Name: TRAI Bill to be tabled in LS today to pave way for Misra's appointment as PM's principal secretary
Uploaded: 2014-07-11T10:51:33+05:30
Description: The decision to bring a bill to amend the TRAI Act was taken in the meeting of the Union Cabinet in June.

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New Delhi: The Telecom Regulatory Authority Amendment Bill will be placed in the Lok Sabha on Friday when the House reconvenes after the Budget. 
 
The Bill has to be amended to allow the appointment of former TRAI Chairman Nripendra Misra as principal secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Before the Ordinance was promulgated, the TRAI Act prohibited its chairman and members from taking up any other job in the central or state governments after demitting office. 
 
To make sure that there are enough numbers to pass the Bill, the Bharatiya Janata Party has ordered all its PMs to present in the House on Friday. 
 
Congress, meanwhile, is strategising to oppose the Bill. Leader of Congress in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjuna Kharge said, "We will discuss in our party meeting and decide." 
 
Party leader Oscar Fernandes asked, "the question is why did a party which was so opposed to the ordinance route earlier bring an ordinance to appoint a principal secretary. What was the hurry, the issue could have been brought before Parliament." 
 
The decision to bring a bill to amend the TRAI Act was taken in the meeting of the Union Cabinet in June. 
 
"The chairperson or any other member ceasing to hold office as such, shall - (a) be ineligible for further employment under the Central government or any state government or (b) not accept any commercial employment, for a period of two years from the date he ceases to hold such office," says the TRAI Act of 1997 available on the law ministry's website. 
 
Misra is a 1967-batch retired IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre and his appointment as principal secretary will be co-terminus with the term of the PM or till further orders, according to an order issued by the Ministry of Personnel. 
 
The principal secretary to the PM is a key post and acts as main link for coordination among Prime Minister's Office, cabinet secretariat and secretaries of ministries. 
 
(With inputs from PTI)

TRAI Bill to be tabled in LS today to pave way for Misra's appointment as PM's principal secretary

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