New Delhi, Oct 22 (UNI) Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday advocated detailed Legislative Impact Assessment (LIA) bringing out social, economic, environmental and institutional impacts of legislative proposals for informed law making in the country.
In a first of its kind interaction with 151 officials who have recently joined the Rajya Sabha Secretariat, the Rajya Sabha Chairman said that it would be useful to indicate such impact assessment in the legislative proposals for wider dissemination among all the stakeholders.
Mr Naidu elaborated on the need for such impact assessment while referring to legislative process in the country during his address to 151 officials who have recently joined the Rajya Sabha Secretariat.
It is for the first time that Rajya Sabha Chairman has interacted with new recruits on joining the Secretariat.
During the interaction, where Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha Desh Deepak Verma, Secretary P P K Ramacharyulu and other senior officials of Rajya Sabha Secretariat were present, Mr Venkaiah Naidu said that inter-ministerial consultations are held before the Cabinet considers and approves legislative proposals but the scope for undertaking and indicating the impact of such proposals is limited in the present context.
“Informed legislation will help in realising the stated objects of various laws and this requires a detailed impact assessment of legislation at the stages of both pre-legislation and post-legislation. An account of pre-legislative impact assessment could be included either in the Bill or as an Annexure to the Bill,” Mr Naidu said.
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