In a Right to Information (RTI) reply on the erstwhile National Advisory Council (NAC), headed by Congress President Sonia Gandhi, the Prime Minister&#39;s Office has stated that Sonia Gandhi was entitled to same pay, allowance, salary and other facilities which a Union Council of Minister is entitled to, under the salaries and allowance of Ministers Act, 1952. 
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WION was also able to access, through an RTI query, the expenditure made by the NAC over a period of 10 years from 2004-05 till 2014-15.&nbsp;

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The budgetary allocation was 236.15 million Indian Rupees, out of which the NAC spent 103.8 million Indian Rupees as official expenditure.&nbsp;

There was no allocations and expenditure for the fiscal year 2009-10 as the NAC was wound up on 30 April, 2008 as per the RTI reply and wasn&#39;t reconstituted immediately after the Lok Sabha elections in 2009.

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The National Advisory Council is in news again as the government is expected to make public the correspondence between the Congress President Sonia Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.&nbsp;

Even WION had sought information through RTI on the correspondence between both of them but was considered &quot;too vague and wide&quot; by the authorities.&nbsp;

WION wanted to know as to how many times Sonia Gandhi had written letters to Manmohan Singh on the issues concerning the government policies.

Insiders say that the NAC was constituted to provide a platform to Sonia Gandhi for official correspondence with the government as she had relinquished the position of the Prime Minister.

It was felt by many, at that time, in the Congress that Sonia&rsquo;s authority may diminish without any official position in the government.&nbsp;

BJP had attacked the NAC during Lok Sabha elections as an extra-constitutional authority eroding the authority of the Prime Minister&rsquo;s office, whereas the Congress insists that the job of the NAC was to assist the government on the issues of workers and marginal classes. 
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The dual power centres of the PMO and the NAC became the bane for the then Congress-led UPA government as people came to perceive the PMO headed by Manmohan Singh as less powerful than the NAC headed by Sonia Gandhi.

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The budgetary allocation was 236.15 million Indian Rupees, out of which the NAC spent 103.8 million Indian Rupees as official expenditure

In a Right to Information (RTI) reply on the erstwhile National Advisory Council (NAC), headed by Congress President Sonia Gandhi, the Prime Minister's Office has stated that Sonia Gandhi was entitled to same pay, allowance, salary and other facilities which a Union Council of Minister is entitled to, under the salaries and allowance of Ministers Act, 1952. WION was also able to access, through an RTI query, the expenditure made by the NAC over a period of 10 years from 2004-05 till 2014-15. The information that was sought from the authorities (WION) × The budgetary allocation was 236.15 million Indian Rupees, out of which the NAC spent 103.8 million Indian Rupees as official expenditure. There was no allocations and expenditure for the fiscal year 2009-10 as the NAC was wound up on 30 April, 2008 as per the RTI reply and wasn't reconstituted immediately after the Lok Sabha elections in 2009. The details of budgetary allocation and expenditure on NAC as given by the authorities. (WION) × The National Advisory Council is in news again as the government is expected to make public the correspondence between the Congress President Sonia Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Even WION had sought information through RTI on the correspondence between both of them but was considered "too vague and wide" by the authorities. WION wanted to know as to how many times Sonia Gandhi had written letters to Manmohan Singh on the issues concerning the government policies. Insiders say that the NAC was constituted to provide a platform to Sonia Gandhi for official correspondence with the government as she had relinquished the position of the Prime Minister. It was felt by many, at that time, in the Congress that Sonia’s authority may diminish without any official position in the government. BJP had attacked the NAC during Lok Sabha elections as an extra-constitutional authority eroding the authority of the Prime Minister’s office, whereas the Congress insists that the job of the NAC was to assist the government on the issues of workers and marginal classes. The dual power centres of the PMO and the NAC became the bane for the then Congress-led UPA government as people came to perceive the PMO headed by Manmohan Singh as less powerful than the NAC headed by Sonia Gandhi. (WION)

India: Between 2004-05 and 2014-15, Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council spent less than half of its allocation

India Prime Minister Narendra Modi&#39;s office has decided to make public the decisions taken by the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council (NAC) set up by the first UPA government in 2004 to advise then PM Manmohan Singh, Indian daily <a href="http://www.deccanherald.com/content/590434/centre-make-nac-files-public.html">Deccan Herrald</a> reported.

Around 700 files containing details of the NAC meetings will &quot;establish&quot; that it was Congress president Sonia Gandhi who was running the UPA government and not former prime minister Manmohan Singh, highly placed sources told Deccan Herrald.

The files will contain the minutes of the NAC meetings, details of foreign and domestic tours undertaken by its members, and other sensitive government matters handled by the council and will be made public shortly, the sources said.

The Deccan Herrald report says that one of the files accessed by Sonia Gandhi was on the drafting of a real estate regulation bill in 2011.

The files show that union minister for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Kumari Shelja, wrote to &ldquo;Madam&rdquo;&mdash; as Sonia Gandhi is popularly called &mdash; &nbsp;on November 16, 2011, &ldquo;informing&rdquo; and seeking her &ldquo;guidance&rdquo; on the &ldquo;Real Estate (Regulation &amp; Development) Bill 2011.&rdquo; At that time, the bill had been circulated among the chief ministers and Central ministers for their feedback, Shelja&rsquo;s communication revealed.

The files establish that suggestions on the draft legislation were made by private real estate developers associations and a leading real estate developer. They also contain a note dated December 2, 2011, from Rita Sharma, who was secretary to the advisory body, giving the salient features of the bill and marked to the Congress president.

The NAC, set up by PM Manmohan Singh in 2004, was criticised by the BJP as an &ldquo;extra-Constitutional authority&rdquo; designed to equip Sonia with remote control to run the UPA government.&nbsp;

Modi, a critic of the NAC, had accused it of drafting a &ldquo;perverse&rdquo; and &ldquo;ill-conceived&rdquo; bill to tackle communal violence while he was chief minister of Gujarat.The bill was seen by the BJP as a tool to target the BJP government in the state.

The NAC was dissolved after the NDA government came to power in 2014.

The Congress defended it as being an advisory body set up to implement the UPA coalition&#39;s Common Minimum Programme. The party argued that its existence marked signs of a healthy democracy, facilitating greater pre-policy deliberations.

Around 700 files will 'establish' that it was the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council which was running the UPA government

India Prime Minister Narendra Modi's office has decided to make public the decisions taken by the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council (NAC) set up by the first UPA government in 2004 to advise then PM Manmohan Singh, Indian daily Deccan Herrald reported. Around 700 files containing details of the NAC meetings will "establish" that it was Congress president Sonia Gandhi who was running the UPA government and not former prime minister Manmohan Singh, highly placed sources told Deccan Herrald. The files will contain the minutes of the NAC meetings, details of foreign and domestic tours undertaken by its members, and other sensitive government matters handled by the council and will be made public shortly, the sources said. The Deccan Herrald report says that one of the files accessed by Sonia Gandhi was on the drafting of a real estate regulation bill in 2011. The files show that union minister for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Kumari Shelja, wrote to “Madam”— as Sonia Gandhi is popularly called — on November 16, 2011, “informing” and seeking her “guidance” on the “Real Estate (Regulation & Development) Bill 2011.” At that time, the bill had been circulated among the chief ministers and Central ministers for their feedback, Shelja’s communication revealed. The files establish that suggestions on the draft legislation were made by private real estate developers associations and a leading real estate developer. They also contain a note dated December 2, 2011, from Rita Sharma, who was secretary to the advisory body, giving the salient features of the bill and marked to the Congress president. The NAC, set up by PM Manmohan Singh in 2004, was criticised by the BJP as an “extra-Constitutional authority” designed to equip Sonia with remote control to run the UPA government. Modi, a critic of the NAC, had accused it of drafting a “perverse” and “ill-conceived” bill to tackle communal violence while he was chief minister of Gujarat.The bill was seen by the BJP as a tool to target the BJP government in the state. The NAC was dissolved after the NDA government came to power in 2014. The Congress defended it as being an advisory body set up to implement the UPA coalition's Common Minimum Programme. The party argued that its existence marked signs of a healthy democracy, facilitating greater pre-policy deliberations.

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India: Between 2004-05 and 2014-15, Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council spent less than half of its allocation

PM Modi to make files public that show Sonia Gandhi-led advisory body ran UPA govt: Report