Some members of NAC II constituted as an advisors to then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (Right of Center) and headed by the Chairperson Sonia Gandhi (Left of Center)
Members and Work of NAC I (2004-2008)
- Smt. Aruna Roy (Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan)
- Prof. CH Hanumantha Rao (Chairman of the Centre for Economic and Social Studies, Hyderabad)
- Shri Jairam Ramesh (Member of the Parliament)
- Dr. Jayprakash Narayan (National Coordinator, Lok Satta)
- Dr. Jean Dreze (Delhi School of Economics)
- Dr. A.K Shiva Kumar (Advisor, UNICEF)
- Dr. V Krishnamurthy (Chairman of the National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council)
- Dr. Madhav Chavan (Activist, CEO-PRATHAM)
- Dr. D Swaminadhan (President, Mahatma Gandhi National Institute of Research and Social Action)
- Dr. N C Saxena (Member, Planning commission)
- Shri Sam Pitroda (Entrepreneur)
Approved Laws and Policies
- Right to Information Act, 2005 (RTI)
- Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (MGNREGA)
- National Rural Health Mission, 2005 (HEALTH)
- Universalization of the Integration of Child Development Services (ICDS)
- Nutritional Programme for Adolescent girls
- Kishori Shakti Yojana (Adolescent Girl Empowerment Scheme), 2007
- Mid-day Meal Scheme (MDM)
- Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), 2002
Members and Work of NAC II (2010-2014)
- Prof. M S Swaminathan (Member of Parliament)
- Dr. Ram Dayal Munda (Member of Parliament)
- Prof. Narendra Jadhav (Member, Planning Commission)
- Prof. Pramod Tandon (Vice Chancellor, North Eastern Hill University)
- Dr. Jean Dreze (GB Pant, Social Science Institute)
- Ms Aruna Roy (Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan)
- Shri Madhav Gadgil (Agharkar Research Institute)
- Shri N C Saxena (Member, Planning Commission)
- Dr. AK Shiva Kumar (Advisor, UNICEF)
- Shri Deep Joshi (Activist, Co-founder PRADAN)
- Ms. Anu Agha (Director, Thermax Ltd)
- Ms. Farah Naqvi (Civil rights activist)
- Shri Harsh Mander (Special Commissioner Supreme Court)
- Ms. Mirai Chatterjee (Coordinator, SEWA)
Approved Laws and Policies
- National Food Security Act, 2013
- Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013
- Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014
- The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013
- Prevention of Communal and Targeted Violence (Access to Justice and Reparations) Bill 2011
Amended Laws-Introduced before 2010 but amended and approved in NAC II
- Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (Amended)
- Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016- (Amended)
- Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (Amended)
- Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (Amended)
- The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 (Amended)
- Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 (Amended)
- The Communal Violence (Prevention, Control, and Rehabilitation of Victims) Bill, 2005 (Withdrawn_
- Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 (Amended)
Policies and Schemes
- Scheduled Caste Sub plan
- National Commission for De-notified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes, 2006
- Shelters for the Urban Homeless (Approved)
- Enhancing farm income for smallholders (Approved)
- Universal healthcare (Approved)
- Integrated child development services- comprehensive strategy (Approved)
- Social Audit Rules
- National Agroforestry Policy (Approved)
Contributors
The documents in this archive were contributed by the following individuals and collectives: Aruna Roy and the MKSS, Jean Dreze, Shekhar Singh, and Harsh Mander.