National Advisory Council
| National Advisory Council | |
|---|---|
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | June 2004 |
| Jurisdiction | Government of India (Union Government) |
| Headquarters | New Delhi |
| Agency executive | Sonia Gandhi, Chairperson |
| Website | |
| Official site | |
The National Advisory Council (NAC) of India is an advisory body set up to advise the Prime Minister of India. NAC is also called as Shadow Cabinet. On 23 March 2006, Sonia Gandhi its Chairperson had resigned after an "Office of profit" controversy. On 29 March 2010, she was back as the chairperson of NAC.
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History [edit]
NAC was set up on 4 June 2004 by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, during UPA-I, to implement the National Common Minimum Programme, or CMP.[1]
Organization (2010 - present) [edit]
The NAC - II is a mix of activists, bureaucrats (retired and active), economists, politicians and an industrialist.
- Sonia Gandhi - Chairperson
- Aruna Roy - former bureaucrat
- Mihir Shah - Member, Planning Commission[2]
- Narendra Jadhav - former bureaucrat & Member, Planning Commission
- Ashis Mondal - Director of Action for Social Advancement (ASA), Bhopal[3]
- Prof. Pramod Tandon - Vice Chancellor, North Eastern Hill University
- Deep Joshi - Social activist
- Farah Naqvi - Social activist
- Dr. N. C. Saxena - former bureaucrat
- Anu Aga - Businessperson
- A. K. Shiva Kumar - Economist[4]
- Mirai Chatterjee - Coordinator, SEWA, Ahmedabad
The members who served on the NAC and resigned are
- Prof. M.S. Swaminathan - Agricultural scientist and MP
- Dr. Ram Dayal Munda - MP
- Jean Dreze - Development economist
- Harsh Mander - former Bureaucrat
- Madhav Gadgil - Ecologist
Criticisms [edit]
The NAC has been criticized by opposition parties and scholars as not in keeping with India's constitution, and that it would emerge as an alternative, cabinet. .[5][6][7][8] However there's an alternative view [9] which states that the NAC could deepen democracy by facilitating greater prelegislative/pre-policy consultation. The NAC has also recently finalized draft recommendations for a mandatory prelegislative consultative process [10] which have remarkable potential to democratize lawmaking [11]
References [edit]
- ^ http://www.ndtv.com/news/india/sonia-gandhi-returns-as-head-of-national-advisory-council-nac-18688.php
- ^ http://planningcommission.nic.in/aboutus/history/index.php?about=mirishah.htm
- ^ http://nac.nic.in/members/ashis_mondal.htm
- ^ http://beta.thehindu.com/news/national/article452119.ece
- ^ http://go4quiz.com/vincent/2010/india/national-advisory-council-is-unnecessary/
- ^ http://governancenow.com/views/columns/nac-think-tank-super-cabinet-or-unconstitutional
- ^ http://www.financialexpress.com/news/formation-of-nac-unconstitutional-sonia-super-pm/110695/
- ^ http://www.indianexpress.com/news/soniabenisthemostpopularpoliticianinindia/597734/
- ^ http://www.india-seminar.com/2011/624/624_comment.htm
- ^ http://nac.nic.in/plp_press.htm
- ^ http://www.indianexpress.com/news/laws-for-citizens-and-by-them-too/1117995/0
External links [edit]
- Official site
- Editorial in the Times of India on NAC.
- statement by George Fernandez, leader of the opposition on the formatio of NAC.
