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Conference on Legislatures
in India:
Assessment and Future Direction
PRS Legislative Research in
collaboration with the Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru
University is organizing a two-day Conference on “Legislatures in India:
Assessment and Future Direction”.
The Conference will focus on
functions of Parliament and state legislatures and their relationship with other
pillars of democracy particularly the judiciary and the media. The aim is to examine whether the
institutions created under the rubric of the Indian Constitution have been
successful in discharging their functions or there is need to re-examine them
to ensure that they are able to perform their roles more robustly. The papers in the Conference will deliberate
upon these and other significant issues to understand the functioning of
legislatures in India.
Date: September 1 and 2, 2011
Time: 9am to 4:30pm
Location: The School of Social Sciences
I, Committee Room, Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi
Programme of the Conference
September 1
Session I: Performance
of Parliament: Historical overview and Contemporary Issues
Technical Session I 9:45
A.M. to 11:15 A.M.
Panel: Mr N.K. Singh Impact of
Globalization on Legislative Functions of the Parliament
Prof. M.P. Singh Decline of Parliament
Dr P.J. Antony Six decades of Indian Parliament
Technical
Session II 11:30
A.M. to 1.00 P.M.
Panel: Dr K.C. Sivaramakrishnan On Rajya
Sabha
Prof. Balveer
Arora and Dr. K.K. Kailash Changing
nature of the Legislative Function
Dr M.R. Madhavan Measuring the Effectiveness of Parliament
Session II: Analyzing the Parliamentary Committee System
Technical Session III
2.30 P.M.
to 4.00 P.M.
Panel: Mr Amitabh Mukhopadhyay On Public
Accounts Committee
Mr Chakshu Roy Committee System:
Mini Parliament and its Functioning
September 2
Session III: Impact
of External Dimensions on Functioning of Parliament
Technical Session IV 9.45
A.M. to 11.15 A.M.
Panel: Mr Nicholas Robinson The Role of
Judiciary and its Relation with Parliament
Mr C.V. Madhukar and Ms Kaushiki Sanyal Anti-Defection Law: Intent and Outcome
Technical Session V 11.30
A.M. to 1.00 P.M.
Panel: Mr Avinash Kumar Crime,
(Politics) and Non-punishment
Mr Paranjoy Guha Thakurta Issue of
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