In its first year 7th Delhi Legislative Assembly held fewer sittings than 6th NGO
New Delhi Dec 17 PTI The Seventh Delhi Legislative Assembly held fewer sittings in its first year in 2020 than the previous assembly did in its first year in 2015 a new report by an NGO claimed on FridayMumbai-based Praja Foundation released its Report on Delhi MLAs Deliberations in State Assembly Sessions during an online eventIt also issued a statement saying Praja analysed the deliberations of Delhis MLAs comparing their deliberations with manifesto promises made by their parties and looking at solutions to fill the gaps in the current problemsIn2020 the first year of the seventh assembly current term only eight assembly sittings were held as compared to 2015 the first year of the sixth assembly when 26 sittings were held the report claimedA 69 per cent decline was seen in the number of assembly sittings from 2015 first year of the sixth assembly to 2020 first year of the seventh assembly the statement saidIt also claimed that there has been a three per cent decline in MLAs attendance in assembly sittings from 2015 90 per cent attendance to 2020 87 per cent attendanceThe NGO known to release reports on lawmakers councillors etc also alleged that issues raised on health decreased by 83 per cent from 66 in 2015 to only 11 in 2020Praja has been tracking critical issues that affect quality of life such as education health housing and so on It has been observed that during COVID-19 in 2020 overall only 55 issues were raised in comparison to 963 issues raised in 2015 said Milind Mhaske director of Praja FoundationThis reflects poorly on the preparedness of cities like Delhi to tackle challenges such as COVID-19 he addedThe Constitution of India has vested legislative powers on MLAs to deliberate and formulate policies for the growing needs of citizens including matters of public importance such as education public health local governments irrigation agriculture and more These powers and functions directly influence the quality of life of citizens and are thus of extreme importance the statement saidTowards that Praja over the years has tracked the status of major services available in Delhi as well as traced deliberation trends by elected representatives in the Delhi assembly By doing this we have analysed trends identified service delivery gaps and shared suggestions to rectify them said Nitai Mehta founder and managing trustee PrajaFoundationThe NGO also suggested that a mayor in the city should be empowered and the mayoral term should be co-terminus with the term of the city governmentThe city government should be the nodal agency for delivery of all the 18 functions of local importance as mentioned in the 12th Schedule of the Constitution it said PTI KND IJT
New Delhi Dec 17 PTI The Seventh Delhi Legislative Assembly held fewer sittings in its first year in 2020 than the previous assembly did in its first year in 2015 a new report by an NGO claimed on FridayMumbai-based Praja Foundation released its Report on Delhi MLAs Deliberations in State Assembly Sessions during an online eventIt also issued a statement saying Praja analysed the deliberations of Delhis MLAs comparing their deliberations with manifesto promises made by their parties and looking at solutions to fill the gaps in the current problemsIn2020 the first year of the seventh assembly current term only eight assembly sittings were held as compared to 2015 the first year of the sixth assembly when 26 sittings were held the report claimedA 69 per cent decline was seen in the number of assembly sittings from 2015 first year of the sixth assembly to 2020 first year of the seventh assembly the statement saidIt also claimed that there has been a three per cent decline in MLAs attendance in assembly sittings from 2015 90 per cent attendance to 2020 87 per cent attendanceThe NGO known to release reports on lawmakers councillors etc also alleged that issues raised on health decreased by 83 per cent from 66 in 2015 to only 11 in 2020Praja has been tracking critical issues that affect quality of life such as education health housing and so on It has been observed that during COVID-19 in 2020 overall only 55 issues were raised in comparison to 963 issues raised in 2015 said Milind Mhaske director of Praja FoundationThis reflects poorly on the preparedness of cities like Delhi to tackle challenges such as COVID-19 he addedThe Constitution of India has vested legislative powers on MLAs to deliberate and formulate policies for the growing needs of citizens including matters of public importance such as education public health local governments irrigation agriculture and more These powers and functions directly influence the quality of life of citizens and are thus of extreme importance the statement saidTowards that Praja over the years has tracked the status of major services available in Delhi as well as traced deliberation trends by elected representatives in the Delhi assembly By doing this we have analysed trends identified service delivery gaps and shared suggestions to rectify them said Nitai Mehta founder and managing trustee PrajaFoundationThe NGO also suggested that a mayor in the city should be empowered and the mayoral term should be co-terminus with the term of the city governmentThe city government should be the nodal agency for delivery of all the 18 functions of local importance as mentioned in the 12th Schedule of the Constitution it said PTI KND IJT
