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09 Jul, 2022
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Paper | Topics | Subject |
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GS-II | NOMINATION TO RAJYA SABHA | Indian Polity |
MISSION VATSALYA | Government policies and interventions | |
PT Pointer | FIELD MEDEL 2022 | Art and Culture |
Recently, the Central Government nominated 4 members to the Rajya Sabha. Soon, the Legislative Assemblies of 4 states will also elect 16 MPs to Rajya Sabha.
Nominated member
The four new nominated members in the Rajya Sabha are:
All these members belong to four southern states, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka.
The upper house of the parliament now has nine nominated members the other five are Lawyer Mahesh Jethmalani, dancer Sonal Man Singh, politician Ram Shakal and the author and columnist Rakesh Sinha, and the former chief justice of India Ranjan Gogi.
Composition of Rajya Sabha
The Fourth Schedule of the Constitution deals with the allocation of seats in the Rajya Sabha to the States and the Union Territories.
Representation of States:
Representation of Union Territories
Nominated Members:
Duration of Rajya Sabha
Nominated member of Rajya Sabha
Constitutional provision
Power and privileges Of Nominated member
Nominated members are not allowed to vote in the election of the President, but they can become part of the election of Vice- President of India.
Significance of Nominations
Criticisms
There has been criticism that several nominated members have poor attendance and do not appear to show high interest in legislative work. In this context, cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, actor Rekha, and businesswoman Anu Aga have faced huge criticism in recent years.
Over time, the high ideal of the nomination came to be eroded. Ruling dispensations have repeatedly used the nominated category to increase their numbers in the House, dispense favours, and get their preferred individuals into Parliament.
While a nominated member can join a political party within six months of taking his or her seat in the House, even those who remain technically independent are assumed to be aligned with the ruling regime.
Way Forward
N Gopalaswami Ayyangar, who was part of the Constitution Drafting Committee had argued that the nominated members are an asset to the nation because of their learning and they would actively contribute to the quality & depth of debate. This very purpose has been defeated many times, so it’s the responsibility of the government to add those members who can very well pour their expertise into debates and take their roles consciously.
Source: The Hindu
The Women and Child Development Ministry released guidelines to access central funds and benefits under Mission Vatsalya.
About Mission Vatsalya
Components under Mission Vatsalya include:
Other Provision under the Scheme
At the State Level, there will be a committee headed by the Chief Secretary to monitor, review and promote convergence in the implementation of the scheme. There will also be a committee at the district level.
Guidelines state that Mission Vatsalya will support State Adoption Resource Agencies (SARA), which will support the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) in promoting in-country adoption and regulating inter-country adoption. CARA shall coordinate, monitor, and develop the work related to non-institutional care including adoption in the state.
Based on gender (including the separate homes for transgender children) and age will be established for children in need of care, as well as for special needs children.
The staff in special units will have to know sign language Braille, etc, according to the new guidelines published
State governments are required to take up the exercise to grade each child care institution (CCI) at fixed intervals. The grading will be done based on infrastructure, quality of services, and wellbeing of children, especially in terms of health, education, restoration and rehabilitation of children, etc.
States and UTs have also been directed to focus on special needs children in child care institutions, who are unable to attend school with physical or mental disabilities and would now be provided special educators, therapists, and nurses to impart occupational therapy, speech therapy, verbal therapy, and other remedial classes.
Open Shelters registered by the state government will also be supported to look after runaway children, missing children, trafficked children, working children, children in street situations, child beggars, child substance abusers, and children affected by any natural disaster, children living in unauthorized areas/slums, etc.
The Open Shelters are not meant to provide permanent residential facilities for children but will complement the existing institutional care facilities.
Financial support has also been approved for vulnerable children living with extended families or in foster care, supporting their education, nutrition, and health needs.
Source: The Hindu
What are the Key Highlights of the Field Medal?
The international mathematical union (IMU) is an international non-governmental and non-profit scientific organization. The purpose of IMU is to promote international cooperation in the field of mathematics.
History
What about the Indian-origin winners?
Source: The Hindu
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