GRANTS-IN-AID TO INSTITUTE OF CONSTITUTIONAL
AND PARLIAMENTARY STUDIES
The Government has provided Rs.40 lakhs grants-in-aid
to the Institute of Constitutional and Parliamentary Studies during
the current financial year 2002-2003 as against Rs.15 lakh grants-in-aid
provided in 2001-2002, recording an increase of Rs.25 lakh over
the previous year.
The Institute of Constitutional and Parliamentary
Studies undertakes Parliamentary fellowship programme and diploma
courses, Constitutional law and Parliamentary Institutions and
Procedure, besides various projects relating to media coverage
of Parliament, working of the committee system, major concern
in the Constitution review, Parliamentary supremacy and judicial
independence in India and Parliamentary privileges.
The Institute also brings out periodicals in
Hindi and English. It has a library with a collection of over
8000 books on Constitutional law and Parliamentary affairs and
provides specialized research and reference services to research
scholars.
