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Urban local bodies should function like Parliament to resolve civic issues: Om Birla
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....rban local bodies should function like Parliament to resolve civic issues: Om Birla<BR>PTI News<BR>Dated:- 3-7-2025<BR>PTI<BR>Gurugram, Jul 3 (PTI) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday said urban local bodies (ULBs) should function on the lines of Parliament with regular Question Hour and Zero Hour to raise issues concerning citizens. He was addressing the first National Level Conference of Urb....
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....an Local Bodies in States and Union Territories. "I am pained to hear about meetings of ULBs getting adjourned amid pandemonium and key agenda such as budget getting approved without any discussion," Birla said. ULBs should also function on the lines of the Lok Sabha and state assemblies and find solutions to civic issues through regular debate and discussion in Question Hour and Zero Hour, he s....
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....aid. Birla also said parliamentary proceedings, which were drowned in ruckus in the earlier Lok Sabhas, were witnessing fewer disruptions in the current Lok Sabha due to the efforts of leaders of all political parties. "Changes were witnessed in the 18th Lok Sabha, when political parties agreed to allow the House to function to raise issues of the people," he said. He said ULBs should also adop....
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....t a similar approach as public representatives in such bodies are the closest to people and understand their issues better. Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, Assembly Speaker Harvinder Kalyan and other dignitaries were present at the inaugural session. During the National Level Conference of Chairpersons of Urban Local Bodies in the States and Union Territories, delegates from across Ind....
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....ia will deliberate on critical subjects such as developing model practices and procedure code of conduct of General Council Meetings of ULBs, making municipal governance more effective in fulfilling the constitutional mandate. The conference will also deliberate on the subject of the contribution of ULBs in helping achieve the goal of 'Viksit Bharat' by 2047, their role in grooming women for lead....
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....ership positions in society and polity, and improving public delivery and the quality of lives of citizens. PTI SKU DIV DIV<BR> News - Press release - PIB....