FIVE KEY ISSUES DUGGAL DISCUSSED WITH CHIDAMBARAM

SPECIAL TO VAARTHA

Telangana Consultative 

Committee logistic support

mechanism finalised.

FIVE KEY ISSUES 

VK DUGGAL DISCUSSED

WITH HOME MINISTER

P CHIDAMBARAM 

By R Rajagopalan

V K Duggal discussed and almost finalised

with the Union Home Minister P Chidambaram

five crucial aspects concerning  Title, Headquarters, 

accommodation,  adminstrative, financial and status 

for the  Consultative Committee to lay road map for 

Telangana. Since it is the first meeting between 

the Member Secretary VK Duggal, two joints 

secretaries in the Union Home Ministry were 

asked to liaise with Duggal.

TITLE OF THE MECHANISM TO LAY ROAD MAP

The Justice Srikrishna will head a Consultative Committee to lay road

map for a separate state demand in Andhra Pradesh.

HEADQUARTERS

Headquarters for the Consultative Committee  was discussed. Broadly it was agreed

that Hyderabad should be the headquarters. However, Chairman Justice Sri Krishna 

insisting that he may be permitted to use Mumbai as Headquarters for Chairman office.

He may be travelling to Hyderabad and Delhi frequently.

ACCOMMODATION

Accommodation space needed for Headquarters.

It has broadly been decided to seek

ten thousands square feet space. 

ADMINISTRATION AND LOGISTIC SUPPORT TO THE COMMITTEE

Administration. The Consultative Committee would take a blanket permission

from Union Ministry of Personnel, to recruit 15 Research Fellows who will be 

main link between the issues and the Committee. Also to get

retired government employees/transfer/ ad-hoc appointments for

the Consultative Committee. Apart from this roughly VK Duggal sought 

15 Stenographers. 50 Computer Terminals 10 landline phones, 

with mobile connections, fax machines, internet connections.

Chairs, tables and confernence halls, Video and slide projector 

equipments

FIANANCIAL APPROVAL AND SANCTIONS

The Union Home Ministry will be the nodal ministry for financial sanctions.

for Consultative Committee on Telangana.Budgetary provisions will be drawn from the

Union Home Ministry.

STATUS OF THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBER SECRETARY

Status. Since Justice Sri Krishna already enjoyed the status of a Union Cabinet Minister

when he was Chairman of the Sixth pay commission,; that will now be continuing

VK Duggal is now holding a status of a Union Minister of State. as member of the

centre state relations committee. He will be permitted to hold both charges.

and also continue with the same status.

The other members of the committee will hold status of

Secretaries to Government of India status and pay.

They are: Professor (Dr.) Ranbir Singh, 

Vice-Chancellor, National Law University, Delhi; Dr. Abusaleh Shariff, 

Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute, 

Delhi; Dr. (Ms.) Ravinder Kaur, Professor, Department of Humanities 

and Social Sciences, IIT, Delhi; 

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