Hindustan Times: New Delhi: Saturday, April 27, 2013.
Sonia Gandhi
headed National Advisory Council (NAC) on Friday approved a system of mandatory
consultation with people of new laws and rules.
The scope of
the pre-legislative process in respect to the Central government would extend
to new laws and amendment to law and new rules and amendment to rules, said a
NAC statement.
The new
format mandates an executive order to be issued by the government making it
mandatory for all Central ministries to have consultation with people before
finalizing a draft bill or rules.
“The
guidelines should provide for desirable modes of disclosure and consultations,
while details of such processes may be left to be worked out by the
Central Ministries/Departments concerned,” the statement said.
The
pre-legislative process formulated by a working group headed by Aruna Roy seeks
to make government policy making system transparent, inclusive and equitable.
The draft of the process will be available on NAC’s website for consultations.
Roy also
submitted note on five issues to the NAC. It included a need for the government
to declare a universal old age pension scheme, broad-based consultation before
Delhi University implements its four-year undergraduate programme and changes
in Whistleblowers Bill to bring RTI activists under ambit of the proposed law.
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