Give assemblies financial autonomy: Pathania
Vidhan Sabha Speaker Kuldeep Pathania today raised the issue of the grant of financial autonomy to the state assemblies to bring about a change in their functioning, at the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association India Regional Conference being held in New Delhi.
Himachal has first e-Assembly
- The Himachal Vidhan Sabha is the first e-Assembly in the country, said Kuldeep Pathania
- He had recently approved the holding of the meetings of the committees of the House online, which would help in overcoming the problem of quorum
- The Himachal Pradesh Assembly always had 94 per cent productivity while in one session it was 132%
- Pathania’s endeavour has been that all MLAs should get a chance to speak, whether senior or junior or belong to any party
- This will bring efficiency in work and everyone will get a chance to contribute
Pathania, while speaking at the executive meeting of the conference, said that the Vidhan Sabha Secretariat was independent and as such it should have its own financial autonomy to ensure smooth proceedings of the Assembly. “Money is required for holding any event, for which the support of the government is required. So, the assemblies should be given financial autonomy so that they can reach out to the last person in society,” he added.
Pathania said that every Vidhan Sabha had its own rules of functioning and its own way of conducting the session and he, too, had made some changes at his level in the Himachal Pradesh Assembly. “I believe that we can get positive results only through dialogue and discussion, which can be done only by ensuring everyone’s participation,” he added.
He said that the Himachal Pradesh Assembly always had 94 per cent productivity while in one session it was 132 per cent. “My endeavour has been that all MLAs should get a chance to speak, whether senior or junior or belong to any party. This will bring efficiency in work and everyone will get a chance to contribute,” he added.
Pathania said school students were regularly invited to watch the proceedings of the House. “When children are watching the proceedings of the House, the honourable members will also behave responsibly,” he added.
