With the formation of the third tier of the government, the micro issues of any constituency should be dealt with at the ward level, and therefore should rest with the Councillor.
However, it is common to find voters approaching their MLAs with requests to fix the roads, or have streetlights installed, or get some local issue sorted. This happens because of the inadequate devolution of power and funds to the city municipalities.
The primary responsibility of an MLA is closely tied to the smooth and efficient functioning of the state assembly, the three main functions of the assembly being to make laws, to hold the state executive accountable and to sanction public expenditure. After every general election, the members elected on the various party tickets meet separately and elect their Legislature Party Leader.
The Governor calls upon the leader of the party with a majority of members in the Assembly to form the Government. The scheme is implemented both in rural and urban areas. The District Collector will accord administrative sanction for the chosen works and will also identify the implementing agency.
The objective of the scheme is to identify and implement the essential works to bridge the critical infrastructure gaps in the constituencies. The allocation of funds in Tamil Nadu under the scheme had been increased from Rs 2.
Following is a list of work on which an MLA can choose to spend money from the development funds allocated to him:. The Governor, on the advice of the Council of Ministers, summons the Legislative Assembly from time to time to convene and make laws. There should be a six-month gap between its last sitting in one session and the date appointed for its first sitting in the next session.
The Governor may also postpone or dissolve the Assembly. A report by Judge Narayana Rao Committee states that the state assemblies in India should be convened for 90 days every year, though there is no constitutional requirement or specification.
According to former Lok Sabha secretary general Subhash Kashyap, speakers recommend that all state assemblies should convene at least days a year. However, the suggestion is rarely ever accepted by the governments. The Tamil Nadu Assembly session was held only for 37 days in , 35 days in and 28 days in The quorum necessary for a meeting of the TN Legislative Assembly is 24 members one-tenth of the total number of Members inclusive of the person presiding.
If the requirement is not present, the bell shall be rung intermittently. Besides, the Tenth Schedule to Constitution provides for disqualification of the members on ground of defection. As per the provisions of the Tenth Schedule, a member may be disqualified as a member, if he voluntarily gives up the membership of his political party; or if he votes or abstains from voting in the House contrary to any direction issued by the political party to which he belongs, unless such voting or abstention has been condoned by the political party within fifteen days.
A member elected as an independent candidate shall be disqualified if he joins any political party after his election. A member shall not be disqualified on this account, if he voluntarily leaves the membership of his political party after he is elected Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha.
The representatives of the States and of the Union Territories in the Rajya Sabha are elected by the method of indirect election. The representatives of each State and two Union territories are elected by the elected members of the Legislative Assembly of that State and by the members of the Electoral College for that Union Territory, as the case may be, in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote.
Rajya Sabha is a permanent House and is not subject to dissolution. However, one-third Members of Rajya Sabha retire after every second year. A member who is elected for a full term serves for a period of six years. A member elected in a bye-election remains member for the remainder of the term of the member who had resigned or died or disqualified to be member of the House under the Tenth Schedule. The Presiding Officers of Rajya Sabha have the responsibility to conduct the proceedings of the House.
Rajya Sabha also chooses from amongst its members, a Deputy Chairman. In the absence of the Chairman and Deputy Chairman, a member from the Panel of Vice-Chairmen presides over the proceedings of the House. The Secretary-General is appointed by the Chairman of Rajya Sabha and holds rank equivalent to the highest civil servant of the Union.
The Secretary-General works with anonymity and is readily available to the Presiding Officers for rendering advice on parliamentary matters. The Secretary-General is also the administrative head of the Rajya Sabha Secretariat and the custodian of the records of the House. He works under the direction and control of the Chairman, Rajya Sabha. Under article 75 3 of the Constitution, the Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to Lok Sabha which means Rajya Sabha cannot make or unmake the Government.
It can, however, exercise control over the Government and this function becomes quite prominent, particularly when the Government does not enjoy majority in Rajya Sabha. To resolve a deadlock between the two Houses, in case of an ordinary legislation, the Constitution provides for the joint sitting of both Houses. In fact, there have been three occasions in the past when the Houses of Parliament had met in joint sitting to resolve differences between them.
Issues in joint sitting are decided by a majority of the total number of members of both Houses present and voting. However, in the case of a Money Bill, there is no provision in the Constitution for a joint sitting of both Houses as Lok Sabha clearly enjoys pre-eminence over Rajya Sabha in financial matters.
As regards a Constitution amendment Bill, it has been provided in the Constitution that such a Bill has to be passed by the specific majority, as prescribed under article of the Constitution, by both Houses.
Times Syndication Service. BI India Bureau. The terms MLA Member of Legislative Assembly and MP Member of Parliament refer to the directly and indirectly elected representatives of the country in the state government and union government respectively. The body administering a state or union territory in the country is called an assembly.
MLAs are the representatives elected during direct elections conducted at the assembly constituencies of a state. Committee membership is allocated to the political parties in approximately the same proportion as their representation in the House.
Constituents encountering problems within their division, or having problems dealing with government departments, agencies, etc.
MLAs keep in touch with their constituents by personal contact, by phone, in writing, through meetings, and by the two annual household mailings they are entitled to send.
0コメント