23 Mar Indian Legislative Services : Necessity for the betterment of the Legislative Bodies in India
Indian Legislative Services – today Current Affairs
Context : Just like other All India services like IAS, IPS, an Indian Legislative service is also needed for India. Presently , there are many legislative institutions in India starting from Panchayat Level to Union level. Presently the works related to legislative are assigned to non specific persons (For Union level Generally IAS is assigned with the services of secretary , Asst secretary of Lok Sabha and Raj Sabha, etc). For the strengthening the many legislative bodies in India, from the panchayat level to Parliament, This Indian legislative Services is required
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Introduction
Recently the issue of the necessity of the Indian legislative service was raised at the time of the appointment of many secretaries in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha secretariat with Lateral entries . Generally the secretaries of the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha are appointed from the IAS cadre who have been working as administrator, However they never worked in the legislative secretariat (Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha ) . Therefore , these parachuted officers could not fulfill the requirements of the legislative administration .
The main function of the parliament is to control the executive effectively and ensure the accountability of the executive. The officers from the executive having no knowledge of the legislative works can not be expected to work freely and effectively . In the United Kingdom, the Clerk of the House of Commons has always been appointed from the legislative staff pool created to serve Parliament. . We should follow this practice of England for the betterment of the democratic institutions
Why is an All India Service required ? The Hindu Analysis
There are thousands of the legislative bodies in India, ranging from the panchayat, block panchayat, zila parishad, municipal corporations to State legislatures and Union Parliament at the national level. These are the law making bodies at every level but the officers who run these bodies are not expert in legislative works . Generally they are appointed from the General administration
Definitely there will be a lack of competency and efficiency . Therefore a training institute must be there at the central level where the training related to legislative works could be given . Therefore Creating a common all-India service cadre — an Indian Legislative Service — is a must. A common service can build a combined and experienced legislative staff cadre, enabling them to serve from across local bodies to Union Parliament.
What are the provisions in the constitution in this regard : The Hindu Analysis
Rajya Sabha is empowered to pass a resolution to this effect, in national interest, to create an all-India service common to both the Union and the States, and enables Parliament to create such a service by law (Article 312 of Indian constitution )
However, the bureaucracy persistently does not allow Parliament to be a competent and robust legislative institution. Because they knew that if the executive would be controlled and regulated by the Legislative, their power and influence would be reduced. The Hindu Analysis.
For the betterment of the democratic institution , all three bodies, the executive, legislative and the Judiciary must be separated up to its maximum extent . But Generally , In Indian context, executive and the legislative can not be separated because executive is derived from the legislative . But up to the bureaucracy level it must be separated. Recently , it has been also observed (However during the period of 1970s) the government tried to control the Judiciary by providing the opportunity of the Rajya Sabha membership, governorship after the retirement of the Judges of the supreme court. But these efforts are dangerous for the democratic institutions of the country .
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Conclusion
As per the above discussion , it has been clearly analyzed that there must be an all India service for the legislature’s works and there must be a training institute for the legislative works. Legislative any executive must be separated for its maximum extent to strengthen the democratic institution . We have borrowed the constitution from England (Most of the part) because we have been colonized by the British for a long time. But England is continuously reforming in democratic institutions, like the speaker of the house of commons in England is independent from any political party (He has to resign from political party) . We must follow England in this regard. We should work to strengthen our democratic institution by all means . therefore All India Legislative services are must for the country
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