lower House.
The element of dignity and prestige was added to the Council of
State House by making the Vice-President of India ex-officio
Chairman of the Rajya Sabha who presides over its sittings. Members
sit for six-year terms, with one third of the members retiring every
two years. This implies that the Rajya Sabha, unlike the Lok Sabha is
not subject to dissolution.

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Chapter 2: Rules of Procedure

Section 1: Rules of Procedure

STRUCTURE OF LOK SABHA AND RAJYA SABHA

The Lok Sabha (lower House) shall comprise of 120 members
from different constituencies, selected on the proportion of
their representation in the 15th Lok Sabha of India.
The Rajya Sabha shall comprise of 80 members representing
different states on the proportion of their representation in the
Rajya Sabha of India.
The House and the Council shall be presided over by the Speaker
and the Deputy Speaker. The House and The Council will be
assisted by their respective Secretariat headed by the Secretary
General.
The House and the Council of States shall be represented by two
parties with distinct but not homogeneous ideological
orientations.
The Majority side and the Opposition side shall be headed by the
Leader of the House/Council and the Leader of the Opposition
selected by their respective party members.
The House of the People and the Council of State shall run
parallel to each other and transfer their respective Bills to the
other chamber after the House/Councils approval.
All the documents relating to Point of Order, correction of Facts,
motions and communication shall be moved through the
Secretariat.
Every message from the House to the Council or from the Council
to the House shall be in writing or in print or partly in writing
and partly in print and shall be signed by the Secretary-
General.
The Speaker of the House/Council carries the sole discretion to
initiate any session of the house without any prior notice or
motion.

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The decision of the Speaker is final and absolute.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOUSE
The House and the Council of States shall be represented by two
parties with distinct but not homogeneous ideological
orientations. The House shall be divided into Majority and
Opposition side in accordance to their views on the sample bill
provided by the symposium society. The bill carrying the largest
support shall constitute into a Majority side and latter into the
Opposition.
The Majority side and the opposition side shall be headed by the
Leader of the house/Council and Leader of the Opposition
selected on the consensus of the respective party members.
Various other portfolios of Home Minister, External Affairs
Minister and Panchayat and Tribal affairs Minister shall be so
allocated.
Note: (Leader of the party will be deemed as a normal participant
and appointment on such posts shall not boost his/her prospects of
winning the competitive contest. The posts so allotted shall be
symbolic in nature.)
The Majority side after the invitation of the President shall
constitute the Ruling side of the House/Council which will get
the opportunity to table the bill and take part in the drafting of
the Bill. The Speaker shall announce the commencement of the
session and instruct the Secretary General to do a roll call and
issue an Oath to the Members of Parliament.
I, A.B. having been elected (or nominated) a member of the 3rd
Hindu Mock Indian Parliament do swear in the name of God (or
solemnly affirm) that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the
Constitution of India as by law established, that I will uphold the
sovereignty and integrity of India and that I will faithfully
discharge the duty upon which I am about to enter.
LEGISLATIVE PROCESS
The Speaker shall ask any member of the House/Council of
States to table the bill. Tabling of bill is basically a general
introduction of the bill. The Ruling side shall present their views
on the bill and its relevance. The member tabling the bill shall
also state the aims and objectives of the bill. The member
tabling the bill shall request the speaker to publish the bill in the
Gazette.

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I, Minister of / Member of Parliament from ..
Constituency hereby requests the Honorable speaker to order the
publication of the.. Bill in the gazette
The Speaker may, on request being made to him will order the
publication of any Bill (together with the Statement of Objects
and Reasons, the memorandum regarding delegation of
legislative power and the financial memorandum accompanying
it) in the Gazette.
Any member, other than a Minister (member of Ruling Party),
desiring to move a Bill, shall give notice of his intention, and
shall, together with the notice, submit a copy of the Bill and an
explanatory Statement of Objects and Reasons. Such a bill shall
be referred to as Private Member bill. As soon as may be after a
Bill has been introduced, the Bill, unless it has already been
published, shall be published in the Gazette. When a Bill is
tabled or on some subsequent occasion, the member in charge
may make one of the following motions in regard to his Bill
namely: that it is referred to Bill drafting Committee of the
House/council of States. After admitting the motion, the Speaker
shall order the setting up of Bill Drafting Committee and will
adjourn the House.

DRAFTING OF THE BILL
Drafting of the bill is an integral part of the 3rd Hindu Mock
Indian Parliament. The Bill making side shall be provided with
the moderators from the Symposium Society.
The non- Bill Drafting side shall have a moderated discussion
among themselves in which they can address the different
aspects, issues and dimensions of the bill, while strategizing.
After the drafting of the bill is completed, the copies of the bill
shall be distributed to the members of the House/Council of
states and will be published on our website.
Introduction of the Bill .
The Speaker shall ask any member of the Bill Drafting side to
introduce the bill to the house and read it clause by clause.
CLAUSE BY CLAUSE DISCUSSSION:
Flow of Debate The Speaker shall ask any member of the bill making
side to read out the clause and state the logic and the intentions
behind the clause. The non bill drafting side shall question and

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counter the logic behind the clause. The Speaker shall grant 3 or
more minutes to each speaker depending on the quality of his/her
arguments. The Speaker shall permit 2 or more counter arguments
depending upon the availability of time and the importance of the
clause so discussed. All the facts should be quoted from the
admissible sources. Any misquotation shall be immediately reported
to the Additional Director of Research. All the correspondence
between the members of the house or between the Members and the
Secretariat shall be done via chit system.

AMENDMENTS TO THE CLAUSES
Motion to move the amendments shall be presented in writing to the
Secretary General. Secretary General shall notify the speaker to
initiate the Amendment session.
The following conditions shall govern the admissibility of
amendments to clauses or schedules of a Bill:
1. An amendment shall be within the scope of the Bill and
relevant to the subject-matter of the clause to which it relates.
2. An amendment shall not be such as to make the clause which it
proposes to amend unintelligible or ungrammatical.
3. An amendment shall not be inconsistent with any previous
decision of the House on the Same question
4. The Speaker shall have the right to reject and propose
amendments to the bill.
5. The Speaker shall have power to select new clauses or
amendments to be proposed.
The amendment so presented shall not be deemed admissible in the
house and can be rejected by the bill making side on the above
mentioned grounds.
After the amendment has been suggested, the Bill drafting side shall
defend its clause or accept the amendment to the clause. If the
debate persists, the Non bill drafting side shall make appropriate
modifications in the amendments as suggested by The Bill drafting
side or by the Speaker of the House. The non- Bill drafting side can
suggest some sub clauses that could be added. The Bill drafting side
can ask for amendments in written from the HMIP secretariat. The
non- Bill drafting side shall submit their amendment to the
Secretariat.
1.
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PASSING OF THE BILL
After the amendment session, a motion shall be moved by the
member of the parliament to initiate the voting on the bill.
When Bill is passed by the House, it shall be transmitted to the
Council/House for concurrence with a message to that effect.
Speaker initiates the final reading of the bill with amended/ not
amended sections.
Speaker then puts the question to the vote of the House in these
words:
The question is that leave be granted to the Minister of /
Member of Parliament from to introduce the ..
Bill, (Year). Those in favour will say Aye, those against will say-
No.
After the verdict of the House has been assessed, the Speaker
will say thrice: the Ayes (or Noes) have it, the Ayes (or Noes)
have it, the Ayes (or Noes) have it.
When a Bill is passed by the Houses and is in possession of the
House, the Bill shall be signed in duplicate by the Speaker and
the Secretary General shall generate a notice to introduce the
passed bill in the other Chamber.
*** (The bill passed by the Lok Sabha shall be introduced in the Rajya
Sabha and the bill passed by the Rajya Sabha shall be introduced in
the Lok Sabha. If one chamber fails to pass a bill, the other chamber
shall discuss issues of urgent national importance for instance If the
Lok Sabha Passes the bill and Rajya Sabha fails to do so, Lok Sabha
will discuss issues of national importance and Rajya Sabha shall
discuss on the bill so passed by the Lok Sabha.)
If the Bill is passed by the other chamber without amendments,
the bill shall be sent to the President for his assent. If the bill is
passed in the other chamber with amendments, the bill is sent
back for consideration.
RESOLUTION
A resolution may be in the form of a declaration of opinion, or a
recommendation; or may be in the form so as to record either
approval or disapproval by the House of an act or policy of
Government, or convey a message; or commend, urge or request an
action; or call attention to a matter or situation for consideration by
Government; or in such other form as the Speaker may consider
appropriate. Resolution shall be drafted after the initiation of Call
attention motion/ Motion for Papers.




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After a resolution has been moved any member may, subject to the
rules relating to resolutions, move an amendment to the resolution.
IMPORTANT TERMS
Motions
The House will not consider any matter except on a motion made to
that effect. The House expresses its will in the form of orders and its
opinion in the form of Resolution but both have their origin in a
motion. A motion has been defined as a proposal submitted to the
House for its consideration and decision. All motions shall be
addressed to the Secretary General. Motions are an important aspect
of the judgment criteria.
I. Adjournment Motion: Adjournment motion can be moved by a
member of parliament to adjourn the house for a particular
duration. The admissibility of adjournment motion shall be
decided by the Speaker.
II. Calling Attention/ Motion for papers: A member may, with the
previous permission of the Speaker, call the attention of a
Minister to any matter of urgent public importance and the
Minister may make a brief statement or ask for time to make a
statement.
III. Motion of No Confidence: The Opposition party can initiate a
motion of No Confidence if the Ruling Party fails to make the
bill pass in the House/Council of states.
POINTS
Point of Order
Point of Order shall be submitted in writing to the HMIP secretariat
to seek clarification on the rules of the session. Point of order will
not interrupt the Member of Parliament.
Points of Personal Privilege
They shall be used only when the remarks of a Member of Parliament
are found insulting and defamatory in nature.
NOTICE
A motion shall be moved by the Leader of the House/Council to
generate a notice to introduce the passed bill in the other
chamber
Section 2: Samples.(Appendix)


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FORMAT OF AN AMMENDMENT

Amendment
[Write the clause, as proposed to be amended.]
Chapter
Clause..
Subclause.
Statement
Signature of MP :
Format of a Motion
Motion
Agenda.
Statement..
Signature

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Chapter 3: Synopsis

The scope of debate is to be divide into three sections
1. 1.The zero hour.
2. 2.The procedural debate on the agenda
3. 3.The adjournment Motion.
1. Zero hour:
Zero hour/ Question Hour is the first hour of a sitting session of
India's Lok Sabha devoted to questions that Members of Parliament
raise about any aspect of administrative activity. The concerned
Minister is obliged to answer to the Parliament, either orally or in
writing, depending on the type of question raised. Questions are one
of the ways Parliament can hold the Executive accountable.
In this hour two types of questions are asked:
I. Starred question: which is asked by a MP to the the minister in
charge and the reply is expected in a verbal form.
II. Unstarred questions: are asked by the MP to the minister in
charge and the reply is expected in writing.
(Note: MPs are summoned to be prepared to ask questions to the
government regarding issues of national importance and the
Government in sitting is expected to be upto date with issue
regarding there respective departments.)
2. The procedural Debate on the agenda:
As the agenda "Charges of Corruption on the Indian Government." Is
a grave issue. The executive board advises the Government(Members
of the Government) to be present with all the actual documents
which are easy available on the official website.
The Opposition tagging the government with Charges of Corruption is
expected to back it with substantial proof.
3.The adjournment Motion.
As mentioned above, Adjournment motion is of much importance.
Topics of utmost importance are raise during the adjournment
motion and are debated on the floor.
(Note: the MPs are appealed to be ready with current issues
prevailing in the nation and to bring it up during this motion.)

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Chapter 4: Insight

Section 1: Topics to be considered
The procedural Debate.
India has been rocked by a spate of scams in the recent past. Here is
an overview of some of the most infamous scams that have hit the
country over the years.
2013 Chopper scam:
Better known as Choppergate, the scam involves several
politicians and defence officers, who have been accused of
having accepted bribes from Augusta Westland to clear a
contract to supply 12 Agusta Westland AW101 helicopters to
India.
India had signed a contract to purchase 12 Agusta Westland
AW101 helicopters in February 2010. The Rs3600 crore-scam
came to light on February 12, 2013, when Finmeccanica CEO
Giuseppe Orsi was arrested by Italian authorities for bribes
allegedly paid to secure the sale of 12 helicopters to India.
Finmeccanica is the parent company of Agusta Westland.
Indian Defence Minister AK Antony ordered a CBI probe into the
contract the very next day.
Investigations revealed that three persons related to the then Air
Force chief Shashi Tyagi had bended the rules in the tender to
help Agusta Westland secure the contract.
On March 13, 2013, the CBI had filed an FIR against the former
IAF chief and 12 others for alleged cheating and criminal
conspiracy in the Rs3600 crore VVIP helicopter deal.
Tyagi is first chief of the Indian Air Force to be named in a
corruption or criminal case by the CBI.
The FIR also named brother of former Union minister Santosh
Bagrodia, Satish Bagrodia and Pratap Aggarwal, Chairman and
Managing Director of IDS Infotech in the case.
According to Reuters, the investigation into the Italian firm
Finmeccanica, which started more than a year ago, is one of a
series of corruption scandals in defence dealmaking in India.

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2012 Coal block allocation scam:
Dubbed as Coalgate by the media, the scam once again exposed
corruption in the higher echelons of power in the country. The
scandal involves allocation of the country's coal deposits to
public and private sector companies by Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh.
The office of Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), in
a draft report in March 2012, accused the government of
allocating coal blocks in an arbitrary manner during the period
20042009, causing a loss of Rs1.86 lakh crore.
Initially the loss was pegged at over Rs10 lakh crore, but the CAG
revised it to Rs1.86 lakh crore after leaving out PSUs from its
final report.
The BJP lodged a complaint regarding the matter which led to a
CBI probe into the scam and demanded Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh's resignation.
However, Singh read a statement in the Parliament on 27 August
2012 refuting the CAG's report.
The scandal caused a lot of furor both inside and outside the
Parliament due to its magnitude. The scandal got murkier when
43 files containing crucial information on how the coal fields
were allocated to private firms went missing.
Dr. Manmohan Singh was in charge of the Coal Ministry between
2006 and 2009. Some of the files missing contain information on
allocations of coal fields during this period.
After a lot of hammering by the Opposition, all except seven
files were traced and sent to the CBI to further the probe.
2011 Antrix Devas deal:
The scam involves former ISRO chairman G Madhavan Nair and
three other scientists who were responsible for a controversial
contract between Antrix Corporation and Devas Multimedia
Private Limited on January 28, 2005.
Under the deal, Antrix was to provide 70 MHz of S-Band
wavelength to Devas for broadcasting purposes. This was to be
done by ISRO leasing out S-band transponders in two satellites
(GSAT6 and GSAT6A) to Devas.
It was revealed that the DoS got approvals to build the satellites
without disclosing the fact that they were to be utilised
primarily for Devas' benefit.

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A CAG report revealed that the department of space (DoS) had
violated rules and policies for approving the agreement. The
audit report pegged the loss at Rs200,000 crore.
2010 2G spectrum:
One of the largest financial scams in the country, the 2G scam
involves undercharging by government officials to various
telecom companies during the allocation of 2G licenses for cell
phone subscriptions.
The telecom bandwidth tender was undervalued and offered to a
preferred few on a 'First-Come-First-Served' basis instead of a
transparent auction system, advised by the PMO.
While the CAG pegs the scam amount at Rs176,000 crore, the CBI
estimates it at Rs30,984 crore.
Investigations revealed that 122 122 licenses were issued in 2008
during the tenure of then minister for communications & IT A
Raja, who is the main accused in the case.
Raja was forced to resign on November 14. and has been booked
under the Prevention of Corruption Act for accepting illegal
gratification. Apart from Raja, daughter Tamil Nadu Chief
Minister, M. Karunanidhi, M.K. Kanimozhi and late Pramod
Mahajan have also been named in the case.
Other bureaucrats whose names surfaced in the case were
former telecom secretary Siddhartha Behura, Secretary of the
Department of Telecommunications PJ Thomas , bureaucrat
Pradip Baijal and Raja's private secretary RK Chandolia.
2010 CWG:
Among all the scams in India, the CWG scam is perhaps the only
one that drew the attention of media worldwide.
A day after the conclusion of the Games, the Centre announced
formation of a special committee to probe allegations of
corruption and mismanagement against the Organising
Committee (OC).
During investigations, Organising Committee chairman Suresh
Kalmadi's name surfaced as the main accused. Kalmadi has been
accused of awarding a contract to install Timing, Scoring and
Results (TSR) system for the 2010 CWG to Swiss Timing at
inflated rates causing a loss of over Rs 90 crore to the exchequer.

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The CBI has alleged that Kalmadi awarded the contract to the
Swiss firm at a much higher bid despite having a cheaper option.
Apart from Kalmadi, the CBI has named eight persons including
OC former Secretary General Lalit Bhanot and former Director
General VK Verma as accused.
Promoters of two construction firms, PD Arya and A K Madan of
Faridabad-based Gem International and AK Reddy of Hyderabad-
based AKR Constructions are also accused in the case.
1996 Fodder scam:
Known as the mother of all scandals, though the Fodder scam
had been going on for over two decades before it came to light
in 1996 in the town of Chaibasa, Bihar.
The scam involved fabrication of fictitious livestock for which
fodder, medicines and animal husbandry equipment was
supposedly procured. The animal husbandry department is said
to have embezzled Rs950 crore through the scheme.
Then chief minister of Bihar Lalu Prasad Yadav was forced to
resign along with former chief minister Jagannath Mishra in the
wake of the scandal.
1980-90s Bofors scandal:
The Bofors scam that took place between 1980s and 1990s had
stirred a big controversy in the country as then Prime Minister
Rajiv Gandhi and several others were accused of receiving
kickbacks from the now defunct Swedish arms company Bofors
AB for claring a contract to supply India's 155 mm field howitzer.
In March 1986, a $285 million contract between the Govt of India
and Swedish arms company Bofors was signed for supply of 410
155mm Howitzer field guns.
About a year later, in April 1987, Swedish Radio alleged that
Bofors paid kickbacks to top Indian politicians and key defence
officials to seal the deal.
The middleman associated with the scandal was Ottavio
Quattrocchi, was believed to be a major player in the scam.
However, after years of legal battle, the Bofors saga came to an
end on July 13, 2013 with Quattrocchi's death.

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Adarsh Housing society scam:
The scam involves the Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society. The
building, which was originally meant to be a six-storey structure
for Kargil war heroes and war widows, was converted into a 31-
storey highrise.
Built with the sole purpose of housing war veterans, the society
now houses members including relatives of former Maharashtra
chief minister Ashok Chavan and other politicians, military
officials and bureaucrats, who got the flats at a lower price.
Former Army chiefs Generals Deepak Kapoor and NC Vij and
former Navy chief Admiral Madhavendra Singh and Vice-Chief
Gen Shantanu Choudhary also got flats in the society.
An inquiry by the CBI, IT department and the Enforcement
Directorate unearthed Sushilkumar Shinde, Late Vilasrao
Deshmukh and Ashok Chavan's involvement in the scam, leading
to Chavans resignation.
Hawala scam:
The Hawala scandal or hawala scam was involved payments
amounting to Rs1,000 crore allegedly received by politicians
through four hawala brokers, the Jain brothers.It was alleged
that terrorist outfits in Kashmir received funding by this means.
The scandal saw accusations being leveled against the country's
top most political leaders including LK Advani, VC Shukla, P Shiv
Shankar, Sharad Yadav, Balram Jakhar, and Madan Lal Khurana.
However, no one was convicted after the hawala records were
judged inadequate as main evidence in court.
2013 Saradha Group chit fund scam:
The financial scam was caused by the collapse of a Ponzi scheme
run by Saradha Group, a consortium of companies which was
believed to be running a wide variety of collective investment
schemes (popularly referred to as chit fund) West Bengal.
The group collapsed in April 2013, causing an estimated loss of
Rs200300 billion to over 1.7 million depositors. In the wake of
the scandal, the Mamata Banerjee-led state government had set
up an inquiry commission to investigate the collapse and also set
up a fund of INR 5 billion (92 million USD) to ensure that low
income investors are not bankrupted.

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The Centre also launched a multi-agency probe to investigate the
Saradha scam, as well as other similar Ponzi schemes.
Group chairman Sudipto Sen, in a letter to the CBI, admitted
that he had paid large sums of money to several politicians.
He also stated that Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh had
forced him to enter into money-losing media ventures and
blackmailed him into selling one of his channels at below market
price. Sen fled after posting this letter on April 10.
He was arrested in Kashmir on April 23, 2013. His close aide
Debjani Mukhopadhdhay was also arrested for her involvement in
the scam.

Section 2: Topics to be considered
Adjournment Motion.

The topics are solely to be brought up by the delegates/MPs
themselves.
Concluding Note:
Its a matter of great appreciation that the OEC SECRETARIAT has
decided to stimulate the lok sabha in OEC MUN 2k13. The Speaker is
immensely Happy and eagerly waiting to see how the MPs attend the
prestigious stimulation and come up with solutions to the impending
issues at hand for the benefit of the society at large.
All the Accusations and defence are to be backed with substantial
proof and the admissible sources for such proofs are as follows.
ADMISSIBLE SOURCES
While the authenticity of any source can be a matter of contention
and debate in the House, given its supremacy as an institution- the
participating Parliamentarians are expected to only present reliable
proofs and documents.
A basic List of Admissible Sources includes:
1. Reports by the Government and its various agencies.
2. Reports by CAG, CVC, ECI
3. Judgments by High Courts and the Supreme Court.


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