MP Bishnu Pada Ray Meets MHA Official, Submits Reminder on Key Pending Points

Tarun Karthick

Sri Vijaya Puram, 05 December 2025

Mr. Bishnu Pada Ray, Hon’ble Member of Parliament from Andaman & Nicobar Islands, met the Additional Secretary (UT) on the Ministry of Home Affairs in New Delhi and submitted a reminder letter looking for expedited motion on a number of main public points earlier raised with the Ministry.

During the assembly, the MP thanked the Ministry for resolving a number of long-pending calls for and urged related precedence for the remaining points.

Key factors submitted by the MP embrace:

1. Domicile-Based Employment: Introduction of a domicile regulation to supply job reservation for native residents based mostly on the Local Residence Certificate, much like the Union Territory of Ladakh.
2. Increase in Age Limit for Recruitment: Fixing the higher age restrict at 40 years for Group-B (Non-Gazetted) and Group-C posts below the UT Administration. The MP famous that the present age limits—33 years for males and 38 years for girls—are inconsistent with the Ladakh mannequin.
3. Increased Budget Allocation: Enhancement of annual UT finances below the capital head and a particular growth grant of ₹5,000 crore for infrastructure initiatives together with roads, bridges, PRIs, drainage programs and concrete planning forward of the 2027 Municipal and Panchayat elections.
4. Constitution of OBC Commission: Formation of the OBC Commission to assessment and embrace left-out teams reminiscent of Ranchi settlers, ex-servicemen settlers, Kerala settlers, fishermen settlers, and Sri Lankan repatriates.
5. Restoration of PRI and Municipal Powers: Reinstatement of funds, powers and functionaries to PRIs and Municipal our bodies, which had been allegedly withdrawn with out correct authority, opposite to the provisions of the 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments.
6. Convene Advisory Meeting: Immediate convening of the obligatory Home Ministry Advisory Meeting, which has not been performed since 2018 regardless of annual necessities below a Presidential Notification issued on 29 October 2016.
7. Salary Revision for MNREGA Staff: Approval of revised wage buildings for MNREGA workers, for which the UT Administration has already submitted a proposal.
8. Compensation for Affected Farmers: Early sanction and launch of compensation to farmers whose land was submerged resulting from sea ingress, as really helpful by the Vivek Rae Committee report submitted in 2017.
9. Anti-Defection Rules: Timely implementation of anti-defection provisions below the A&N Islands Municipal Regulation and submission of mannequin guidelines for approval.
10. Review of Industrial Estate Policy 2025: Re-examination of provisions within the Industrial Estate Policy notified on 28 February 2025, which the MP acknowledged was issued with out correct consideration of stakeholder objections.
11. Approval for Passenger Ships: Expedited approval for procurement of 4 new passenger-cargo ships with capability for 500 passengers and 150 tonnes of cargo every, as proposed by the UT Administration on 13 October 2025.

The Additional Secretary assured the MP that the Ministry is actively reviewing the pending issues and can contemplate them appropriately.

Mr. Bishnu Pada Ray reiterated that he continues to undertake a result-oriented strategy by means of formal communication, parliamentary illustration and protracted follow-up, which has led to the decision of a number of key public points in current months.