LS speaker constitutes fellowship committee
PTI | 08:07 PM,Jul 21,2012
New Delhi, Jul 21 (PTI) Speaker Meira Kumar has set
up Lok Sabha's Fellowship Committee to be headed by Prem Das Rai, an MP from
Sikkim. The Committee will have L Hanumanthaiah and B S Mangal Murty as its
members. Constituted with a view to enabling better understanding of the
functioning of Parliament and to identify the changing nature and role of
parliamentary institutions, the fellowship scheme has been designed to encourage
and support original studies by interested scholars. The Fellowship Committee
will have two full-fledged fellowships, one each in Hindi and English, for
writing books. Similarly, there will be a fellowship for writing monographs. The
fields to be considered by the Committee for award of fellowships include
Parliamentary Institutions/Systems (including State Legislatures)-Evolution and
Development; Parliamentary Rules, Practices and Development; Committee System;
Communication between Parliament and the People; and Modern Techniques of
Service and Support Systems of Parliament.
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