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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Four National Advisory Council members dropped from panel-Nitin Sethi

Four National Advisory Council members dropped from panel-Nitin Sethi

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published Published on Jun 28, 2012   modified Modified on Jun 28, 2012
-The Times of India

The UPA is likely to rejig the Sonia Gandh-led National Advisory Council(NAC) with four members of the government think-tank for social sector reforms — Jean Dreze, M S Swaminathan, Harsh Mander and Madhav Gadgil — being dropped at the end of their second year tenure.

Dreze, an economist and one of the most prominent faces of the NAC, who had strongly advocated for a universal food security, had earlier sought to be relieved after the Council completed its work on the National Food Security Bill.

M S Swaminathan is UPA's nominated member in the Rajya Sabha and a towering figure in agricultural sciences, while Madhav Gadgil, a retired academician from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, is well known for his work on people-oriented scientific research on ecology and conservation. Harsh Mander, a bureaucrat-turned- activist, had been a key member of the panel working actively on several social initiatives.

The government is yet to officially notify their replacements, though sources suggested talks have been on for a while. Another member of the NAC, Ram Dayal Munda, had passed away in September, 2011, which leaves five empty slots in the Council, if the government seeks to maintain a similar strength on the board.

The rejig comes two years after the NAC was set up in 2010, when the government decided to recreate the Council, which was the fountainhead for the Right To Information Act and the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme during UPA's first term.

The NAC's second tenure has been rather bumpy as compared to its first term, with the Council facing a difficult time with other arms of the government, including the PMO, on several occasions. It had the most public face-off over the food security bill, with the Planning Commission, the agriculture ministry and the PMO weighing against an expansive scheme that the panel had proposed.

It has also faced difficulties with other ministries such as tribal affairs and women and child development over smaller issues.

Besides, the big-ticket social sector reforms recommended by NAC, the food security bill, the communal violence bill and land bill are all in a limbo. The government is expected to retain the others as members for the third one-year term of the Council.

The Times of India, 28 June, 2012, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Four-National-Advisory-Council-members-dropped-from-panel/articleshow/14444141.cms


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