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Rangasamy seeks more powers from Centre

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"Present administrative system offered limited powers to implement schemes"

Puducherry: Chief Minister N. Rangasamy has said that he has written to the Union Home Minister seeking more powers for the Territorial Government. In the present administrative system, the elected Ministry did not have full powers to evolve and implement welfare schemes, he added.

Replying to the debate on demands for grants to departments in the Assembly on Tuesday, Mr Rangasamy said he was happy that all members were backing the demand for more powers to the elected government.

He said he had taken up the plea for more powers with the Union Home Minister and hoped that the demand would be conceded early.

The Chief Minister said a massive structure for the Assembly would be constructed at a cost of Rs. 154 crore in Thattanchavady on the precincts of the Regulated Market Committee. The present building housing the Assembly and the Ministry was very old. It was also unsafe. The new premises would have modern facilities.

Hike in salary

Mr. Rangasamy said the assistants engaged by the legislators would get an increased monthly salary of Rs. 3500 from Rs. 2500 now available to them.

Asserting that no section of employees has been left in the lurch and that all their demands for promotion, upward revision of wages and also creation of posts were met without delay, the Chief Minister said Puducherry was virtually showing the way for the rest of the country in ameliorating the lot of the government staff. All the 3456 vacant posts in government departments would be filled soon. The cases filed against political leaders and functionaries during the Assembly poll in 2006 would be withdrawn after getting the nod from the Election Commission.

The Chief Minister said that there could be no two opinions that the police in the Union Territory should function well to maintain law and order. The Government would also get the report from an official committee for remission of the sentence awarded to convicts. This would benefit those undergoing life term in the central prison here.

The Central prison, which would move to new premises soon, would offer reform programmes for convicts.

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