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Monday, March 28, 2011

Sonia Gandhi as NAC chairperson; further consolidation of ‘aam admi’ base in governance

NEW DELHI: March 29, 2010. For spearheading the Congress-led the UPA’s political strategy for consolidating its ‘aam admi’ base, the National Advisory Council (NAC) has been revived with Congress President Sonia Gandhi again as its chairperson, four years after she quit the post in the wake of the office of the profit controversy.Sometime ago, the Parliament passed the Office of Profit Bill that exempted 56 posts, including the chairperson of NAC, from being considered office of profit.... The NAC is an advisory body set up to monitor - with an interface with the civil society - the implementation of the Congress-led the UPA government’s common minimum programme. As the NAC chairperson, Congress President Sonia Gandhi, with the status of a Cabinet minister, will lead a team of experts.
The advisory outfit will act as a policy watchdog with an aim for strengthening the social sector and will also act as the extraordinary think-tank outside ministries and the Planning Commission.
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