Indian Parliamentary Group

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The Indian Parliamentary Group is an autonomous body, membership of which is open to all current or former members of the Indian Parliament. It was founded in 1949, following a Motion adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 16 August 1948.

A link between the Indian Parliament and its foreign counterparts, the group functions as the National Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), and the Main Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) in India.[1][2]

The Indian Parliamentary Group awards the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award.[1]

Goals

Its declared aims are to promote contact between Members of the Parliament, study questions of national importance and arrange seminars and lectures to better inform MPs and arranging visits to foreign countries (admittance into such delegations is reserved for MPs who have been members of the group for over 6 months).[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Indian Parliamentary Group". NIC, Government of India. Retrieved 18 April 2012. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Parliament of India: Handbook". Government of India. Retrieved 18 April 2012. 
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