| National Advisory Council | |
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| Sonia Gandhi and the fourteen members | |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | June 2004 |
| Jurisdiction | Government of India (Union Government) |
| Headquarters | New Delhi |
| Agency executive | Sonia Gandhi, Chairman |
| Website | |
| Official site | |
The National Advisory Council (NAC) of India is an advisory body set up to monitor the implementation of the UPA government's manifesto, the Common Minimum Programme(CMP). It is a brainchild of Congress party president, Sonia Gandhi. It is also informally called as UPA's Planning Commission for social agenda. NAC is also called as Shadow Cabinet. On 23 March 2006, Sonia Gandhi had resigned from the post of chairmanship of the NAC after Office of profit controversy. On 29 March 2010, she was back as the chairperson of NAC.
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NAC was set up on 4 June 2004 by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, during UPA-I, to implement the National Common Minimum Programme, or CMP. [1]
The NAC - II is a mix of activists, retired bureaucrats, economists, politicians and an industrialist.
The NAC secretariat has Rita Sharma as its Secretary.[3][4]
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The RTE act neglected the constitutional rights of tribal councils in north east India, which are the bodies having controlling powers over Elementary Education in their respective areas.
The NAC has been criticized by opposition parties and scholars as not in keeping with India's constitution, and that it would emerge as an alternative, cabinet. [5][6][7][8]. However there's an alternative view [9] which states that the NAC could deepen democracy by facilitating greater prelegislative/pre-policy consultation