 | | THE GROWING GANG OF GoM | | COMMONWEALTH GAMES 2010
Chairman: Arjun Singh Members: Jaipal Reddy, Azad, Chidambaram, Kamal Nath, Tytler, Chowdhury, Delhi chief minister and lieutenant-governor Status: Created several subcommittees. | | NEW PATENTS LAW
Chairman: Pranab Mukherjee Members: Pawar, Paswan, Chidambaram, Kamal Nath, Ramadoss, Sahay, Sibal Special Invitee: Montek Singh Ahluwalia | | CESS FOR RURAL ROADS
Chairman: Pranab Mukherjee Members: Lalu, Paswan, Chidambaram, T.R. Baalu, Raghuvansh Prasad, Aiyar Aim: To work out a formula to allocate fuel cess for road development. | | PRICE BAND FOR SALE OF SHARES
Chairman: P. Chidambaram Members: Administrative ministers of the PSUs concerned. Aim: Set Price Band for psu share sales. | | AMENDMENT BILL FOR ACT ON PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTES
Chairman: Shivraj Patil Members: Chidambaram, Kamal Nath, Bharadwaj, Prem Gupta, Santosh Mohan Deb Aim: To amend laws for CAs, company secretaries and cost accountants. | DABHOL PROJECT
Chairman: Pranab Mukherjee Members: Pawar, Bharadwaj, P.M. Sayeed, Sibal Aim: To resolve and revive the Dabhol Project. | WAGES IN COAL INDUSTRY
Chairman: Pranab Mukherjee Members: Patil, Chidambaram, Baalu, Kamal Nath, Sayeed, Rao, Sibal Aim: Set wages for coal workers. | | PRESS REGISTRATION ACTN
Members: Patil, Reddy, Chidambaram, Bharadwaj, Maran, Sibal Aim: To look into print media policy. | | PURCHASE PREFERENCE POLICY
Chairman: P. Chidambaram Members: Kamal Nath, Sayeed, Aiyar, Maran, Santosh Mohan Deb Aim: Examine continuance of the policy. | | PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS REGULATORY BOARD
Chairman: Pranab Mukherjee Members: Pawar, Paswan, Chidambaram, Bharadwaj, Sayeed, Aiyar Status: Price of natural gas were revised from July. | | COMMISSION ON CENTRE-STATE RELATIONS
Chairman: Pranab Mukherjee Members: Arjun, Bharadwaj, Kyndiah, Pawar, Lalu, Patil, Chidambaram, Aiyar, Maran Aim: Set terms of reference for new panel. | RIGHT TO INFORMATION BILL
Chairman: Pranab Mukherjee Members: Pawar, Patil, Reddy, Chidambaram, Bharadwaj, Maran, Pachauri Status: The bill has been passed. | | CHILD MARRIAGE PREVENTION
Chairman: Arjun Singh Members: Bharadwaj, Patil, Paswan, Kyndiah, Meira Kumar, Ramadoss Aim: Review laws on prevention of child marriage. | | LOK PAL BILLA
Chairman: Pranab Mukherjee Members: Arjun, Pawar, Lalu, Patil, Paswan, Dasmunshi, Bharadwaj, Rao, Maran, Sibal, Pachauri Aim: Consider amendments to draft Lok Pal Bill. | ONE RANK ONE PENSION
Chairman: Pranab Mukherjee Members: Pawar, Patil, Chidambaram, Bharadwaj, Pachauri Aim: Study one rank-one pension scheme for retired servicemen. | | TSUNAMI RELIEF
Chairman: Pranab Mukherjee Members: Pawar, Patil, Chidambaram, Baalu, Sayeed, Raghuvansh Prasad, Meira Kumar, Maran, Ramadoss Aim: Review rehabilitation efforts. | | SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES
Chairman: Pranab Mukherjee Members: Pawar, Patil, Chidambaram, Kamal Nath, Bharadwaj, Rao, Maran Status: GoM submitted report and Bill passed. | | INDIAN MEDICAL COUNCIL ACT
Chairman: Pranab Mukherjee Members: Pawar, Patil, Chidambaram, Bharadwaj, Raghuvansh Prasad, Ramadoss Status: Bill with the Ministry of Law. | | BROADCAST POLICY
Chairman: Pranab Mukherjee Members: Reddy, Chidambaram, Bharadwaj Aim: Finalise a broadcast policy and study issues like DTH and uplinking and downlinking. | | RESERVATIONS FOR DALITS
Chairman: Pranab Mukherjee Members: Arjun, Pawar, Patil, Paswan, Bharadwaj, Raghuvansh Prasad, Dasmunshi, Meira Kumar, Rao | DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Chairman: Pranab Mukherjee Members: Pawar, Patil, Chidambaram, Bharadwaj, Sayeed, Raghuvansh Prasad, Aiyar, Raja, Maran, Ramadoss, Sibal | INVESTMENT PROCEDURES
Chairman: P. Chidambaram Members: Baalu, Bharadwaj, Sayeed, Aiyar, Raja, Deb, Oscar Fernandes, Patel Aim: Improve investment procedures. | | 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF 1857 UPRISING
Chairman: Arjun Singh Members: Patil, Jaipal Reddy | | PANCHAYATI RAJ INSTITUTIONS
Members: Arjun, Pawar, Paswan, Chidambaram, Kyndiah, Raghuvansh Prasad, Raja, Aiyar | | CABINET COMMITTEE ON WTO MATTERS
Chairman: Manmohan Singh Members: Mukherjee, Pawar, Paswan Chidambaram, Vaghela, Kamal Nath, Raghuvansh Prasad, Maran, Sibal | | HIV/AIDS
Chairman: Arjun Singh Members: Ramadoss, Reddy, Raghuvansh Prasad, Ola, Meira Kumar Aim: Better coordination among ministries. | DRAFT OF FOREIGN CONTRIBUTION BILL
Aim: Suggest changes in law on utilisation of foreign funds by voluntary organisations. | | NAGA ISSUE
Chairman: Shivraj Patil Members: Oscar Fernandes, Prithviraj Chavan Aim: Dialogue with NSCN(I-M). | | IMDT ACT
Aim: Study the implication of the Supreme Court order. | RURAL EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE ACT
Chairman: Pranab Mukherjee Members: Raghuvansh Prasad, Chidambaram, Pawar, Bharadwaj, Aiyar, Rao, Sibal, Ahluwalia Aim: To integrate suggestions of NAC and Standing Committee | | | Leadership, said former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, is by definition, not consensus. To be fair, she never functioned under the constraints of a coalition. Unlike the Iron Lady, Manmohan leads a side that he hasn't chosen. Worse, there isn't much he can do for he cannot sack non-performers from his own party leave alone those from allies. It is only natural then that the chorus that emanates from this Cabinet would be about consensus aimed at electoral benefits. The fact is GoMs are a good instrument to deliver decisions but they can also be quickly turned into a tool for dithering. If democracy is to deliver then it has to be powered with decisions. Manmohan may not be wearing the badge of political power but his mantle is woven with high expectations. Now that is a consensus he can ill-afford to ignore. Index
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