Question : .



(a) the details of the recommendations forwarded by the National Advisory Council since 2006;

(b) whether the council has formulated any policy for the Govt. including legal and constitutional position; and

(c) if so, the details thereof?

Answer given by the minister


MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE AND MOS IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PG AND PENSIONS (SHRI PRITHVIRAJ CHAVAN)

(a) to (c): The National Advisory Council (NAC) forwarded Recommendations to the Government of India in regard to “creating energy security in villages through biomass” and the work being done by the national manufacturing Competitiveness Council (NMCC) in February, 2006 and in respect of the Right to Education and the National Rehabilitation Policy in March, 2006.

2. In the context of earlier Recommendations to the Government, the Right to Information Act came into force in June, 2005 and the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in September, 2005.

3.Recommendations relating to Constitutional Amendment for Autonomy to Cooperatives and a draft Unorganized Sector Worker’s Social Security Bill were forwarded to the Government. Suggestions were, inter alia, also forwarded on Tribal Policy and on the Gram Nyayalayas Bill.