MY Parliament Monsoon Session 2016

8th - 10th of July

Constitution Club of India, New Delhi

MY Parliament - Initiative to strengthen People's

Participation in Democracy
MY Parliament is a civic engagement platform established for the youth to enter governance and public
policy space with an objective of strengthening participatory democracy. We foster an environment for
active participation of youth in democracy and their service to the nation by creating awareness about
policies that govern our country. We aim to enable youth to question, deliberate and understand the
mechanism of policy making in our country and the ways in which substantial changes can be brought
about.

Simulations
Simulation sessions are an important activity conducted by MY Parliament to give young citizens a oneoff experience of the policy-making procedures and provisions of the Government. We believe that
simulation helps individuals empathize with another's viewpoint through role-playing procedures.
Such sessions encourage debates, discussions and voicing of opinions, enhancing the overall
personality of the individual and widening his/her knowledge base.
We have conducted three such simulations in the past.

Budget Sessions: Model Youth Parliament 2015 and 2016

We as citizens are often unable to participate in the making of our country's budget even when we are
important stakeholders of the economy. Keeping this very visible gap in mind, MY Parliament has
conducted simulated budget sessions for two consecutive years, 2015 and 2016.With more than 200
young dynamic participants, the simulated budget session 2016 saw the number of young participants
grow with respect to 2015. Both these sessions empowered young minds to engage in passionate
debates around the way citizens would like their money allocated. Several ministries such as Ministry of
Agriculture, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Ministry of Women and Child Development, Ministry of
Human Resource Development and Ministry of Rural Affairs were formed to debate the fiscal budget of
the year.

Model Youth Parliament 2014

This two-day event witnessed intense policy debates on FDI in retail and bills of national
importance such as the Lokpal Bill, Food Security Bill, and Protection of Women against Sexual
Harassment at Workplace Bill. This event saw participation of around 150 participants from all across
the country. These participants were allocated various roles such as Members of Parliament, Cabinet
Ministers, and the Prime Minister to simulate a guided discussion.

Monsoon Session 2016

A three-day simulation of Monsoon Session of Indian Parliament was called upon in New Delhi where
more than 100 young minds engaged in the discussions around issues of national importance.
The Monsoon session simulation at MY Parliament was unfolded in a format similar to the Lok Sabha.
Adhering to the various rules and procedures of the house, participants were given an opportunity to
present various bills and seek their passing through the approved format in accordance with the

Constitution of India, along with various checks and balances mechanisms.

Discussions centered around The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition,
Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Second Amendment) Bill, 2015 and a Draft Bill on Passive Euthanasia.
Keeping in the view the structure of the government, twelve cabinet ministers were formed - Minister of
Human Resource Development, Minister of Women and Child Development, Minister of Rural
Development, Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment, Minister of Finance, Minister of
Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Minister
of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Minister of Youth
Affairs and Sports, Minister of Urban Development and Ministry of Culture.
With the help of technology, the campaign was spread across the length and breadth of the country. An
online application form was floated for youth to send their suggestions to improve governing structure
of our country. After receiving over 800 applications from more than 22 states, the participants were
short-listed on multiple criteria including the merit, diversity of background and their understanding of
issues related to public policy. The selected candidates were imbibed with the required skills through a
series of workshops.
The objective of this simulation was to help youth question and debate the issues which face our
country today. It aims to instill in them, an understanding of the public policy and procedures of
governance.

Training Workshops
A series of workshops, training sessions, discussions as a part of a month-long awareness campaign
were conducted in partnership with civil society organisations and academia with the following
objectives:

Decoding the parliamentary jargon for a comprehensive understanding through visuals and
detailed illustrations .

Engaging partner civil society organizations such as PRS Legislative Research and Center for Civil
Society to disseminate information about various aspects of public policy in India.
The training commenced with a webinar on Social Change and Public Policy conducted by Centre for
Civil Society. The session gave the candidates a brief overview on various policy interventions to bring
social change in our country. For comprehensive understanding of the bills various webinar sessions
were hosted by policy experts. The sessions gave them insight into the nitty-gritties of the bills. These
online workshops were supplemented with manuals, workbooks and online quiz competitions.

About the report

The participants were divided into groups of ruling and opposition parties to analyse and discuss
the Bills and provide recommendations for the same. This consolidated report includes major takeaways and recommendations discussed during the MY Parliament Monsoon Session 2016 by the
youth representing diverse sections of the society.

General Discussion
The Monsoon session of MY Parliament was an exercise to understand the rules and reenact the procedures
followed in the Parliamentary sessions of our country. It helped participants witness the process of passing a Bill in
the house and the manner in which it is discussed and debated. This session simulated the functioning of the Lok
Sabha, including various checks and balances mechanisms such as the Question Hour, Zero Hour and Legislative
Business.

Question Hour
Keeping in view the structure of government, twelve cabinet ministers were selected out of a pool of 100
participants. First hour of both the days was given for Question Hour. Starred Questions asked by Members of MY
Parliament were answered by the delegated ministers. Each question was followed by a supplementary question.
The statistical information and the reports were provided for reference. (Kindly refer annexure)

Zero Hour
The Question Hour on first day was followed by Zero Hour. During the session following issues were raised for
discussion:
a) Safety and security of women
b) Economic challenges faced by India
c) Problems faced by the farmers .
The participants enthusiastically participated throughout an hour long discussion. Starting with the discussion on
women safety and security, the Members of MY Parliament stressed upon it as the the most important and crucial
issue. To ensure safety of women, there was a unanimous call by the MY Parliamentarians to take strict action
against criminals and facilitating more guards and police patrolling. The discussion saw ten delegated
parliamentarians giving suggestions and recommendations to curb violence and abuse against women.
The issue economic challenges in India saw eight parliamentarians raise concerns ranging from inequality of
wealth to malnourishment. The discussion revolved around transfer of power to local governments. Various
challenges such as making smart villages, involving private players to invest in government projects, on time
completion of projects, development of faster delivery mechanisms, and scientific research and development in
agriculture sector were stressed upon. Changes in labour law and inviting more investment from foreign nations
were some of the key suggestions given by MY Parliamentarians to help India's economy grow faster.
The topic which drew the most attention was problems faced by Indian farmers. Twenty elegated parliamentarians
from both ruling and opposition parties clamantly debated the government's recent Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima
Yojana. MY Parliamentarians highlighted the inadequate compensation given to farmers for crop failure and there
was a mutual consensus to change the method of assessment for compensation. Challenges such as drought and
water scarcity which have plagued the agriculture were discussed and suggestions were given to tackle these
issues. The farmer suicide case in Maharashtra was also brought up. Focus was drawn on providing perennial
irrigation facilities to farmers. Some of key recommendations given in the session were, encouraging Microirrigation techniques, increased use of watershed approaches, conservation of groundwater resources, containing
water footprint and installation of groundwater recharge systems.

Land Acquisition Bill

Land Acquisition Bill was introduced on Day 2 of MY Parliament Monsoon Session. The session began
with the discussion on Land Acquisition Bill with Mr. Gopal Aggarwal. Mr. Aggarwal briefed the
delegates on amendments introduced by the ruling government. The discussion with Gopal ji covered
the entire history of the bill beginning from Land Acquisition Act of 1894 to LARR Act of 2013. Major
key take-aways were:

Social Impact Assessment is a complex issue. It cannot be implemented completely as

implementing it is a very difficult task, which might delay the project

Compensation or rehabilitation clause in the bill is based on international experience

Ownership record at local level should be digitized, taking inspiration from Karnataka

Government should rectify the Rights for Tribals, who will be affected by the Bill

NITI Aayog is working on the land reforms required to implement the Bill
The discussion commenced with introduction of the bill by Minister of Rural Development. He began
the introduction by stating, Our policy is pro People, pro Farmers and pro Development. The bill was
put forward considering affected people's employment, establishment of expert committee, consent
of people and balance of equilibrium to ensure peaceful land acquisitions, welfare of people and
sustainable development.
The introduction was followed by the rebuttal from the opposition party. The rebuttal consisted of
various aspects needed for the bill to be comprehensive. The minister stated, This is just going back to
the British rule. She denoted that the removal of consent clause in democracy may question Article 19
of the Constitution of India. The speech covered aspects such as the cultural essence, cost of
agricultural and multi crop lands, corruption and the need for mandatory EIA and SIA. She concluded
her rebuttal by Opposing the bill.
Three hours discussion saw various points being raised. There was the debate between the importance
of development of nations or the feelings of farmer attached to the land. The opposition party
brought to notice vague definitions of certain terms like like private entity and rural infrastructure.
Further, they suggested barren land should be acquired before the farming land . MY Parliamentarians
also discussed about the effect of Social Impact Assessment and Environment Impact Assessment to
ensure the effective utilization of land acquired. Concerns were raised on rehabilitation and
resettlement of affected people. At the end remarks by leaders of both the parties summarised the
entire discussion.
The bill was passed with the following two amendments:
1.

Clause 5, Sub Clause 10A.

Original Statement:
5. 10A. (1) The appropriate Government may, in the public interest, by notification, exempt any of the
following projects from the application of the provisions of Chapter II and Chapter III of this Act,
namely:
(a) such projects vital to national security or defence of India and every part thereof including

preparation for defence or defence production;

(b) rural infrastructure including electrification;
(c) affordable housing and housing for the poor people;
(d) industrial corridors set-up by the appropriate Government and its undertakings (in which case the
land shall be acquired up to one kilometer on both sides of designated railway line or roads for such
industrial corridor); and
(e) infrastructure projects including projects under public-private partnership where the ownership of
land continues to vest with the Government: Provided that the appropriate Government shall, before
the issue of notification, ensure the extent of land for the proposed acquisition keeping in view the
bare minimum land required for such project.
(2) The appropriate Government shall undertake a survey of its wasteland including arid land and
maintain a record containing details of such land, in such manner as may be prescribed by the
appropriate Government.".

Suggested Amendment
Only projects under 10A(1)(a), i.e.,defence sector are to be excluded from the SIA.
Hence the projects under 10A(1)(b), 10A(1)(c), 10A(1)(d), 10A(1)(e).
will be removed from the sub clause 10A
REASON:Maximum land acquisitions take place under the pretext of aforementioned 5 categories.
Therefore, allowing exemption from SIA and EIA in these categories will be unfair to the original
owners of land especially in respect of calculation of fair compensation. It might also lead to various
manmade disasters like Uttarakhand flash floods.
2. ADDITION to Clause 5, Sub Clause 10A
(3) Acquisition must be completed in barren lands before considering farming or multi crop lands.
Reason: Opportunity cost of barren land is much less compared to arable land. It reduces the necessity
of acquisition of lands from farmers and reduces the compensation cost to be provided.

Passive Euthanasia Bill

Passive Euthanasia Bill provides protection for patients and medical practitioners from liability in the
context of withholding or withdrawing of palliative care from terminally ill patients when recovery is
not possible.The first discussion happened in 2006 when the ministry decided not to propose any bill
on euthanasia. In 2012 a draft bill was proposed on passive euthanasia by the Law Commission in its
241st report after the Judgement on Aruna Shanbaug case.
The recent draft bill on passive euthanasia came up in 2016 and MY Parliament discussed and debated
the bill and came up with few amendments that are mentioned in this report.
The discussion on Passive Euthanasia Bill was held on Day 3 of Monsoon session. The bill was
introduced by the Minister of Health and Family Welfare by highlighting the case of Ms. Aruna
Ramachandra Shanbaug, one of the significant reasons for passing of the bill. He stated , The primary
idea of the bill is not to kill but not to save either. The minister also insisted the right people have to
choose continuity of their palliative care and several other mandatory explanations for the clarity of the
bill.
The rebuttal from the opposition party pointed out several flaws in the bill such as the doctors'

inexperience and rectification of minor's age for decision making. The discussion consisted of
arguments reflected in the light of social, legal, medical and constitutional perspective and stressed
upon the ambiguity of definitions of technical terms in the bill.
The Bill was passed with the following four amendments1. Section 2, (m)
Original Statement: 'terminal illness' means
(i) such illness, injury or degeneration of physical or mental condition which is causing extreme pain and
suffering to the patients and which, according to reasonable medical opinion, will inevitably cause the
untimely death of the patient concerned, or
(ii) which has caused a persistent and irreversible vegetative condition under which no meaningful
existence of life is possible for the patient.
Amendment : Reasonable medical opinion will be substituted by Panel of experts' opinion.
Amended Statement: (I) such illness, injury or degeneration of physical or mental condition
which is causing extreme pain and suffering to the patients and which, according to panel of experts'
opinion, will inevitably cause the untimely death of the patient concerned, or
(ii) which has caused a persistent and irreversible vegetative condition under which no meaningful
existence of life is possible for the patient.
Reason: Reasonable opinion is a very ambiguous term and it leaves a lot of scope for confusion and
mismanagement. The opinion from the panel of experts will be more reliable and well informed.

2. Section 2, Clause h Original Statement:

'medical power-of-attorney' means a document of decisions in future as to medical
treatment which has to be given or not to be given to him or her if he or she becomes terminally ill and
becomes an incompetent patient.
Amended Statement:
Medical power of attorney means a document in which the patient delegates someone as his/her
representative which can be used if he or she becomes terminally ill and an incompetent patient.
Reason: The decision made by the patient on his/her continuity of the palliative care in Medical power
of attorney (as expressed before the amendment) will be based on his/her will without the experience
of terminal illness. An incompetent patient is unable to express his/her will after becoming terminally ill.
Delegating a person who the patient trusts the most resolves the issue and honors his/her personal
wish.
3. Section 5 Original Statement:
Medical Practitioner to maintain record and inform patient, parent etc. The medical practitioner
attending to the patient shall maintain a record containing personal details of the patient such as age
and full address, the nature of illness and the treatment being given and the names of spouse, parent or
major son or daughter, the request or decision if any communicated 47 by the patient and his opinion
whether it would be in the best interest of the patient to withdraw or withhold the treatment. The
medical practitioner shall inform the patient if conscious and the spouse, parent or major son or
daughter of the patient or in their absence the persons regularly visiting the patient at the hospital
about the need or otherwise of withholding or withdrawing treatment from the patient
Amendments : Word Major is removed from the major son or daughter.

 Amended Statement:
Medical Practitioner to maintain record and inform of patient, parent etc. The medical practitioner
attending to the patient shall maintain a record containing personal details of the patient such as age
and full address, the nature of illness and the treatment being given and the names of spouse, parent or
son or daughter, the request or decision if any communicated 47 by the patient and his opinion
whether it would be in the best interest of the patient to withdraw or withhold the treatment. The
medical practitioner shall inform the patient if conscious and the spouse, parent or son or daughter of
the patient or in their absence the persons regularly visiting the patient at the hospital about the need
or otherwise of withholding or withdrawing treatment from the patient
Reasons: The word major is not clearly defined and not suitable to the statement.
4. Section 9, Clause 2 Original Statement:
Such application shall be treated as original petition and the Chief Justice of High Court shall assign the
same to a Division Bench without any loss of time and the same shall be disposed of by the High Court
as far as practicable within a month, Provided that a letter addressed to the Registrar-General or
Judicial Registrar of the High Court by any of the persons above mentioned containing all the material
particulars seeking the permission under sub-section (1) shall be placed before the Chief Justice
without delay and the letter shall be treated as original petition.
Amendment :Removal of provided that.
Amended Statement :
Such application shall be treated as original petition and the Chief Justice of High Court shall assign the
same to a Division Bench without any loss of time and the same shall be disposed of by the High Court
as far as practicable within a month. A letter addressed to the Registrar-General or Judicial Registrar of
the High Court by any of the persons above mentioned containing all the material particulars seeking
the permission under sub-section (1) shall be placed before the Chief Justice without delay and the
letter shall be treated as original petition.
Reason: A majority of cases are pending at the High Court. To make decision making more effective
address of letter is not made mandatory.

Annexures

27.74%,28%
Picture 1 shows the
percentage of Male
and Female participants
in MY Parliament
Monsoon Session 2016.

72.26%,72%

Picture 2 state-wise
participation at MY
Parliament Monsoon
Session 2016.

Picture 3 contains the Educational Background

of the participants.

Picture 4 A collage of representation of various educational Institution at the session.

Question Hour:
Ministry of Human Resource Development:
Mapping of Schools
Will the minister be pleased to state:
(a) To get universal access to schools only geographic coordinates are uploaded on the school GIS Web
enabled platform. Why is there not any move to open portal for mapping schools in the country on the
lines of colleges and universities?
(b) It is mentioned that coordinates of 74.55% of schools have been received from the states as on
14.03.2016. What about the remaining schools?
(c)

Why are the data of schools of Jammu & Kashmir not available in the website stated?

Data from only 75% schools' have been received so far. The ministry launched your college portal on
11th November 2014 to support students who get admission in colleges of their choice by mapping the
colleges and universities.
Schools of J&K are data deficit as National University of Educational Planning and Administration
(NUEPA) did not receive the data on time.
Supp.Qsn: Since you have admitted that there is deficit of data regarding J&K. Then how come if you
have a report of 2014, it hasn't been made available on the portal? Further, what steps are you taking
regarding J&K and north eastern states so that we don't have to face the same problems in future?
The lack of data was not the fault of Ministry of HRD. The NUEPA did not receive data from the state of
J&K on time resulting in delay of information publication.

Smart Schools:
Will the minister be pleased to state:
(a) Owing to the monetary and technical demands of the smart classes, how does the Government plan
to proceed with the same; and
(b)What would be the time horizon to completely adopt the concept of Smart schools?
Since the cost of installments of smart boards and other smart services are high, the government would
primarily focus on the primary infrastructural facilities such as toilets, kitchen,etc for the next three
years and then on advanced infrastructural developments like smart boards.
At the end of second year a desktop computer for every classroom and a laptop computer for the
Principal will be provided.
Supp. Qsn: How is the building of smart schools different from the pre existing scheme Adharsh
Vidyalaya?
Adharsh vidyalaya concentrates on building model schools only.

54 model schools have been built so far and there has been significant increase in infrastructural
facilities and services provided. Teacher training and Principal training are also provided.
The government is keen to provide basic facilities to all the schools initially rather than the advanced
infrastructure for smart development through this scheme.
Supp. Qns: Whether the budget allocated for the schools in the Digital India reduced?
Though the budget has been reduced for schools in digitization of India, the improvements and
facilitation of schools has not decreased and as previously stated the primary aim is to provide all the
basic necessities.

Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment:

Empowerment of SCs/STs
Will the Minister be pleased to state:
(a) Whether the schemes run by the Government for empowerment of SCs/STs in the country,
particularly in the rural and tribal areas effective? Mention the achievements made as a result thereof
during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise; and
(b) Whether the Government is planning to introduce any new scheme for the empowerment of SC/ST
women?
The government has developed a multi-step plan for the upliftment of SCs/STs which includes
providing quality education, better healthcare, sanitation services, employment opportunities etc. on a
very basic level. An investment of Rs.200 crores has been made.
To help the members of these communities schemes such as Rind Vidhi Guarantee Yojana , Rashtriya
Anusuchit jati Vikas Yojana, Nari Sashaktikaran Yojana, Mahila Kisan Yojana and Shilpi Samridhi Yojana
have been set up.
Further, the ministry has set up scholarships for talented students who want to go overseas to receive
education.
The report has been made available on the portal as well as website and is open for inspection.
A special fund for women has been set up at the national level and loans shall be provided to them at
an interest rate of 3% pa.
Supp. Ques: What about states like Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh where the naxal movement is
prevalent and where these backward communities are picking up weapons and women are actively
taking part in it. Doesn't the minister feel that we need to come with a plan for these women so that
they do not take part in these kinds of activities? Is the minister planning on making any schemes
regarding this problem in the near future?
Many plans are being made for the development of women in Chhattisgarh . With the help of Swayam
Sahayata Samuh , women are brought together and encouraged to work. In order to make them
financially strong employment centers have been set up. Chhattisgarh is the only state in the entire
country where shops are used to market products manufactured by them and through schemes like
Kasturba Gandhi Awasiya Vidyalaya, educational facilities are also provided.
Supp. Ques: Mr. Minister just mentioned the achievements regarding the skill development and
empowerment of women in a particular state. But what are your plans to raise these solutions at the

national level?
Steps taken in Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand have been implemented in the form of a model. And on the
basis of results, this model will implemented at the national level.
Economic Empowerment of SCs:
Will the minister be pleased to state:
a. What is the current condition in rehabilitating the scavengers which is mentioned as a time bound
action plan with the help of State Governments;
b. The progress and the details thereof?
Through Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana (VAMBAY)the government facilitates the construction and
upgradation of dwelling units for slum dwellers and provides a healthy and enabling environment
through community toilets.
Loans from state governments and HUDCO are borrowed to improve three basic facilities namely
education, information and communication.
National Scheme for liberation and rehabilitation of scavengers has been set up to provide them a
stipend of Rs 500 and training at nearest local training institutes.
Prematric scholarship for children and 100%scholarship for the registered scavengers are given to
enable them build their future.
Low cost irrigation schemes are provided for every home which is done with housing enhancement and
Development Corporation and combining loans from central government and HUDCO, facilities like
toilets and basic houses are provided to them.
Supp.Qsn: With some schemes of sanitation and habilitation, what are the benefits of scavengers? In
the past 2 years 1266 scavengers have died due to diseases. In 2014 the High court has directed them to
start giving funds and rehabilitation to scavengers. Will the minister be pleased to state;
1. Why high court directed?
2. No of scavengers enrolled and their certificates?
3. Reasons for no statistics on the lack of scavengers in India?
According to statistics they range between 1500-6000 in Union Territories and 20,000-70,000 from
states and the maximum from Bihar and Jharkhand. The mentioned schemes provide stipend so that
they can start their own business rather than just rehabilitation.

Ministry of Culture:
Poor State of Museums:
Will the minister be pleased to state:
a. The money that a Government Museum makes goes into a common account
which does not allow effective performance appraisal? Why not a separate
account is made for each museum across the country;
b. Despite spending crores on the facility, why the government is not willing to pay professional salaries
to staff which has unmotivated worker;

c. What are the reasons for appointing IAS officers who are generalists to run the museums and not any
specialists?
a. Yes. The government has allocated a separate bank account to each museum in the country. It allows
effective performance appraisal for the money that museum makes. The concern regarding the
conservation of open museums will be raised by the ministry at its own level.
b. I would tell you that we have specialised criteria for every post in a state museum. The government is
considering to have a specialist in museum.
Supp. Whether the Ministry of Culture is taking measures to bring back the various stolen painting and
jewels of India like Kohinoor because they seem to have taken a U-turn recently?
Well, we are in diplomatic talks with the government of UK and will keep posting the progress.
Supp. Ques: What does the minister has to say about security of museums as in observation of the
recent breakage of fire which was a huge loss and such cases where the important conserved fossils
were damaged?
I would like to state that all museums regarding safety and security has been reviewed and we are in the
process of coming up with new guidelines for all museums across the nation.
Libraries in India:
Will the minister be pleased to state:
(a) Whether the government under National mission on libraries in India, provided digital access of
national library to rural libraries in India; and
(b) If so, the details therefor? and
(c) If not, the reasons therefor?
National mission on libraries:
Under the National Mission on Libraries, there is a sub-component National Virtual Library to expand
digital access of national library to rural libraries. We are in talks with ministry of HRD, IT to digitalized
access holistically. Also, we are conducting a research on number of rural libraries , their geographic
coordinates and cost needed. The papers will be laid on the table after the completion of report
Supp. Qsn: Research scholars are compelled to go to Kolkata library to get access to all the books in the
national libraries. What are the steps taken by the government in this regard?
We are working on the digitization to provide access to all libraries.

Minister of Women and Child Development

Intergrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme:
Will the minister be pleased to state:
a. whether the Central Government is aware of the condition of the Anganwadi
Centres across the country where they do not have proper infrastructure and
Including clean water and proper space;
b. if so, the details of the initiatives for rectification;
c. the reason for the drastic cut in the budget and the handing over of Anganwadi
centres to Corporates.

I am aware of the conditions of Anganwadi centers across the country where they do not have proper
infrastructure, clean water and proper space and the CAG reports have reported that proper nutrition is
not available. But, ever since coming into power, our government has made Anganwadi centers hi-tech
and e- governance has been a major issue for us. Anganwadi centers across the country will soon go hitech and the government is planning to equip them with tablet and PCs installed with customized
softwares for monitoring of nutrition supply to malnourished children as well as water and
infrastructure.
With the help of e-governance and through the supervisor, Anganwadi centers will be supervised.
Further, we have started an Anganwadi Insurance scheme that will provide premium of Rs.200 to
workers.
You will be pleased to know that in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu a model Anganwadi has been set up on Rs
8, 50,000 expenditure which includes classroom, activity room, hygienic toilets etc.
Supp. Ques: I would like to put it under notice that insurance was passed in 2004 and the premium of
Rs.200 was passed in 2008 by the previous government. Apart from that I would also like to weigh in
that the budget has been reduced for anganwadi from Rs. 18000 crores to 8000 crores and which has
been further reduced to 1500 crores. So I would like to know with such reductions in budget how do
you plan on implementing of e- governance and to bring more technology?
Even though we have reduced the budget of Anganwadis, but we have increased the budget provided
to states so that they can work more flexibly.
Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2016.
Will the Minister be pleased to state:
a. What mechanism can be taken by the GOI to rehabilitate the first trafficking exposed people like
kids and women begging on the streets;
b. if so, the details in this regard;
c. Why not the Government give empowerment to Railway Protection Force to arrest and prosecute
the offenders under this Act?
Trafficking of persons:
a. Child Right Task Force has collaborated with various NGOs who are rescuing kids and women
b. As of now, no ample homes are available. Rehabilitation within families is not possible. Families won't
allow their children. So, Govt. is planning to have psychology and psychiatric treatment to the children
and then pushing them into the mainstream society along with providing education. There are
Organisations like Umeed, Kushi which will help them for their education.

Ministry of Urban Development

Smart City:
Will the minister be pleased to state:
a. How is the Central Government planning to encourage the Private sectors ;
b. the details in this regard; and
c. How is the Government formulating to finance it through smarter use of existing Public resources?

Yes, we are encouraging private players to come and invest in smart cities.
Establishment of Smart Cities is divided into three phases. In the first phase core development i.e.
Sanitation, water supply, transportation is being focused by the government and private public
partnership. Next two sectors are completely being handled by the private sector.
Under the second phase 37 consultancy partners who are all private sector companies are coming in
and helping us figure out we can have a smarter solutions to problems in cities.
Under the third phase, cities are divided into different areas and are given to a private player to develop
it. Based on their model, the one with the highest development will be used as standard for the other
players.
We have launched Digital India, Startup India, Make in India to encourage private players to invest.
Supp. Ques: As far as we know, not many private players are coming to help with projects because of
what has happened in the past and we have been taking a lot of debt from foreign countries. So how do
we plan on of getting rid of the burden?
Working of PPP was not efficient in the past.The biggest apprehension of private companies is that
private players think that it is not worth their money. Our government by passing the Land acquisition
Bill will make it easier for the private sectors to come and work with us.
Housing for All by 2022
Will the Minister be pleased to state:
a. It is stated that two crores houses will be constructed by 2022at the rate of 30 lakh houses per
year but merely 1,623 houses have been constructed so far;
Under housing for all by 2022: The budget of 4,00,000 crores is provided by the Ministry of Finance to
ensure the completion of project on the mentioned date.To further the process, various private firms
are invited.
Supp Qsn: In places like Hyderabad, lakes are flooded with sewage, so are there any measures taken
by Govt. to ensure sustainable development of urban areas and separate treatment of sewage?
Urban development is no longer allowed near areas of lakes and ponds.
We, in collaboration with Municipal body are taking measures to treat solid waste better, and a
separate body at municipal level has been appointed to deal with.

Ministry of Environment, forest and climate change

Climate change on agriculture
Will the minister be pleased to state:
(a) Whether the government has taken measures to compensate the effect of climate change on the
agriculture industry; and
(b) If so, the details and efficiency of the same?
Yes.
According to a data, 29% of India's total land is under decertification.
About 10.98% land is decertified due to scarcity of water, 8.9%, 5.5% due to deforestation and wind

Supp. Ques: Will there be any separate measures if defaulters are farmers?
This question partials to willful defaulters. Farmers are not willful defaulters. So for them, extra
provision is always given and our government is supportive of various loans for farmers.
Supp. Ques: Is it practically possible to differentiate between willful defaulters and actual defaulters?
Yes. We clearly differentiate between willful defaulters and actual defaulters. In fact we have a list of
willful defaulters which we have provided to the Supreme Court. The list is maintained confidential in
view of financial consequences.
National Infrastructure Investment Fund:
Will the Minister be pleased to state:
a. How much money has been invested by Private investors till now and what are the
initiatives to increase them In the future and their details;
b. What alterations could be done by the Government to help investors in investing on a particular
sector according to their interests?
Brexit and its consequences:
No, Brexit did not have any major impact on the GDP of India however the Indian financial firms both
integrated as well as transacting with British firms may face temporary financial drawbacks due to the
impact on the stock market and value of currencies
Trade strategies are redrawn to provide better market access and bring potential economic advantages
to Indian firms both in Europe and Britain
Measures are taken by CIIMT to draw contingency plans to be ready for the immediate and medium
term especially for the Indian investments and movement of Professionals to UK.
Many foreign countries after Brexit from the EU has made requests towards India economy due to its
strong fundamentals like high growth rate, deep foreign exchange resource, low shock down external
debts, declining inflation, less current deficits to the numbers of 1.1%, commitment to
macroeconomic stability, controlled fiscal and revenue deficits
India's consumption is largely driven by the domestic resources rather than foreign which makes the
effect of Brexit minimum and positive towards it and the foreign exchange of India towards Britain is
only 3.5%.
India's external reserves worth 363 billion dollars, RDI international reserves is monitoring the
transaction and will be used to maintain stability and economic neutrality in long run. India's foreign
policy loss towards rigid liquidity tightness and positive capital out force. Several GDP indicators seem
to be turning out positive for India.
All the above mentioned reasons are able to contain the impact of Brexit on India.
Supp. Qsn: India being the biggest FDI in Britain, has it considered about its part in Britain and taken
measures to negotiate with them to take care of the other fix?
India doesn't have any impact on finance after Brexit. India is negotiating with other foreign countries
to improve and compensate the foreign exchanges.
Supp. Qsn: What are the measures of relocating Indian financial industries in Britain to India?

respectively. We are on a mission to reduce the decertified land by 2030.

We are taking up several activities related to soil conservation and development, afforestation, fodder
and grassland development. Schemes like Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana and Jal Kranti Abhiyan
are working on it.
Supp. Ques: Do you have any provisions regarding immediate future as we are expected to experience
higher monsoon than the normal and to protect the country against desertification and floods that
may occur?
Monsoon is expected to be more than average and we have made several plans related to monsoon. We
have a scheme called Amrit Yojana related to smart cities and we have a provision for flood and drought
also.
I want to quote the example of Surat. Surat is a flood prone city. But we have several independent
sources of water in Upstream Reservoirs when the period of flood is there. When the period of
drought is there, reservoirs can be used for irrigation purpose.

Ministry of Finance
Recovery of loans from willful defaulters and NPA accounts:
Will the minister be pleased to state:
(a) Whether the government has taken measures to recover the loans from wilful defaulters and NPA
accounts;
(b) The percentage of GDP affected due to the unrecovered loans; and
(c) If so, the details therefor and if not, the reasons therefor?
Yes, the unrecovered loans have an adverse effect on the GDP of the nation. Unrecovered loans cause
banking losses and if the magnitude of the problem is severe, it may adversely affect GDP. With regard
to steps taken by the government about NPAs and unrecovered loans and willful defaulters, the
government is working along with financial regulators and it has put in place strict actions including
punitive actions for loan defaulters.
As per RBI's master circular on willful defaulters, in order to prevent their access to capital market i.e. to
SEBI, a copy of all willful defaulters are forwarded to regulators such as SEBI and this information is
compiled by CIBIL.
Some of the provisions both punitive and nonpunitive including no additional facilities are provided by
banks and financial institutions to listed defaulters, entrepreneurs, promoters of companies. Where
banks and financial institutions have identified diversion of funds are barred from entering into any
other financial contract. The lenders now face criminal proceedings and the directors of these defaulter
companies can be removed from the board and the banks and financial institutions have a right to
change their management.
As far as NPAs are concerned, the government is working along with RBI to solve the problem by early
2017. We already have lot of provisions of working with banks and financial institutions including
through legislative procedures. In addition, we all know that the bankruptcy code has been recently
passed by the government and it will speed up the process of legislative procedures.
The firms are given choice and opportunity to move their firms towards the ease and favour of capital.

Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Industries

UDYOG AADHAR REGISTRATION SCHEME:
Will the Minister be pleased to state:
a. How will the GOI find a way for covering those enterprises which do not have Aadhar number?
b. the details in this regard;
c. Is the awareness spread through District Industries Centres (DIC) only enough to reach out many?
Yes, to cover the enterprises not covered under Udyog Aadhar the Ministry has notified for online filing
of Udyog Aadhar memorandum at udyogaadhar.gov.in. Government has simplified the registration
process of MSME. Cumbersome process of filing entrepreneur memorandum part has been replaced
with a one page online form.
The DIC are managed by state governments. So as such there are no schemes at present to strengthen
the DIC and to lay out a map for its outreach and spread awareness.

Problems faced by MSMEs:

Will the Minister be pleased to state:
a. Could the Government combat the interest rates charged by banks so that MSMEs can raise their
capital and the details;
b. Why not the Government recommend, suggest to create Unions and Organisations in order to
represent their needs and interests before Government?
Problems faced by MSMEs:
Under the Prime Minister's employment generation program especially on MSMEs focused on business
under values of 25 lakhs and another category of 1 crore. For people from backward class, concessional
interest rate of 4% is charged and for those who are from general category 7% is charged.
Under village scheme, 500 crores for MSMEs have been allotted in 2015 budget scheme. 238 districts
have already been provided 40-45% of these as subsidies for MSMEs.
MSMEs allied to Agricultural industry sector are provided 4-6%.
1500 crore has been allotted under 33% has been provided to potential MSMEs and 230 MSMEs have
been benefitted.
Criteria in district level - committees formed of bankers, administration and financial experts to
provide entrepreneurship training to all the potential applicants and evaluate them.

Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

Student enrolment in vocational courses:
Will the Minister be pleased to state:
a. Enrolment in 11th & 12th Grade of vocational education is only 3% of students at higher secondary

level and only 40% of the student capacities are utilized in the schools the reasons for such a low
percentage;
b. the details in this regard; and
c. Why not the GOI make mandatory qualification for the teachers?
The root cause for low enrollment is that there is a mismatch between the aspirations of youth of the
country and the opportunities that are available. The ministry has taken two measures in order to do
this:
The first is, the biggest motivation or encouragement given to students is the scholarship and 100%
placement assurance. Further, the government is planning the scheme to vocationalize secondary and
higher secondary education of the country. Further, this will also create employable workforce which
would be competitive at a global level.
With regard to mandatory qualification credentials of training centers - technical, legal, financial and
infrastructural abilities are verified before the license is given to them for skill development. Further,
continuous monitoring system is present throughout.
Apart from that, there is also a satisfaction of indoor students and feedback is taken to various
measures like implementing grievance portals and student-parent feedback from respective enrolling.
Further, the mandatory qualification of teachers is checked at inception level
Supp. Qsn: The result of the policy is zero. Further, the teachers are not as efficient as we think. The
students coming out of these vocational courses are unemployed because they are not as good as
students who are from private vocational centers. What are the reasons behind these flaws?
As far as the vocationalisation is concerned, under the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan we are
planning the integration from class 9 onwards. The target population to cover this skill development
was 24 lakh youth in the country during 2015-16. Out of which 14 lakh have already been certified and
training centers are giving training.
Further, about 17.58 lakh people and 13000 youth in Jharkhand have been trained. Further, for the
qualification of the teachers, we have a specific ministry allotted to work on tedious government
structures of skill development council.
We have done an in depth analysis of the demographic dividend that is there in the country. And we are
taking steps to improve the quality of teachers.
Supp. Ques: How are you monitoring the enrolment of students in vocational courses? Are they
considering the interest and desires of students?
As far as the student evaluation is concerned, we are building community colleges and about 74 have
been set up. However, it is very difficult to determine what a person aspired to be at an age of 15 or 16.
Therefore, it is in the hands of teachers to impart good skills.
Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojna (PMKVY):
Will the Minister be pleased to state:

a. Till now how many persons have been provided with the skill training;
b. and their details; and
c. What move has been taken to give wider publicity to PMKVY?
PMKVY and Skill India Program:
Scope can be divided into Sectors and Population. PMKVY includes 33 sectors starting from automotive
to Incense sticks. On covering population, out of 500 million work forces, 5% i.e., 2.5 million are
provided some sort of proper vocational education and 30% are trained by some sort of informal
training. Recognition of prior learning and formalization of jobs and skills are in progress.
During 2016 2022 it is estimated that 100 million people will be joining and the Ministry is working on
addressing more training centers to provide training for them. This is the basis of increasing scope of
population in India. During 2013- 2015 over 2.5 million are trained under the scheme of Skill India
Program and 17.58 lakhs will be added in the upcoming year.
The employment rate is 40% from these skill training centers whereas the employment rate of
engineering colleges is only 10%.
Supp. Qsn: Whether the demand and supply gap is not filled by the training centers? Whether these
trained persons are not of global standard?
Mismatch between the aspirations of youth and their training is the main reason for unemployment.
Lot of startups are empowered where the government recognizes skills will be employed.
40% of the graduates from Skill India program are getting employed.

The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition,

Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Second Amendment) Bill, 2015

Presented to MY Parliament on 08 July, 2016

MY PARLIAMENT SECRETARIAT
NEW DELHI
COMPOSITION OF STANDING COMMITTEE ON
The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land
Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Second Amendment)
Bill, 2015 2016-2017

Shri Manas Gubbi- Chairperson

MEMBERS
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Venkat
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NEHA KUMARI

INTRODUCTION
I, the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Ministry of Rural Development, having been
authorized by the Committee, present this Standing Committee Report on The Right to Fair
Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Second
Amendment) Bill, 2015
2. The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and
Resettlement (Second Amendment) Bill, 2015 introduced in MY Parliament on 09 July, 2016 was
referred to the Committee on 09 July, 2016 for examination and report thereon, by the Speaker, MY
Parliament under Rule 331E of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in MY Parliament.
3. The Committee obtained background note, detailed note and written information on various
provisions contained in the aforesaid Bill from the Ministry of Planning.
4. Written suggestions / views / memoranda on the provisions of the Bill were received from various
institutions / experts / individuals.
5. The Committee, at their sitting held on 8th July, 2016 considered and adopted this Report.
6. The Committee wish to express their thanks to the officials of the Ministry of Rural Development
for furnishing the requisite material and information which were desired in connection with the
examination of the Bill. The Committee would also thank all the institutions and experts for their
valuable suggestions on the Bill.
7. For facility of reference, the observations/recommendations of the Committee have been printed
in thick type in the body of the Report.
PART II

OBSERVATIONS / RECOMMENDATIONS
The committee observed that 13 exemptions under the earlier act were rightly expunged and that
the 5 sectors under the current bill are crucially required for the development in India.
The exemption for the current categories were debatable and reason cited for sectors which were
exempted was the development process. The mentioned sector's development should not be
delayed and it should provide maximum benefits to the beneficiaries.
Several terms such as rural infrastructure and market rate in the discussed bill were vague.
During the discussion it was pointed out that if the compensation is good enough people will let
go of their assets in lieu of better monetary benefits.
The house agreed upon 42 months long SIA, as the time duration has rightly been reduced to
speed up the whole process.
1. Clause 1: Objection raised private companies referred to private entity

a.
b.
c.
d.

Includes proprietorship/partnership etc.

So anyone can use this act, but companies have more accountability
entity is ambiguous
Recommendation: Shift from private entity to company as per Company's Act,2013

2. Clause 3
a. 10(a) Provision 1- Cleared
b. 10(a) Provision 2- The term rural infrastructure is ambiguous
i.
Should we clearly specify what infrastructure means?
ii. Self determination for rural population?
iii. SIA and consent are not the same. SIA has to be empower more people.
iv. Committee recommends
1. In depth study from experts on possible mechanisms to check impact of proposed rural
infrastructure on local population.
a. Fast, effective mechanisms like surveys
c. 10(a) Provision 3- Affordable and poor is ambiguous
i.
Committee recommends to add As per Government of India definition
of affordable housing and eligible population.
d. 10(a) Provision 4- Industrial Corridor
i. Should remain undefined so as to promote industrialization
ii. Cleared by committee
3. Clause 4(2) must be deleted
4. Clause 7(h)
a.
Communities other than farm labourers might be impacted and not adequately
compensated/rehabilitated.
b.
farm labourers to be expanded on the basis of expert panel recommendation to include
Urban displaced people as well as indirect land dependants.
5. Clause No.3 and 5
We discussed the categories of the clause for more clarity
The following categories were exemptedDefence: Should be exempted without any amendments.
Rural infrastructure: Should be exempted with modification in the definition (should be specific to
water supply, electricity, irrigation facilities, sanitation, and transportation-railways and roads)
Affordable housing: Should not be exempted.
Industrial corridor: Exempted with the clause that the multi crop land should not be acquired at
any cost. Infrastructure: Exempted only if i) no multi crop land is acquired,
ii) Promise of the job (case to case basis on the kind of Industry) and profit sharing

6. Clause 6
Another clause should be added by substituting government will be required before prosecuting
to departmental enquiry

The Medical Treatment of Terminally-Ill Patients(Protection of Patients

and Medical Practitioners) Bill, 2015 Report

Presented to MY Parliament on 08 July, 2016

MY PARLIAMENT SECRETARIAT
NEW DELHI
COMPOSITION OF STANDING COMMITTEE ON
The Medical treatment or terminally-ill Patients (Protection of
Patients and Medical Practitioners) Bill, 2015 Report

Sushri Prerna Panwar.- Chairperson

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INTRODUCTION
I, the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Finance, having been authorized by the
Committee, present this draft Report on (Protection of Patients and Medical Practitioners) Bill,
2016 Report
2. The MEDICAL TREATMENT OF TERMINALLY-ILL PATIENTS (PROTECTION OF PATIENTS AND
MEDICAL PRACTIONERS) Bill, 2016 introduced in MY Parliament on 09 July, 2016 was referred to
the Committee on 09 July, 2016 for examination and report thereon, by the Speaker, MY Parliament
under Rule 331E of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in MY Parliament.

3. The Committee obtained background note, detailed note and written information on various
provisions contained in the aforesaid Bill from the Ministry of Planning.
4. Written suggestions / views / memoranda on the provisions of the Bill were received from various
institutions / experts / individuals.
5. The Committee, at their sitting held on 8th July, 2016 considered and adopted this Report.
6. The Committee wish to express their thanks to the officials of the Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare for furnishing the requisite material and information which were desired in connection
with the examination of the Bill. The Committee would also thank all the institutions and experts
for their valuable suggestions on the Bill.
7. For facility of reference, the observations/recommendations of the Committee have been printed
in thick type in the body of the Report.

New Delhi;
09 DECEMBER,2016.
Aghrayana, 1933(Saka)

Miss PRERNA PANWAR

Chairman, 20
Standing Committee on 8TH July 2016

PART II

OBSERVATIONS / RECOMMENDATIONS
1.The Committee has carefully examined the written information furnished to them and heard the
views for and against The MEDICAL TREATMENT OF TERMINALLY-ILL PATIENTS(PROTECTION OF
PATIENTS AND MEDICAL PRACTIONERS) Bill, 2015 from various quarters such as the. Medical advisors
legislators etc
2.The Committee is constrained to point out that in the instant case, since the law making is underway
with the bill being pending, any executive action is as unethical and violative of Parliament's
prerogatives as promulgation of an ordinance while one of the Houses of Parliament being in session.
3.The Committee is surprised that a minor of age 16 is given the right as considered to be a competent
patient.

4.The Committee are also unhappy to observe that .there is no proper consideration regarding a mature
adult.
5.The Committee note that the Ministry of HEALTH have admitted that -the change in age need to be
considered according to psychological maturity.
The discussion started off with the question whether sixteen years is the right age to define a patient
as a competent patient, thereby giving him/her the freedom to choose his/her course of treatment. It
was raised that why an incompetent patient is considered a minor below the age of 16 years instead of
18 years
The issue through questions targeted the aspect of maturity of a person compared with the juvenile
justice act 2015, where the age group of 16-18 is tried as adults. However by the 3rd clause, the
amendment was clear where the age of 16 years for a competent patient was changed to 18.
The inclination towards this change grew with the doubt of the term 'spouse' in clause 3 (2). Here
marriage became an issue because in the case of minor above 16 years of age, the consent is also given
by the major spouse and the parents, getting questions on child marriage in view. Also, discussion was
around whether to include or exclude the word spouse in the clause.
The committee members were keen on the term 'experienced' regarding the medical experts when no
specific time period was mentioned in the clause 4(2) of the Bill. Although, it was concluded that no
amendments will be made regarding the period of experience. (6 members voted for specific definition)
And lastly, the question on maintenance of confidentiality was discussed in clause 10 of the
Bill. Amendments- clause 3 (1) changing 16 to 18 years.
Every competent patient of the age 16 to 18 years or above has the right to take decisions and express
his/her desire to the medical practitioner attending him/her.

About MY Parliament
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youth in democracy and their service to the nation. We have been working towards strengthening our
parliamentary democracy by creating awareness about policies that govern our country. We aim to
enable youth to question, deliberate and understand the mechanism of policy making in our country
and the ways in which substantial changes can be brought about.
We envision an India where each and every individual is responsible for their democratic rights and is a
participatory citizen guided by the values of the constitution.
We aim to foster an environment of active participation for the youth in our democracy and to create a
platform for citizens' engagement in governance.

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learning programme in governance & public policy was attended by 25 fellows. These fellows were
trained under the guidance of various parliamentarians, mentors and experts from the field of public
policy.

Panel Discussions
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India, New Delhi on various relevant topics.

Policy Workshops
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research institutions like PRS Legislative, Center for Civil Society, and CBGA (Centre for Budget and
Governance Accountability).

Parliament Simulations
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the policy making process and contribute to building a better India. We hold regular simulated
parliamentary sessions in line with the Indian parliament. We have conducted four sessions in various
locations such as IIM Lucknow, Vishwa Yuvak Kendra and Constitution Club of India.

Our Guests
These events have been graced by dignitaries such as;
Shri Rajnath Singh, Honorable Minister of Home Affairs of India, Mr. Piyush Goyal, Honorable MoS,

Independent Charge for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy, Shri Manish Sishodia, Honorable
Dy. Chief Minister, Delhi Government, Dr. B.P Mathur, Former Deputy CAG; Shri P.S Bawa, Chairman,
Transparency International India; Smt. Meera Sanyal, Ex-CEO, RBS; Dr. V.K Agnihotri, Former Secretary
General, Rajya Sabha; Dr. Anand P Gupta, Former Professor, IIM Ahmedabad, Mr. Sidhanshu Trivedi, BJP
Spokesperson, Shamika Ravi, Scholar Brookings India and many others.
The Budget Session conducted around the Union Budget 2015-16 at the Indian Institute of
Management, Lucknow that was acknowledged by the World Bank as one of the most unique Budget
Literacy and Participatory initiatives.

TEAM
Advisory Board
The distinguished members of our Advisory Board provide critical expertise and guidance for advancing
our work across all campaign areas.
General V K Singh
Honorable Minister of State of External Affairs
Shri Rajeev Gowda
Member of Parliament
Shri Jay Panda
Member of Parliament
Dr J P Narayan
Founder of Loksatta Party

Executive Board
Raghav Garg, Founder and Chairman
Raghav Garg is a post graduate from London Business School. He is the founder of DIA Initiative that
works for youth empowerment through skill development and policy activism.
Rahul Chaudhary, Vice Chairman
Rahul Chaudhary completed his education from Banaras Hindu University. He brings on board his
decade long experience in youth training programmes.
Soumya Garg, Program Manager
Soumya Garg is a graduate from Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi University and has analyzed
the social impact of various public policies.

Report Team Chief-Editors

Editors

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Abhishek Sood
Soumya Garg

Akash Pandey
Ambedkar Ayya
Krishna Premi E S
Himani Srivastava