The move comes against the backdrop of parliamentary committees
repeatedly slamming various ministries for delays in the notification of
rules.
The Law Ministry has swung into action in this regard by asking the various ministries to come out with details of Acts which are still awaiting framing of rules.
The PMO wants that rules should be framed within six months of an Act coming into force. In a communication to the Law Ministry, the PMO asked it to devise a mechanism, including a "legal framework", to ensure that rules are framed within the stipulated time.
Failure to frame rules makes its virtually impossible for a ministry to enforce an Act. The Parliamentary Committee on Subordinate Legislation (2011-12), in its 21st report presented on December 16, 2011, had highlighted at least two examples of such delays.
"For example, in some cases, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare took 21 months for finally publishing rules and the Ministry of Agriculture took 22 months for the same action," the report had said.
According to the website of the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, the Cabinet Secretariat had, way back in August of 1971, set a time limit for the framing of rules.
The Law Ministry has swung into action in this regard by asking the various ministries to come out with details of Acts which are still awaiting framing of rules.
The PMO wants that rules should be framed within six months of an Act coming into force. In a communication to the Law Ministry, the PMO asked it to devise a mechanism, including a "legal framework", to ensure that rules are framed within the stipulated time.
Failure to frame rules makes its virtually impossible for a ministry to enforce an Act. The Parliamentary Committee on Subordinate Legislation (2011-12), in its 21st report presented on December 16, 2011, had highlighted at least two examples of such delays.
"For example, in some cases, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare took 21 months for finally publishing rules and the Ministry of Agriculture took 22 months for the same action," the report had said.
According to the website of the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, the Cabinet Secretariat had, way back in August of 1971, set a time limit for the framing of rules.
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