Praja Foundation's - Ward committee White Paper 2011
MLA Report Card 2012
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2. Parameters for Rating MLAs (1/4)
Parameter Marks
Past1 8
Present 2 52
Perception (through an opinion poll of 14,561 people) 40
Negative for new FIR cases after 2009 election 3
Minus 5
Negative for pending Charge Sheet 3 Minus 5
Total 100
RTI Data Source: 1 Election Commission of India’s Website; 2
Vidhan Bhavan and
City & Suburban Collector Offices; 3 Mumbai Police.
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3. Parameters for Rating MLAs (3/4)
Past Parameter
(Marks)
Education Qualification 1
A minimum of 10th Pass - 1; if not – 0
Income Tax 2
!) Possessing PAN Card - 1
2) Disclosing income in affidavit – 1
Criminal Record 5
If the candidate has zero cases registered against her/him, then 5; else as below:
1) Criminal Cases Registered containing the following charges: Murder, Rape,
Molestation, Riot, Extortion - 0
2) Other criminal cases than the above mentioned – 3
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4. Parameters for Rating MLAs (2/4)
Present Parameter
(Marks)
Sessions Attended 10
Based on percentage of attendance. 1) 100% to 91%- 10; 2) 90% to 76% - 8; 3) 75%
to 61% -6; 4) 60% to 51% - 4; and 5) below 50% - 0
Number of Questions Asked 16
Against Group Percentage Rank.
16 being the top most percentile and so on to the lowest for 1
Importance of questions asked 21
Weightage is given to issues raised through the questions depending on whether they
belong to the State List, Central List or are in the domain of Municipal Authority.
In the aggregate scale (out of 100) the following weightage is given: Constituency
(including City) gets 5; State gets 15; and National gets 1
Total Local Area Development Funds Utilised during Dec'2009 to 5
March'2012
Calculation for the current financial year is done for the sanctioned fund of Rs. 3.75
crore approved till March 2012.1) 100% (or more) to 91%- 5; 2) 90% to 76% - 4; 3)
75% to 61% -3; 4) 60% to 51% - 2; and 5) below 50% - 0
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5. Importance of Question
Step 1: Issues are given certain weightages depending on them being
prime functions of the State Legislature or of the Municipal bodies or
the Centre.
Step 2: Further questions asked are categorised into:
City and Constituency based
State based
Nation based
Based on the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India.
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Overall weightage is given in the ratio of 5:15:1 in the above categories.
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6. Parameters for Rating MLAs (4/4)
Perception Parameter
(Marks)
Perception of Public Services 20
Score on Public Services
Awareness & Accessibility 6
Score on Awareness amongst people about their representative, their political party
and ease of access to the representative
Corruption Index 10
Score on perceived personal corruption of the representative
Broad Measures 4
Score on overall satisfaction and improvement in quality of life
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13. Total Score Average Rank Average Score
Political Party
Name Inc. Inc. Inc.
2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 2012
(%) (%) (%)
BJP (5) 311 316 1.67 14 18 22.22 62.12 63.16 1.67
INC (14) 846 894 5.57 18 16 -10.84 60.46 63.83 5.57
MNS (6) 361 382 5.59 19 17 -9.73 60.24 63.61 5.59
NCP (2) 134 129 -3.31 7 13 78.57 66.87 64.65 -3.31
SP (1) 56 60 7.04 26 26 0.00 56.13 60.08 7.04
SS (4) 251 254 1.40 14 16 20.37 62.72 63.60 1.40
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Notes de l'éditeur
!) The weightage for Perception of Public Services was further divided into a hierarchy of 4 levels to meet the desired objective. Level 1 included facilities which are more critical to state government whereas Level 4 included facilities that are more critical to central government. Level 1 – This level included areas like Power supply, Law & Order situation & Instances of crime. It was given a weightage of 8 points Level 2 – This level included areas like Availability of food through ration shops & Pollution problems. It was given a weightage of 5 points Level 3 – This level included areas like Hospitals & other Medical facilities & Appropriate Schools & Colleges. It was given a weightage of 4 points Level 4 – This level included rest of the areas like Condition of Roads, Traffic Jams & Congestion, Availability of public gardens, Availability of public transport facilities, Water Supply, Water logging problems & Cleanliness & Sanitation facilities. It was given a weightage of 3 points 2) Broad Overall Measures : included opinions on Satisfaction with the MLA and Improvement in Lifestyle.
Individuals involved in developing this report card strongly believe that they cannot just wait and remain mute spectators when time is demanding action from them. All of them have come together to develop this report card with a over-arching belief in the Constitution of India and the opportunity it creates for improved and efficient governance – the mean towards achieving the high ideals of the constitution – Justice, Liberty, Equality and Fraternity. The Four Lion Torch The four lions of the Ashoka Pillar, symbolizing power, courage, pride and confidence are the ethos behind the Indian Republic as embedded in our Constitution. They have topped the list by on an objective ranking system as explained earlier in this report card, performing more efficiently relative to their peers.