The Speaker of Uttarakhand Assembly, Prem Chand Agarwal, has said that Budget is the most important instrument of financial policy of any Government and effective in depth discussions on it should be held inside the house. He was speaking during the valedictory ceremony of seventh convention of the Commonwealth of Parliamentary Association (CPA) at Lucknow on Saturday.
Agarwal emphasised on the capacity building of the members of legislative assemblies for worthy discussion on Budget. The Speakers of many Assemblies mentioned the convention of presiding officers of legislatures held in Dehradun recently in their speeches and congratulated Uttarakhand Speaker for successfully organising the convention.
In her address, the Governor of Uttar Pradesh (UP), Anandi Ben Patel, said that legislative Assemblies are not only engaged in law making activities but are also taking a lead role in social and economic change. The Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said that the legislative Assemblies should act as a vigilant guard for ensuing financial accountability of executive.
The Uttarakhand Speaker put forth his ideas during the discussion on capacity building of public representatives for review of Budget proposals’ on the day. He said that the members should have necessary skills and knowledge for reviewing the Budget. He said that different committees of Assembly assess the Budget, Government policies, schemes and their implementation and their members rising above the party affiliations give valuable suggestion to the committees they are associated which is the reason why capacity building of members of required.
In the convention, 35 delegates from parliament and Assemblies took part. In the two day convention MLAs and minister of UP took part.