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Social security of unorganized sector workers, modernization of land administration and key issues in judicial reforms were discussed at the fourteenth meeting of the National Advisory Council (NAC) which was chaired by Smt. Sonia Gandhi here today. Eleven Members of the Council attended it.
Discussions took place on the proposed legislation to benefit the very large numbers of workers of the unorganized sector for which, as a first step, a draft Unorganized Sector Workers’ Social Security Bill has been formulated. The draft Bill would be made available to the Ministry of Labour and Employment to facilitate further discussion and consultation and would be placed on the website.
A presentation was made on issues relating to modernization of the land administration. This is an important component of the National Common Minimum Programme on which time-bound action is required at the Central and State levels. It was agreed that the recommendations which would include policy and operational action-points and suggest a sequence of implementation, would be forwarded to the Government of India. The Council recommended that a National Programme to modernize the Land Administration covering the computerization of land records, survey and settlement and the establishment of clear land titles should be put in place soon.
The Council discussed some of the key issues in the field of judicial reforms in the light of the papers circulated on the subject, including in respect of Fast Track Courts, Local Courts and an All India Judicial Service whose creation would be recommended to the Government. A draft Local Courts Bill would also be forwarded to the Ministry of Law and Justice. The steps initiated to bring down the pendency in various Courts were reviewed. The NAC expressed the view that there is need for urgent procedural reforms in order to expedite the implementation of priority social sector programmes like the ICDS.
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