GoM on Andhra Pradesh division to study suggestions received by email

Around 2000 email suggestions were received by the Government  related to the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, which would be placed before the Group of Ministers (GoM), Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said on Saturday.

“The Centre has received around 2,000 email suggestions related to bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh and has asked them to be sorted out department wise for the consideration of the Group of Ministers,” he said.

Mr. Shinde said the government has also directed “the union secretaries of various ministries to prepare a detailed report related to the terms of reference of the GoM, which will be taken up in the next meeting of the GoM on November

GoM fixes 5th November as last date for receiving suggestions on Andhra Pradesh division

The Group of Ministers who met on Saturday fixed 5th November as the last day for receiving suggestions on bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh from general public.  A meeting was held on saturday headed by Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde.  The GoM has decided that more time to be given to enable political parties, public representatives and individuals to send their suggestions pertaining to terms of reference.

These could be sent to the website of the Ministry of Home Affairs or could be sent by post to the following address: Director (CS-II), Centre-State Division, Ministry of Home Affairs, 5th Floor, B-Wing, NDCC-II Building, Jai Singh Road, New Delhi - 110 001.

The suggestions should reach the Home Ministry by November 5, 2013.

Various Ministries and Departments of the central government and the Planning Commission had furnished their status notes on the issues given in the terms of reference of the GOM.


The Group of Ministers also deliberated upon the suggestions received by e-mail. They directed that the suggestions made in the emails may be taken into account by the ministries concerned while updating their status report.

The ministries should make specific recommendations based on the terms of reference for the consideration of the GoM.

Resolution and Bill on AP State division to be referred to AP Assembly

A group of Congress legislators who are supporting the United Andhra Pradesh requested the Central Government on Saturday to refer both the bill and resolution on the proposed division of the state to the legislators for their views. The congress MLAs and MLCs united AP forum said that the Centre should give due respect to the views of the legislators before going ahead of division process. One of the member also wrote letters to this effect to the President and Prime Minister few days as per the news coming in the local news papers.


The members of the Forum met Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy at the camp office and submitted a similar memorandum.     "We are expecting that both the resolution and the Bill on division of the state will be referred to the state Legislature for views, as required under the Constitution. There are rumours that the Government of India is thinking to bypass the Assembly resolution on this.
 
"If it happens, the same is most un-democratic and un-constitutional and against the true spirit of our great Federal Constitution. The Indian Democracy shall face so many challenges," the Forum said.

Andhra Pradesh Bifurcation - GoM meet today on 19th Oct, 2013

Even though there are lot of protests over the new Telengana State issue, the Group of Ministers (GoM) has met for the second time on 19th October, 2013 to discuss further on bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh state. 

The Group of Ministers met yesterday to deliberate issues concerning of river water, power, distribution of assets and boundaries etc, The ministerial panel will also look into the legal and administrative measures required to ensure that both Seemandhra and Telengana states function efficiently from Hyderabad as the common capital for 10 years.  The Group of Ministers (GoM) headed by Home Minster Sushilkumar Shinde was constituted to address the issues which needs to be resolved at the Central and State Government levels.

The Group of Ministers after their first meeting on 11th October, 2013 said that they would address all the concerns of the people of Seemandhra with fairness and objectivity.  The GoM has already discussed the approach and methodology to be adopted by them and said they would take the opinion of stakeholders on all important subjects before formulating their recommendations.    Various ministries have prepared the status reports on important areas like power and irrigation and will be submitted to the GoM.  Based on the status reports, the GoM will make their recommendations for division of assets and announce a special package for the rest of Andhra Pradesh region who are very angry with the bifurcation of the state. 

Feedback from general public on the terms of reference was sought by the Group of Ministers.  The people can send their feedback to them at the email :   feedbacktogom-mha@nic.in.    The terms of reference on which feedback has to be sent can be seen at the website created for the purpose :  http://mha.nic.in/gom.htm 

The last date to send feedback is 5th November, 2013  to the above mentioned email id.

If the process of bifurcation goes smoothly, the draft bill for creation of Telengana will be sent to Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly by end of November, 2013.  The mornal duration for bifurcation of a state is about 4 months.

The terms of reference for the GoM are to determine the boundaries of the new state of Telengana and residuary state of Andhra Pradesh with reference to electoral constituencies, judicial and statuory  bodies and other administrative units.  The legal and administrative measures to ensure both the state governments function efficiently from Hyderabad for 10 years will also be looked into by the GoM.  The GoM will also evaluate the special needs of backward regions of both the states and recommend measures to deal with the issues relating to law and order, safety and security of all residents and to ensure peace and harmony in all regions.