PRANAM COMMISSION

Assam Chief Minister launched PRANAM Commission to protect parents of government employees.

About

• In an innovative move, Assam government launched the PRANAM Commission, a panel set up to look after the issue concerning a Bill brought in for protection of parents of state government employees.

• The Parents Responsibility and Norms for Accountability and Monitoring (PRANAM) Bill: It is stated to be the first-of-its-kind Bill in the country, is an effort to protect elderly parents in their time of need.

Salient Features of the PRANAM Bill

• The PRANAM Bill is an effort from the state government to protect them and give them financial security.

• It makes mandatory for state government employees to look after their parents and unmarried differently abled siblings who do not have their own sources of income.

• Mandatory Financial Support to Family and Divyang sibling: If the PRANAM Commission gets a complaint that parents of a state government employee is being ignored, then 10 or 15% salary of employee will be deducted by the government and paid to the parents or unmarried Divyang siblings.

• Holistic at later stage: Employees of private companies and the central government would also be covered by the Bill at the later stage.

• Significance: It will reduce destitution and poverty and PRANAM Bill will cover 8 lakh parents of 4 lakh state government employees.