Chapter 1: Introduction Section 1: The address Section 2: The Parliament Chapter 2: Rules of Procedures Section 1: The Rules of procedure Section 2: Samples (Appendix) Chapter 3: Synopsis Section 1: Synopsis Chapter 4: Insight Section 1: topics to be considered for general debate. Section 2: topics to be considered for adjournment motion.
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Section 1: The Address
In this world of information, ignorance is a choice. Amidst the scenario of turmoil and uncertainty, the idea and the ideals of the democracy have not turned obsolete. The machinery of democracy craves for a new set of gears, gears which will not only run the machinery but guide it out from the depths of uncertainty and bring its ideals into fruition.
The youth of this nation faces a choice. A choice of just sitting back, reading newspapers, accepting the reality and succumbing to circumstances or to raise their voice, the voice that will not loom into the voids of oblivion, rather will barge through the doors of the decision makers, a voice that will penetrate their ears and ring their mind. A voice that not only questions but answers. A voice not reduced to mere words but performs action. The first edition of the OEC Indian Parliament provides a platform to this voice This event is a simulation of law making procedure of the lower house (Lok Sabha) of the Indian Parliament. This unique event provides an opportunity to the youth of this nation to step into the shoes of a Member of the Parliament and participate in the lawmaking procedure of this country. Every participant will be allotted a constituency and he/she will take part in this event as its elected representative. This event seeks to establish a link between the youth of the nation and the absolute decision-making body of the nation i.e. The Parliament. This event aims at awakening toiling masses from their slumber and realizes the true power of the parliamentary democracy. This event provides the potential leaders of the future in general and students in particular, the parliamentary ambience where they can feel the essence of parliamentary procedures, where all democratic principles will be enforce and capacity to lead and to belief will be put to a rigorous test. This event spanning three days will encompass all intricacies of bill drafting like multidimensional debates, and deliberations, clause by clause discussion, amendments and finally a draft of the bill will be prepared based on the consensus of the house.
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With these immensely ambitious thoughts, the Speaker of Lok Sabha, Vaivab Das, on behalf of the Secretary General summon all the honourable delegates of the lower house of the parliament ti THE FIRST MOCK INDIAN PARLIAMENT being held at OEC.
Regards, Vaivab Das (Speaker) Prateek Jajodia (Deputy Speaker)
Section 2: The parliament The Indian parliament consists of: 1.The President 2.The Lok Sabha 3.The Rajya Sabha.
1. PRESIDENT: The President of India is the constitutional head of the country. Each bill passed by both the houses of the Parliament require the assent of the President to become a law.
2. LOK SABHA: Lok Sabha is the House of the People. Lok Sabha is composed of representatives of the people chosen by direct election on the basis of the adult suffrage. The maximum strength of the House envisaged by the Constitution is 552, which is made up by election of upto 530 members to represent the States, up to 20 members to represent the Union Territories and not more than two members of the Anglo-Indian Community to be nominated by the Hon'ble President, if, in his/her opinion, that community is not adequately represented in the House. The total elective membership is distributed among the States in such a way that the ratio between the number of seats allotted to each State and the population of the State is, so far as practicable, the same for all 4 OECMUN '14 States. The qualifying age for membership of Lok Sabha is 25 years. The Lok Sabha at present consists of 545 members including the Speaker and two nominated members. Lok Sabha, unless sooner dissolved, continues for five years from the date appointed for its first meeting and the expiration of the period of five years operates as dissolution of the House. However, while a Proclamation of Emergency is in operation, this period may be extended by Parliament by law for a period not exceeding one year at a time and not extending, in any case, beyond a period of six months after the proclamation has ceased to operate. The Constitution of India came into force on January 26, 1950. The first general, elections under the new Constitution were held during the year 1951-52 and the first elected Parliament came into being in April, 1952. Lok Sabha elects one of its own members as its Presiding Officer and he/she is called the Speaker. He/she is assisted by the Deputy Speaker who is also elected by Lok Sabha. The conduct of business in Lok Sabha is the responsibility of the Speaker. When in session, Lok Sabha holds its sittings usually from 11 A.M. to 1 P.M. and from 2 P.M. to 6 P.M. On some days the sittings are continuously held without observing lunch break and are also extended beyond 6 P.M. depending upon the business before the House. Lok Sabha does not ordinarily sit on Saturdays and Sundays and closed on other holidays. The main business of the day may be consideration of a Bill or financial business or consideration of a resolution or a motion. Members may raise discussions on matters of urgent public importance with the permission of the Speaker. Such discussions may take place on two days in a week. After the member who initiates discussion on an item of business has spoken, other members can speak on that item of business in such order as the Speaker may call upon them. Only one member can speak at a time and all speeches are directed to the Chair. A matter requiring the decision of the House is decided by means of a question put by the Speaker on a motion made by a member. A division is one of the forms in which the decision of the House is ascertained. Normally, when a motion is put to the House members for and against it indicates their opinion by saying "Aye" or "No" from their seats. The Chair goes by the voices and declares that the motion is either accepted or rejected by the House. If a member challenges the decision, the Chair orders that the lobbies be cleared. Then the division bell is rung and an entire network of bells installed in the various parts and rooms in Parliament House and Parliament House Annexure rings continuously for three and a half
5 OECMUN '14 minutes. Members and Ministers rush to the Chamber from all sides. After the bell stops, all the doors to the Chamber are closed and nobody can enter or leave the Chamber till the division is over. Then the Chair puts the question for second time and declares whether in its opinion the "Ayes" or the "Noes", have it. If the opinion so declared is again challenged, the Chair asks the votes to be recorded by operating the Automatic Vote Recording Equipment.
3. RAJYA SABHA Rajya Sabha The Constituent Assembly decided to have a bicameral legislature for independent India mainly because a federal system was considered to be most feasible form of Government for such a vast country with immense diversities. A single directly elected House, in fact, was considered inadequate to meet the challenges before free India. A second chamber known as the Council of States, therefore, was created with altogether different composition and method of election from that of the directly elected House of the People. It was conceived as another Chamber, with smaller membership than the Lok Sabha. It was meant to be the federal chamber i.e., a House elected by the elected members of Assemblies of the States and two Union Territories in which States were not given equal representation. Apart from the elected members, provision was also made for the nomination of twelve members to the House by the President. These nominated members shall consist of persons having special knowledge or practical experience in respect of such matters as art, literature, science and social service. The minimum age of thirty years was fixed for membership as against twenty five years for the Lower House. The element of dignity and prestige was added to the Council of State House by making the Vice-President of India ex-officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha who presides over its sittings. Members sit for six-year terms, with one third of the members retiring every two years. This implies that the Rajya Sabha, unlike the Lok Sabha is not subject to dissolution.
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Section 1: Rules of Procedure
STRUCTURE OF LOK SABHA AND RAJYA SABHA
The Lok Sabha (lower House) shall comprise of 120 members from different constituencies, selected on the proportion of their representation in the 15th Lok Sabha of India. The Rajya Sabha shall comprise of 80 members representing different states on the proportion of their representation in the Rajya Sabha of India. The House and the Council shall be presided over by the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker. The House and The Council will be assisted by their respective Secretariat headed by the Secretary General. The House and the Council of States shall be represented by two parties with distinct but not homogeneous ideological orientations. The Majority side and the Opposition side shall be headed by the Leader of the House/Council and the Leader of the Opposition selected by their respective party members. The House of the People and the Council of State shall run parallel to each other and transfer their respective Bills to the other chamber after the House/Councils approval. All the documents relating to Point of Order, correction of Facts, motions and communication shall be moved through the Secretariat. Every message from the House to the Council or from the Council to the House shall be in writing or in print or partly in writing and partly in print and shall be signed by the Secretary- General. The Speaker of the House/Council carries the sole discretion to initiate any session of the house without any prior notice or motion.
7 OECMUN '14 The decision of the Speaker is final and absolute.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOUSE The House and the Council of States shall be represented by two parties with distinct but not homogeneous ideological orientations. The House shall be divided into Majority and Opposition side in accordance to their views on the sample bill provided by the symposium society. The bill carrying the largest support shall constitute into a Majority side and latter into the Opposition. The Majority side and the opposition side shall be headed by the Leader of the house/Council and Leader of the Opposition selected on the consensus of the respective party members. Various other portfolios of Home Minister, External Affairs Minister and Panchayat and Tribal affairs Minister shall be so allocated. Note: (Leader of the party will be deemed as a normal participant and appointment on such posts shall not boost his/her prospects of winning the competitive contest. The posts so allotted shall be symbolic in nature.) The Majority side after the invitation of the President shall constitute the Ruling side of the House/Council which will get the opportunity to table the bill and take part in the drafting of the Bill. The Speaker shall announce the commencement of the session and instruct the Secretary General to do a roll call and issue an Oath to the Members of Parliament. I, A.B. having been elected (or nominated) a member of the 3rd Hindu Mock Indian Parliament do swear in the name of God (or solemnly affirm) that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of India as by law established, that I will uphold the sovereignty and integrity of India and that I will faithfully discharge the duty upon which I am about to enter. LEGISLATIVE PROCESS The Speaker shall ask any member of the House/Council of States to table the bill. Tabling of bill is basically a general introduction of the bill. The Ruling side shall present their views on the bill and its relevance. The member tabling the bill shall also state the aims and objectives of the bill. The member tabling the bill shall request the speaker to publish the bill in the Gazette.
8 OECMUN '14 I, Minister of / Member of Parliament from .. Constituency hereby requests the Honorable speaker to order the publication of the.. Bill in the gazette The Speaker may, on request being made to him will order the publication of any Bill (together with the Statement of Objects and Reasons, the memorandum regarding delegation of legislative power and the financial memorandum accompanying it) in the Gazette. Any member, other than a Minister (member of Ruling Party), desiring to move a Bill, shall give notice of his intention, and shall, together with the notice, submit a copy of the Bill and an explanatory Statement of Objects and Reasons. Such a bill shall be referred to as Private Member bill. As soon as may be after a Bill has been introduced, the Bill, unless it has already been published, shall be published in the Gazette. When a Bill is tabled or on some subsequent occasion, the member in charge may make one of the following motions in regard to his Bill namely: that it is referred to Bill drafting Committee of the House/council of States. After admitting the motion, the Speaker shall order the setting up of Bill Drafting Committee and will adjourn the House.
DRAFTING OF THE BILL Drafting of the bill is an integral part of the 3rd Hindu Mock Indian Parliament. The Bill making side shall be provided with the moderators from the Symposium Society. The non- Bill Drafting side shall have a moderated discussion among themselves in which they can address the different aspects, issues and dimensions of the bill, while strategizing. After the drafting of the bill is completed, the copies of the bill shall be distributed to the members of the House/Council of states and will be published on our website. Introduction of the Bill . The Speaker shall ask any member of the Bill Drafting side to introduce the bill to the house and read it clause by clause. CLAUSE BY CLAUSE DISCUSSSION: Flow of Debate The Speaker shall ask any member of the bill making side to read out the clause and state the logic and the intentions behind the clause. The non bill drafting side shall question and
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counter the logic behind the clause. The Speaker shall grant 3 or more minutes to each speaker depending on the quality of his/her arguments. The Speaker shall permit 2 or more counter arguments depending upon the availability of time and the importance of the clause so discussed. All the facts should be quoted from the admissible sources. Any misquotation shall be immediately reported to the Additional Director of Research. All the correspondence between the members of the house or between the Members and the Secretariat shall be done via chit system.
AMENDMENTS TO THE CLAUSES Motion to move the amendments shall be presented in writing to the Secretary General. Secretary General shall notify the speaker to initiate the Amendment session. The following conditions shall govern the admissibility of amendments to clauses or schedules of a Bill: 1. An amendment shall be within the scope of the Bill and relevant to the subject-matter of the clause to which it relates. 2. An amendment shall not be such as to make the clause which it proposes to amend unintelligible or ungrammatical. 3. An amendment shall not be inconsistent with any previous decision of the House on the Same question 4. The Speaker shall have the right to reject and propose amendments to the bill. 5. The Speaker shall have power to select new clauses or amendments to be proposed. The amendment so presented shall not be deemed admissible in the house and can be rejected by the bill making side on the above mentioned grounds. After the amendment has been suggested, the Bill drafting side shall defend its clause or accept the amendment to the clause. If the debate persists, the Non bill drafting side shall make appropriate modifications in the amendments as suggested by The Bill drafting side or by the Speaker of the House. The non- Bill drafting side can suggest some sub clauses that could be added. The Bill drafting side can ask for amendments in written from the HMIP secretariat. The non- Bill drafting side shall submit their amendment to the Secretariat. 1. 10 OECMUN '14 PASSING OF THE BILL After the amendment session, a motion shall be moved by the member of the parliament to initiate the voting on the bill. When Bill is passed by the House, it shall be transmitted to the Council/House for concurrence with a message to that effect. Speaker initiates the final reading of the bill with amended/ not amended sections. Speaker then puts the question to the vote of the House in these words: The question is that leave be granted to the Minister of / Member of Parliament from to introduce the .. Bill, (Year). Those in favour will say Aye, those against will say- No. After the verdict of the House has been assessed, the Speaker will say thrice: the Ayes (or Noes) have it, the Ayes (or Noes) have it, the Ayes (or Noes) have it. When a Bill is passed by the Houses and is in possession of the House, the Bill shall be signed in duplicate by the Speaker and the Secretary General shall generate a notice to introduce the passed bill in the other Chamber. *** (The bill passed by the Lok Sabha shall be introduced in the Rajya Sabha and the bill passed by the Rajya Sabha shall be introduced in the Lok Sabha. If one chamber fails to pass a bill, the other chamber shall discuss issues of urgent national importance for instance If the Lok Sabha Passes the bill and Rajya Sabha fails to do so, Lok Sabha will discuss issues of national importance and Rajya Sabha shall discuss on the bill so passed by the Lok Sabha.) If the Bill is passed by the other chamber without amendments, the bill shall be sent to the President for his assent. If the bill is passed in the other chamber with amendments, the bill is sent back for consideration. RESOLUTION A resolution may be in the form of a declaration of opinion, or a recommendation; or may be in the form so as to record either approval or disapproval by the House of an act or policy of Government, or convey a message; or commend, urge or request an action; or call attention to a matter or situation for consideration by Government; or in such other form as the Speaker may consider appropriate. Resolution shall be drafted after the initiation of Call attention motion/ Motion for Papers.
11 OECMUN '14 After a resolution has been moved any member may, subject to the rules relating to resolutions, move an amendment to the resolution. IMPORTANT TERMS Motions The House will not consider any matter except on a motion made to that effect. The House expresses its will in the form of orders and its opinion in the form of Resolution but both have their origin in a motion. A motion has been defined as a proposal submitted to the House for its consideration and decision. All motions shall be addressed to the Secretary General. Motions are an important aspect of the judgment criteria. I. Adjournment Motion: Adjournment motion can be moved by a member of parliament to adjourn the house for a particular duration. The admissibility of adjournment motion shall be decided by the Speaker. II. Calling Attention/ Motion for papers: A member may, with the previous permission of the Speaker, call the attention of a Minister to any matter of urgent public importance and the Minister may make a brief statement or ask for time to make a statement. III. Motion of No Confidence: The Opposition party can initiate a motion of No Confidence if the Ruling Party fails to make the bill pass in the House/Council of states. POINTS Point of Order Point of Order shall be submitted in writing to the HMIP secretariat to seek clarification on the rules of the session. Point of order will not interrupt the Member of Parliament. Points of Personal Privilege They shall be used only when the remarks of a Member of Parliament are found insulting and defamatory in nature. NOTICE A motion shall be moved by the Leader of the House/Council to generate a notice to introduce the passed bill in the other chamber Section 2: Samples.(Appendix)
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Amendment [Write the clause, as proposed to be amended.] Chapter Clause.. Subclause. Statement Signature of MP : Format of a Motion Motion Agenda. Statement.. Signature
13 OECMUN '14 Chapter 3: Synopsis
The scope of debate is to be divide into three sections 1. 1.The zero hour. 2. 2.The procedural debate on the agenda 3. 3.The adjournment Motion. 1. Zero hour: Zero hour/ Question Hour is the first hour of a sitting session of India's Lok Sabha devoted to questions that Members of Parliament raise about any aspect of administrative activity. The concerned Minister is obliged to answer to the Parliament, either orally or in writing, depending on the type of question raised. Questions are one of the ways Parliament can hold the Executive accountable. In this hour two types of questions are asked: I. Starred question: which is asked by a MP to the the minister in charge and the reply is expected in a verbal form. II. Unstarred questions: are asked by the MP to the minister in charge and the reply is expected in writing. (Note: MPs are summoned to be prepared to ask questions to the government regarding issues of national importance and the Government in sitting is expected to be upto date with issue regarding there respective departments.) 2. The procedural Debate on the agenda: As the agenda "Charges of Corruption on the Indian Government." Is a grave issue. The executive board advises the Government(Members of the Government) to be present with all the actual documents which are easy available on the official website. The Opposition tagging the government with Charges of Corruption is expected to back it with substantial proof. 3.The adjournment Motion. As mentioned above, Adjournment motion is of much importance. Topics of utmost importance are raise during the adjournment motion and are debated on the floor. (Note: the MPs are appealed to be ready with current issues prevailing in the nation and to bring it up during this motion.)
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Section 1: Topics to be considered The procedural Debate. India has been rocked by a spate of scams in the recent past. Here is an overview of some of the most infamous scams that have hit the country over the years. 2013 Chopper scam: Better known as Choppergate, the scam involves several politicians and defence officers, who have been accused of having accepted bribes from Augusta Westland to clear a contract to supply 12 Agusta Westland AW101 helicopters to India. India had signed a contract to purchase 12 Agusta Westland AW101 helicopters in February 2010. The Rs3600 crore-scam came to light on February 12, 2013, when Finmeccanica CEO Giuseppe Orsi was arrested by Italian authorities for bribes allegedly paid to secure the sale of 12 helicopters to India. Finmeccanica is the parent company of Agusta Westland. Indian Defence Minister AK Antony ordered a CBI probe into the contract the very next day. Investigations revealed that three persons related to the then Air Force chief Shashi Tyagi had bended the rules in the tender to help Agusta Westland secure the contract. On March 13, 2013, the CBI had filed an FIR against the former IAF chief and 12 others for alleged cheating and criminal conspiracy in the Rs3600 crore VVIP helicopter deal. Tyagi is first chief of the Indian Air Force to be named in a corruption or criminal case by the CBI. The FIR also named brother of former Union minister Santosh Bagrodia, Satish Bagrodia and Pratap Aggarwal, Chairman and Managing Director of IDS Infotech in the case. According to Reuters, the investigation into the Italian firm Finmeccanica, which started more than a year ago, is one of a series of corruption scandals in defence dealmaking in India.
15 OECMUN '14 2012 Coal block allocation scam: Dubbed as Coalgate by the media, the scam once again exposed corruption in the higher echelons of power in the country. The scandal involves allocation of the country's coal deposits to public and private sector companies by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The office of Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), in a draft report in March 2012, accused the government of allocating coal blocks in an arbitrary manner during the period 20042009, causing a loss of Rs1.86 lakh crore. Initially the loss was pegged at over Rs10 lakh crore, but the CAG revised it to Rs1.86 lakh crore after leaving out PSUs from its final report. The BJP lodged a complaint regarding the matter which led to a CBI probe into the scam and demanded Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation. However, Singh read a statement in the Parliament on 27 August 2012 refuting the CAG's report. The scandal caused a lot of furor both inside and outside the Parliament due to its magnitude. The scandal got murkier when 43 files containing crucial information on how the coal fields were allocated to private firms went missing. Dr. Manmohan Singh was in charge of the Coal Ministry between 2006 and 2009. Some of the files missing contain information on allocations of coal fields during this period. After a lot of hammering by the Opposition, all except seven files were traced and sent to the CBI to further the probe. 2011 Antrix Devas deal: The scam involves former ISRO chairman G Madhavan Nair and three other scientists who were responsible for a controversial contract between Antrix Corporation and Devas Multimedia Private Limited on January 28, 2005. Under the deal, Antrix was to provide 70 MHz of S-Band wavelength to Devas for broadcasting purposes. This was to be done by ISRO leasing out S-band transponders in two satellites (GSAT6 and GSAT6A) to Devas. It was revealed that the DoS got approvals to build the satellites without disclosing the fact that they were to be utilised primarily for Devas' benefit.
16 OECMUN '14 A CAG report revealed that the department of space (DoS) had violated rules and policies for approving the agreement. The audit report pegged the loss at Rs200,000 crore. 2010 2G spectrum: One of the largest financial scams in the country, the 2G scam involves undercharging by government officials to various telecom companies during the allocation of 2G licenses for cell phone subscriptions. The telecom bandwidth tender was undervalued and offered to a preferred few on a 'First-Come-First-Served' basis instead of a transparent auction system, advised by the PMO. While the CAG pegs the scam amount at Rs176,000 crore, the CBI estimates it at Rs30,984 crore. Investigations revealed that 122 122 licenses were issued in 2008 during the tenure of then minister for communications & IT A Raja, who is the main accused in the case. Raja was forced to resign on November 14. and has been booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act for accepting illegal gratification. Apart from Raja, daughter Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M. Karunanidhi, M.K. Kanimozhi and late Pramod Mahajan have also been named in the case. Other bureaucrats whose names surfaced in the case were former telecom secretary Siddhartha Behura, Secretary of the Department of Telecommunications PJ Thomas , bureaucrat Pradip Baijal and Raja's private secretary RK Chandolia. 2010 CWG: Among all the scams in India, the CWG scam is perhaps the only one that drew the attention of media worldwide. A day after the conclusion of the Games, the Centre announced formation of a special committee to probe allegations of corruption and mismanagement against the Organising Committee (OC). During investigations, Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi's name surfaced as the main accused. Kalmadi has been accused of awarding a contract to install Timing, Scoring and Results (TSR) system for the 2010 CWG to Swiss Timing at inflated rates causing a loss of over Rs 90 crore to the exchequer.
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The CBI has alleged that Kalmadi awarded the contract to the Swiss firm at a much higher bid despite having a cheaper option. Apart from Kalmadi, the CBI has named eight persons including OC former Secretary General Lalit Bhanot and former Director General VK Verma as accused. Promoters of two construction firms, PD Arya and A K Madan of Faridabad-based Gem International and AK Reddy of Hyderabad- based AKR Constructions are also accused in the case. 1996 Fodder scam: Known as the mother of all scandals, though the Fodder scam had been going on for over two decades before it came to light in 1996 in the town of Chaibasa, Bihar. The scam involved fabrication of fictitious livestock for which fodder, medicines and animal husbandry equipment was supposedly procured. The animal husbandry department is said to have embezzled Rs950 crore through the scheme. Then chief minister of Bihar Lalu Prasad Yadav was forced to resign along with former chief minister Jagannath Mishra in the wake of the scandal. 1980-90s Bofors scandal: The Bofors scam that took place between 1980s and 1990s had stirred a big controversy in the country as then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and several others were accused of receiving kickbacks from the now defunct Swedish arms company Bofors AB for claring a contract to supply India's 155 mm field howitzer. In March 1986, a $285 million contract between the Govt of India and Swedish arms company Bofors was signed for supply of 410 155mm Howitzer field guns. About a year later, in April 1987, Swedish Radio alleged that Bofors paid kickbacks to top Indian politicians and key defence officials to seal the deal. The middleman associated with the scandal was Ottavio Quattrocchi, was believed to be a major player in the scam. However, after years of legal battle, the Bofors saga came to an end on July 13, 2013 with Quattrocchi's death.
18 OECMUN '14 Adarsh Housing society scam: The scam involves the Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society. The building, which was originally meant to be a six-storey structure for Kargil war heroes and war widows, was converted into a 31- storey highrise. Built with the sole purpose of housing war veterans, the society now houses members including relatives of former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan and other politicians, military officials and bureaucrats, who got the flats at a lower price. Former Army chiefs Generals Deepak Kapoor and NC Vij and former Navy chief Admiral Madhavendra Singh and Vice-Chief Gen Shantanu Choudhary also got flats in the society. An inquiry by the CBI, IT department and the Enforcement Directorate unearthed Sushilkumar Shinde, Late Vilasrao Deshmukh and Ashok Chavan's involvement in the scam, leading to Chavans resignation. Hawala scam: The Hawala scandal or hawala scam was involved payments amounting to Rs1,000 crore allegedly received by politicians through four hawala brokers, the Jain brothers.It was alleged that terrorist outfits in Kashmir received funding by this means. The scandal saw accusations being leveled against the country's top most political leaders including LK Advani, VC Shukla, P Shiv Shankar, Sharad Yadav, Balram Jakhar, and Madan Lal Khurana. However, no one was convicted after the hawala records were judged inadequate as main evidence in court. 2013 Saradha Group chit fund scam: The financial scam was caused by the collapse of a Ponzi scheme run by Saradha Group, a consortium of companies which was believed to be running a wide variety of collective investment schemes (popularly referred to as chit fund) West Bengal. The group collapsed in April 2013, causing an estimated loss of Rs200300 billion to over 1.7 million depositors. In the wake of the scandal, the Mamata Banerjee-led state government had set up an inquiry commission to investigate the collapse and also set up a fund of INR 5 billion (92 million USD) to ensure that low income investors are not bankrupted.
19 OECMUN '14 The Centre also launched a multi-agency probe to investigate the Saradha scam, as well as other similar Ponzi schemes. Group chairman Sudipto Sen, in a letter to the CBI, admitted that he had paid large sums of money to several politicians. He also stated that Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh had forced him to enter into money-losing media ventures and blackmailed him into selling one of his channels at below market price. Sen fled after posting this letter on April 10. He was arrested in Kashmir on April 23, 2013. His close aide Debjani Mukhopadhdhay was also arrested for her involvement in the scam.
Section 2: Topics to be considered Adjournment Motion.
The topics are solely to be brought up by the delegates/MPs themselves. Concluding Note: Its a matter of great appreciation that the OEC SECRETARIAT has decided to stimulate the lok sabha in OEC MUN 2k13. The Speaker is immensely Happy and eagerly waiting to see how the MPs attend the prestigious stimulation and come up with solutions to the impending issues at hand for the benefit of the society at large. All the Accusations and defence are to be backed with substantial proof and the admissible sources for such proofs are as follows. ADMISSIBLE SOURCES While the authenticity of any source can be a matter of contention and debate in the House, given its supremacy as an institution- the participating Parliamentarians are expected to only present reliable proofs and documents. A basic List of Admissible Sources includes: 1. Reports by the Government and its various agencies. 2. Reports by CAG, CVC, ECI 3. Judgments by High Courts and the Supreme Court.