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Title : Statement regarding status of implementation of recommendations in 3rd and 10th Reports of Standing Committee on Urban Development on implementation of the part IX A of the Constitution of India.
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT (SHRI AJAY MAKEN): Sir, on behalf of Shri S. Jaipal Reddy, I beg to lay the following statement regardingThe status of implementation of recommendations contained in the 3rd and 10th Reports of Standing Committee on Urban Development on implementation of the part IX A of the Constitution of India[KD4] .
*Laid on the table and also placed in Library, See No. LT 4464/2006
I would like to inform for the benefit of the Hon’ble Members of the House that Third Report of the Standing Committee of the 14th Lok Sabha on Urban Development was presented to Lok Sabha on 7.12.2004. Since the follow up action on most of the recommendations of the Committee was required to be taken by State Governments/UT Administrations, a copy of the report was circulated to all States/UTs for their comments and extension of time for furnishing of the Action taken Note was sought from the Hon’ble Committee. The Hon’ble Committee kindly granted extension of time for submission of replies of the Ministry upto 6th June, 2005.
Action Taken Note on the recommendations was submitted by the Ministry of Urban Development to the Committee in June, 2005. After examining the replies of the Government contained in the Action Taken Notes, the Hon’ble Standing Committee presented its 10th Report on implementation of Part IX A of the Constitution in Parliament on 2.8.2005. The Hon’ble Standing Committee in the 10th report has divided the Action Taken Notes on 26 recommendations contained in its Third Report into following categories:
i)
Recommendations accepted by the Government
23
(ii)
Recommendations which the Committee would not like to pursue in view of Government’s reply
1 (Para No. 3.9)
(iii)
Recommendations in respect of which replies of the Government have not been accepted by the Committee
2 (Para No. 2.21 &
2.22)
The Action Taken Note of the Government on the recommendations contained in the Tenth Report of the committee was furnished to the Committee in February, 2006.
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to inform the Hon’ble Members that recommendations in respect of which the replies of the Governemnt have not been accepted by the Committee, the matter will be pursued with the State Governments/Uts concerned for speedy implementation. Similarly, in respect of recommendations, which are accepted by the Government, further follow up action, wherever necessary, will be taken in due course of time.
Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the spirit of 74th Constitutional amendment my Ministry has taken several initiatives to strengthen the working of urban local bodies. The Status of implementation of the various recommendations contained in the Third and the Tenth Reports of the Committee is indicated in the Annexures I and II, respectively, to my Statement which is laid on the Table of the House. I would not like to take the valuable time of the House to read out all the contents of these Annexures. I would request that this may be considered as read.
