The Central Government Vista Project
In 2019 Government of India announced Central Vista Redevelopment project that is the spread between the Rashtrapati Bhavan and the India Gate in New Delhi ; it is a 3 km long switch between these two and the government wants to redevelop the entire area which comes between the Rashtrapati Bhavan and the India Gate.
This Central Vista project also includes the plan for a new Central Secretariat, a new Prime Minister's residence and office and the new vice president house as well as large park. The cost of 971 crore rupees mentioned, is only that of the new parliament building but ;in total the cost of this Central Vista project is estimated to be around 20,000 crore rupees; While laying the foundation stone for the new Parliament rebuilding Prime Minister Narendra Modi said it will become a symbol of the new and self reliant India that is of Atmanirbhar Bharat.
The new Parliament features
The new Parliament will be constructed adjacent to the existing parliament building it will be a triangular in shape and a four storey building several people have compared its shape with that of the Pentagon- the buildings in USA .
Its interiors will have three national symbols the Lotus, the Peacock and The Banyan tree in the Lok Sabha chamber the national bird (peacock) is the theme in the Rajya Sabha the national flower(Lotus) and in the central Lounge the National Tree (Banyan) the building will be equipped with modern audio visual communication systems latest digital interfaces will be used as a step towards creating paperless office.
The new parliament will also have a separate lounge for member of parliament a VIP lounge and office space for MP’s there will also be use of smart display and biometrics to make voting easier in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha elections.
In 2019 Government of India announced Central Vista Redevelopment project that is the spread between the Rashtrapati Bhavan and the India Gate in New Delhi ; it is a 3 km long switch between these two and the government wants to redevelop the entire area which comes between the Rashtrapati Bhavan and the India Gate.
This Central Vista project also includes the plan for a new Central Secretariat, a new Prime Minister's residence and office and the new vice president house as well as large park. The cost of 971 crore rupees mentioned, is only that of the new parliament building but ;in total the cost of this Central Vista project is estimated to be around 20,000 crore rupees; While laying the foundation stone for the new Parliament rebuilding Prime Minister Narendra Modi said it will become a symbol of the new and self reliant India that is of Atmanirbhar Bharat.
The new Parliament features
The new Parliament will be constructed adjacent to the existing parliament building it will be a triangular in shape and a four storey building several people have compared its shape with that of the Pentagon- the buildings in USA .
Its interiors will have three national symbols the Lotus, the Peacock and The Banyan tree in the Lok Sabha chamber the national bird (peacock) is the theme in the Rajya Sabha the national flower(Lotus) and in the central Lounge the National Tree (Banyan) the building will be equipped with modern audio visual communication systems latest digital interfaces will be used as a step towards creating paperless office.
The new parliament will also have a separate lounge for member of parliament a VIP lounge and office space for MP’s there will also be use of smart display and biometrics to make voting easier in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha elections.
At the site where the building is being constructed around 200 trees will be cut but the government has said that some trees will be transplanted and some new plants will also be grown to compensate.
The Problem with the Old Building
Before we proceed we should know about our existing parliament on 12 December 1911 the British government announced the shifting of British capital in India from Calcutta to Delhi this is why a new parliament building began to be constructed it was designed by Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker.
They had in fact designed the entire of planned construction area of New Delhi; this is why the New Delhi area is often called the Lutyens zone. Since then several changes and upgrades have been carried out to the parliament house but overall most people believe that this is an historical marble of architecture
Why the New Building?
The first argument put forward is regarding seating capacity in the existing parliament the Lok sabha has a seat capacity of 550 people But this seems enough because only 543 Lok Sabha MP’s are elected by the country and anyway only 552 Lok Sabha MP's are permitted by the Indian Constitution but when the country became independent it was decided that the allocation of Seats would be revised every 10 years on the basis of the Population changes.
When the delimitation of constituencies was taking place it was done with the objective that every constituency should roughly represent an equal number of people, that is every member of the parliament should roughly represent an equal portion of the population, The constituencies had to be drawn in consonance with the changing population over time or new seeds might be added every 10 years so that everyone is equally represented.
Though this representation has a problem particularly in 1970 when the population control was an official objective of the Indian government. To address this, the number of seats was frozen in 1976 with the aim of the matter of redrawing constituencies after the 2001 census.
Later in 2002 on the basis of the census result, the exercise of delimitation was pushed to 2026 and based on 2026 population projections if the reallocation of Lok sabha seats would be carried on then the result would be that instead of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha there would be 848 and this is the reason why it is said that the country needs a new parliament building.
The new Parliament building is making space for the seating of 888 Loksabha MP’s now whether or not the d limitation should be carried out and the number of seats should be increased if controversially in itself.
The Problem with the Old Building
Before we proceed we should know about our existing parliament on 12 December 1911 the British government announced the shifting of British capital in India from Calcutta to Delhi this is why a new parliament building began to be constructed it was designed by Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker.
They had in fact designed the entire of planned construction area of New Delhi; this is why the New Delhi area is often called the Lutyens zone. Since then several changes and upgrades have been carried out to the parliament house but overall most people believe that this is an historical marble of architecture
Why the New Building?
The first argument put forward is regarding seating capacity in the existing parliament the Lok sabha has a seat capacity of 550 people But this seems enough because only 543 Lok Sabha MP’s are elected by the country and anyway only 552 Lok Sabha MP's are permitted by the Indian Constitution but when the country became independent it was decided that the allocation of Seats would be revised every 10 years on the basis of the Population changes.
When the delimitation of constituencies was taking place it was done with the objective that every constituency should roughly represent an equal number of people, that is every member of the parliament should roughly represent an equal portion of the population, The constituencies had to be drawn in consonance with the changing population over time or new seeds might be added every 10 years so that everyone is equally represented.
Though this representation has a problem particularly in 1970 when the population control was an official objective of the Indian government. To address this, the number of seats was frozen in 1976 with the aim of the matter of redrawing constituencies after the 2001 census.
Later in 2002 on the basis of the census result, the exercise of delimitation was pushed to 2026 and based on 2026 population projections if the reallocation of Lok sabha seats would be carried on then the result would be that instead of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha there would be 848 and this is the reason why it is said that the country needs a new parliament building.
The new Parliament building is making space for the seating of 888 Loksabha MP’s now whether or not the d limitation should be carried out and the number of seats should be increased if controversially in itself.
Written By- Vanshu Verma
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