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Setting standards and salaries
Our Parliament, as the highest democratic public office, is expected to set standards for probity, accountability and transparency. The salaries and allowances of our MPs are regulated through the Salaries and Allowances of Ministers Act, 1952. It has been amended 28 times since its inception. The process involves a proposal by the Cabinet for the [...]
How to check defections
Since the coming into force of the Constitution (Fifty Second Amendment) Act, 1985 known as the anti-defection Act, our parliamentary institutions have successfully addressed the challenges emerging from various acts of defection. However, there is a need to test both the relevance and the adequacy of the existing provisions in the context of our democratic [...]