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Our Legislative Agenda > Election Manifestos (Regulation) Bill Draft READ THE FULL BILL DRAFT HERE READ THE FULL BILL DRAFT HERE READ THE FULL BILL DRAFT HERE READ THE FULL BILL DRAFT HERE Election Manifestos (Regulation) Bill [Draft] READ THE BRIEF of the above draft here READ THE BRIEF of the above draft here READ THE BRIEF of the above draft here READ THE BRIEF of the above draft here Election Manifestos (Regulation) Bill _ English Brief Election Manifestos (Regulation) Bill _ Telugu Brief Election Manifestos (Regulation) Bill _ Hindi Brief YOU CAN PLEDGE YOUR SUPPORT TO THIS LEGISLATION YOU CAN PLEDGE YOUR SUPPORT TO THIS LEGISLATION YOU CAN PLEDGE YOUR SUPPORT TO THIS LEGISLATION YOU CAN PLEDGE YOUR SUPPORT TO THIS LEGISLATION BY SENDING EMAILS TO BY SENDING EMAILS TO BY SENDING EMAILS TO BY SENDING EMAILS TO OUR HON'BLE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT & OUR HON'BLE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT & OUR HON'BLE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT & OUR HON'BLE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT & TO OUR HON'BLE PRIME MINISTER TO OUR HON'BLE PRIME MINISTER TO OUR HON'BLE PRIME MINISTER TO OUR HON'BLE PRIME MINISTER Email Subject Line & Body Text (For our Hon'ble Members of Parliament) Email Subject Line: Appeal by Your Voter | Need of a Legislation to Regulate Election Promises | Election Manifestos (Regulation) Bill Email Body Text: Greetings Hon'ble Sir/Madam, I, __________________________, a voter of your Lok Sabha (Parliamentary) Constituency and/or State, would request you to propose and endorse the idea of regulating the election promises made by the political parties and political candidates in their election manifestos by way of working towards the enactment of a parliamentary legislation titled Election Manifestos (Regulation) Bill. A draft of this bill can be found at the link given below for your perusal and action. As you are aware, all political parties are resorting to freebies, some of them may be logical and much needed, however, some of them are not required and lack fiscal prudence on behalf of the political parties and their candidates. Political parties often realize this mistake sooner (or) later after forming their own governments. Election Manifestos are meant to provide a strong vision and action agenda of political parties as to how these parties would contribute to holistic reforms and betterment of different sections of the society. Every time a political party makes an election promise, and fails to deliver on it for whatever reason, it undermines the trust and faith of the people in the democratic processes, institutions and, ultimately, the democracy itself. Therefore, it is in the interest of all the people, society and nation that the trust in the very idea of democracy be enhanced and strengthened. This Election Manifestos (Regulation) Bill draft legislation marks a significant step in that direction. Election Manifestos (Regulation) Bill Draft Link: https://www.crfhgr.org/our-legislative-agenda-1-election-manifestos-regulation-bill We hope you will consider and act on this! Thank you! Yours sincerely, ______________________ Find your Lok Sabha MP Find your Rajya Sabha MP Email ID: appt.pmo@nic.in Email Subject Line: Appeal by a concerned Indian | Need of a Legislation to Regulate Election Promises | Election Manifestos (Regulation) Bill Email Body Text: Greetings Hon'ble Prime Minister Sir, As an Indian citizen, I appeal your attention to the urgent need of regulating the election promises made by the political parties and political candidates in their election manifestos by way of working towards the enactment of a parliamentary legislation titled Election Manifestos (Regulation) Bill. A draft of this bill can be found at the link given below for your perusal and action. As you are aware, all political parties are resorting to freebies, some of them may be logical and much needed, however, some of them are not required and lack fiscal prudence on behalf of the political parties and their candidates. Political parties often realize this mistake sooner (or) later after forming their own governments. Unfortunately, even the parties like BJP which had advocated for fiscal responsibility are resorting to making unsound election promises (that are detrimental to the fiscal position and financial health of governments and states across the country). Election Manifestos are meant to provide a strong vision and action agenda of political parties as to how these parties would contribute to holistic reforms and betterment of different sections of the society. Every time a political party makes an election promise, and fails to deliver on it for whatever reason, it undermines the trust and faith of the people in the democratic processes, institutions and, ultimately, the democracy itself. Therefore, it is in the interest of all the people, society and nation that the trust in the very idea of democracy be enhanced and strengthened. This Election Manifestos (Regulation) Bill draft legislation marks a significant step in that direction. I appeal to you to gather inspiration from our Hon'ble Former Prime Minister Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ji who enacted Fiscal Responsibility & Budget Management Act in 2003 for the purpose of ushering in an era of 'fiscally responsible governance'. This draft legislation attempts to usher in an era of 'fiscally responsible electoral politics' under your esteemed and magnanimous leadership. Election Manifestos (Regulation) Bill Draft Link: https://www.crfhgr.org/our-legislative-agenda-1-election-manifestos-regulation-bill We hope you will consider and act on this! Thank you! Yours sincerely, ______________________ Email Subject Line & Body Text (For our Hon'ble Prime Minister)

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Youth Youth Quota in Politics 90% quota for youth (Aged 21-30) in Local governments i.e. Municipal Corporations, Municipalities and Panchayats encouraging youth to take-up politics as a full-time profession. 50% quota for individuals aged 25 to 45 years in state legislatures.

Constitutional Reforms 1 2-term Limit to PMO , CMOs , President & Vice-president 2 Creating & defining the Deputy PM / CM offices ECI-monitored Biennial Intra-party elections to all positions in political parties

Our Legislative Agenda Button Election Manifestos (Regulation) Bill Completed The objective of this draft legislation is to regulate myriad aspects of election manifestos. Read the Bill Draft Read the Bill Draft Summary Button Circular Economy (Promotion) Bill In progress (60%) The bill aims to usher in the circular economy with dedicated ecosystem for re-cycle & re-use of material resources Read the Draft Read the Bill Draft Summary Button Rights of Pre-trial & Under-trial Detainees Bill In progress (10%) The bill seeks to set-up clear, fair and transparent conditions for trial and bail of the accused people during pre-trial & trial process Read the Draft Read the Bill Draft Summary Button National Fiscal Council Bill In progress (60%) The bill provides for setting-up a new constitutional office for the purpose of guiding national and state governments on fiscal management. Read the Draft Read the Bill Draft Summary Button Nuptial Agreements (Recognition) Bill In progress (50%) The bill seeks to ensure speedy delivery, of justice and promote transparency in judicial appointments across the country Read the Bill Draft Read the Bill Draft Summary Button Political Campaign Finances (Regulation) Bill In progress (13%) The bill overhauls all the existing political and election financing laws to promote transparency, fairness and accountability on funding and expenditure by political parties & candidates across the country Read the Draft Read the Bill Draft Summary Button Mandatory Student Career Counselling Bill In progress (4%) The bill seeks to establish National Career Counselling and Student Guidance Council for conducting & imparting career guidance programmes among secondary school students and families to enable them to make informed career decisions Read the Bill Draft Read the Bill Draft Summary Button Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Bill In progress (8%) The bill seeks to create skilling programmes specially for youth, middle-aged and women who are unemployed and also build a degree of protection against job loss during global economic turmoils Read the Draft Read the Bill Draft Summary Button National Service Scheme Bill In progress (13%) The bill seeks to usher in mandatory Jury Service among all adult citizens of India for petty offences to achieve greater civic participation in social betterment Read the Draft Button Public Hate Speeches (Prohibition) Bill In progress (1%) The bill criminalizes Hate Speech in public sphere with stringent, time-bound action against politicians, elected officials, organizations, religious bodies and media Read the Draft Button Urban Livability & Sustainability Bill In progress (1%) The bill seeks to mandate urban/vertical forestation and rainwater harvesting among others and provides for a greater degree of financial & institutional support to municipalities to build resilient urban systems Read the Draft Button Representation of People (Amendment) Bill In progress (1%) The bill seeks to build legal mechanisms for voter portability, expanding postal ballot beneficiaries, internet voting, ban on individuals accused of criminal cases from contesting elections to public offices among others. Read the Draft Button Public Service Delivery & Citizen's Charter Bill In progress (1%) The bill mandates a Citizen Charter to be displayed at all public offices and public service delivery centres for public awareness and usher in rapid movement of applications with time-bound decision and grievance resolution mechanism along-with penal action against apathy and corruption Read the Draft Button Political Communications & Advertisements Bill In progress (1%) The bill mandates creation of general and targeted communication channels with-in ECI to provide a level-playing field in socio-political communication for all the political parties and all the candidates during elections and provides guidelines for expenditure on political advertisements Read the Draft Button National Urban Livelihoods Guarantee Bill In progress (1%) The bill seeks to create livelihood opportunities to urban poor in-line with MGNREGA and also augments myriad skill development, livelihoods and employment programmes that are currently available w.r.t. our cities Read the Draft Button Internal Migration (Rights of Unorganized Labourers) Bill In progress (1%) The bill mandates creation of a Migration Registry and charts out the duties of the national, state and district labour commissions, employers and employee unions to register the daily-wage labourers associated with any work in any part of the country and their welfare Read the Draft

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Patient Rights [Right to Information] (1) Physicians or their qualified assistants are required to provide adequate information about your illness, its diagnosis (provisional or confirmed, as it may be), proposed investigation and possible complications to the patient. If the patient is not in a state to understand this, the physician or their assistant is required to provide the information to the caretaker. (2) This has to be done in a simple language that the patient or caretaker will understand. (3) Apart from this, patients have the right to know the identity and professional status of every doctor and assistant as well as the primary doctor who is treating them. (4) Information regarding costs of treatment needs to be given in writing. [Right to Records and Reports] (1) Patients or their respective caretakers have the right to access the originals or copies of case papers, indoor patient records and investigation reports. Investigation reports have to be made available to them within 24 hours of admission or 72 hours of discharge. (2) The hospital is responsible for providing a discharge summary or a death summary, in the case of a death, to the caretakers or kin of the patient with original copies of investigations. [Right to Emergency Medical Care] In an emergency situation, you can avail medical care in any government or private hospital. Under Article 21 of the Constitution, which ensures that every person has the right to life and personal liberty, you have the right to prompt emergency care by doctors without compromise on quality or safety and without having to pay full or an advanced fee to the hospital. [Right to Informed Consent] If a hospital decides upon carrying an invasive investigation or surgery or chemotherapy on a patient, they require to do so after completing an appropriate policy procedure. The doctor primarily in charge of a patient has to explain the risks, consequences and procedure of the investigation or surgery in detail and a simple language before providing the protocol consent form to the patient or to the responsible caretaker. [Right to Confidentiality, Human Dignity and Privacy] (1) Now this one is a fairly known right, especially if you follow TV shows about hospitals or doctors. The code of ethics dictates doctors to hold information about the illness and treatment plan for the patient in strict confidentiality from everyone except the patient and their caretakers. (2) Unless it is an exceptional case where sharing this information is “in the interest of protecting other or due to public health considerations.” (3) In the case of a female patient, she has the right to demand the presence of another woman if the medical practitioner checking or treating her is male. Having said this, the hospital is responsible for upholding the dignity of every patient, irrespective of their gender. [Right to Non-discrimination] (1) The above point brings us to the rights of a patient being upheld without discrimination based on their illness, condition, HIV status or on their gender, age, religion, caste, ethnicity, sexual orientation, linguistic or geographical or social origins. (2) Based on the above characteristics, no person can be subjected to discriminatory treatment, and the staff of the hospital is responsible for ensuring this. [Right to Standards in Safety & Quality Care] Here is a brief list of provisions that come under the list of quality care standards- Safety and security. Cleanliness, infection control measures and sanitation facilities and safe drinking water. Healthcare that abides by the latest standards, norms and guidelines under the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals (NABH ) . To be attended to, treated and cared for in a professional manner and with the principles of medical ethics. Right to seek redressal by patient or caretakers. [Right to Choose Alternative Treatment Options] Hospital staff and doctors are responsible for clarifying all treatment options to the patient/caretakers. After a thorough study of their choices, the patient/caretakers can choose to opt for a treatment that may or may not be the doctor’s primary recommendation. This also means that once the patient/caretakers choose this alternative treatment, they will shoulder the responsibility of its consequences. [Right to a Second Opinion] (1) Doctors and the hospital must respect your decision if you choose to seek a second opinion from a doctor/hospital of your choice. They are responsible for handing over all record documents and other relevant information should you choose to approach a different doctor. The hospital can neither stop you nor discourage you from going elsewhere, only give a detailed explanation of the health condition and repercussions in case of delay in treatment. (2) In case you choose to come back to the first hospital after getting your second opinion, the hospital still cannot compromise on the quality of healthcare services. [Right to Transparency in Rates and Care] (1) As mentioned above, the patient has the right to have a written account of the costs they will have to bear for the treatment they are receiving. As evidence for this, hospitals are required to have printed brochures and prominent display boards bearing the names and rates of medical procedures that are available with them. Detailed schedules of key rates need to be displayed in conspicuous places and need to be in both, English as well as the local language. (2) Patients have the right to get medicines, devices and implants at rates decided by the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA ) and other relevant authorities. Patients have the right to receive health care services that cost within the range prescribed by the Central and State governments, at the time of receiving it. [Right to Choose the Source for Obtaining Medicines or Tests] As a patient or a caretaker, you have the right to choose which registered pharmacy you wish to buy your medical supplies from. This also includes getting an investigation procedure (like a blood test, for example) from any diagnostic centre or laboratory registered under the National Accreditation Board for Laboratories (NABL ) . [Right to proper referral and transfer, which is free from perverse commercial influences] (1) If a patient must be transferred from one healthcare centre to another, a proper and detailed justification must be given to them/caretakers along with various options of the new healthcare centre. They must also be given a list of treatments/medicines that need to be continued after the transfer. This step cannot be taken unless the patient or their caretaker accept it. (2) Needless to say, these decisions cannot be influenced by reasons like “kickbacks, commissions, incentives, or other perverse business practices.” [Right to Patient Protection involved in clinical trials] According to the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW), “All clinical trials must be conducted in compliance with the protocols and Good Clinical Practice Guidelines issued by Services, Govt. of India as well as all applicable statutory provisions of Amended Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 and Rules, 1945 Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation, Directorate General of Health.” These points include consent by the patient, written prescription of drugs or intervention, privacy etc. You can read in detail about the guidelines here . [Right to Protection of Participants involved in Biomedical and Health Research] (1) In case a patient is involved in a biomedical or health research procedure, their consent needs to be taken in a written format. Their right to dignity, privacy and confidentiality needs to be upheld even during the research. If the participant suffers direct physical, psychological, social, legal or economic harm, they are eligible for financial or other assistance by the hospital. (2) Whatever benefits the hospital gets from the research must be made available to relevant individuals, communities and the general population. [Right to be Discharged, Right to Receive the Body of a Deceased Person] “A patient has the right to be discharged and cannot be detained in a hospital, on procedural grounds such as [a] dispute in payment of hospital charges. Similarly, caretakers have the right to the dead body of a patient who had been treated in a hospital, and the dead body cannot be detailed on procedural grounds, including non-payment/dispute regarding payment of hospital charges against wishes of the caretakers,” says the MoHFW. [Right to Patient Education] Here is a list of things that a patient needs to be informed about by the hospital. These need to be addressed in the language that the patient/caretaker understands. Major facts about their condition Healthy living practices Their rights and responsibilities Health insurance schemes relevant to them Relevant entitlements (for charitable hospitals) How to seek redressal of grievances [Right to be heard and seek redressal] Last but not the least, every patient has the right to address his grievances and give feedback about the healthcare and treatment they received at the hospital or from a particular doctor/assistant. The MoHFW further adds, “Patients and caregivers have the right to seek redressal in case they are aggrieved, on account of infringement of any of the above-mentioned rights in this charter. This may be done by lodging a complaint with an official designated for this purpose by the hospital/healthcare provider and further with an official mechanism constituted by the government such as Patients’ rights Tribunal Forum or Clinical establishments regulatory authority as the case may be.