PRS Legislative Research is organising its Fourth Annual Conference on Effective Legislatures on December 7, 2011 in New Delhi. The conference provides a forum to bring together a wide range of stakeholders to exchange ideas on important issues pertaining to the functioning of our legislatures.
Date: Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Time: 9:00 am – 1:00 pm, followed by lunch
Venue: The Dome, The Taj Ambassador Hotel (now called Taj Vivanta), New Delhi
Panel 1: 9:00 am
Strengthening Parliamentary Committees
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Previous PRS Conference on Effective Legislatures
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2010 Conference
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Panel 1: MPs and Conflict of Interest: Issues and Resolution
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Panelists: Prakash Javadekar, D. Raja, Supriya Sule |
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Panel 2: Financial Oversight by Parliament: Institutional Capacity and Challenges |
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Panelists: Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi, Baijayant 'Jai' Panda, Dr. Ashok Ganguly, Rajeev Chandrasekhar
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2009 Conference
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Panel 1: Who’s the Boss: Executive or Legislature? |
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Panelists: N. K. Singh, Shivraj Patil, Asaduddin Owaisi |
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Panel 2: The Anti-Defection Law: Intent and Impact
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Panelists: Justice Y. K. Sabharwal, E. M. S. Natchiappan, Shahid Siddiqui
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2008 Conference
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Panel 1: Financing Election Campaigns
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Panelists: N. Gopalaswami, Jaya Jaitly, Nikhil Kumar
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Panel 2: Measuring the Effectiveness of Parliament |
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Panelists: Bimal Jalan, Arun Shourie, Nandan Nilekani
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| Mr. Kirti Azad |
MP, Lok Sabha, Bharatiya Janata Party |
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| Mr. P.C.Chacko |
MP, Lok Sabha, Indian National Congress |
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| Mr. Naveen Jindal |
MP, Lok Sabha, Indian National Congress |
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| Ms.Sumitra Mahajan |
MP, Lok Sabha, Bharatiya Janata Party |
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| Mr. B. Mahtab |
MP, Lok Sabha, Biju Janata Dal |
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| Chair: |
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| Mr. Anil Padmanabhan |
Senior Journalist |
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Parliamentary Committees scrutinise legislation, activities and expenditure of the government. Developments following the 2G spectrum allocation and the Lok Pal issue have led to increased interest in understanding the work of committees. In this session we look at how effective the committee system has been and explore ways of strengthening it.
Panel 2: 11:00 AM
Public Engagement with the Legislative Process
Panelists
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Ms. Shobhana Bhartia
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MP, Rajya Sabha, Nominated
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Mr. P.D.Rai
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MP, Lok Sabha, Sikkim Democratic Party
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Mr. Anurag Thakur
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MP, Lok Sabha, Bharatiya Janata Party
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Mr. Shashi Tharoor
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MP, Lok Sabha, Indian National Congress
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Chair:
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Ms. Neerja Chowdhary
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Senior Journalist
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Recent developments around major legislation regarding Lok Pal, Land Acquisition as well as Food Security have led to a discourse on how Parliament and the legislative process can gather and use inputs from the public. In this session, we look at how consultations with the public can be held both before a Bill is introduced in Parliament as well as during the process of legislation. Are all bills placed in the public domain before introduction? Is the pre-legislative consultation process adequate and how can it be enhanced?
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