Assam Government launches PRANAM Commission to Protect Parents of Govt Employees

• Sarbananda Sonowal, the Chief Minister of Assam has launched the PRANAM Commission. It is a panel set up to look after the issues concerning to the PRANAM Bill that was launched by Assam Government in 2018. 
• The PRANAM Bill stands for Parents Responsibility and Norms for Accountability and Monitoring. AS per the bill, if the PRANAM Commission gets a complaint that parents of a state government employee is being ignored, then 10 or 15 per cent of the employee’s salary will be deducted by the government and paid to the parents or differently abled siblings. 
• It is the first of its kind bill in India. 
• Members of the PRANAM Commission– V B Pyarelal, Dr Alaka Desai Sarma and Jugabala Buragohain

Points to remember:

1. PRANAM  commission set up in which state?
2. PRANAM commission aims to protect?- Parents and differently abled siblings