The Indian Parliamentary Group is an autonomous body, membership of which is open to all current or former members of the Indian Parliament. It was founded in 1949, following a Motion adopted by the Constituent Assembly on August 16, 1948. Its declared aims are to promote contact between Members of the Parliament; study questions of national importance and arrange seminars and lectures to better inform MPs; and arranging visits to foreign countries (admittance into such delegations is reserved for MPs who have been members of the group for over 6 months). A link between the Indian Parliament and its foreign counterparts, the group functions as the National Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), and the Main Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) in India.
The IndianParliamentaryGroup is an autonomous body formed in the year 1949 in pursuance of a Motion adoptedby the Constituent Assembly (Legislative) on 16 August, 1948.
The IndianParliamentaryGroup functions as the (a) National Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union1, and (b) Main Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association* in India.
Members of the Group when visiting abroad are given letters of introduction to the Secretaries of the National Groups of the IPU and Secretaries of the CPA Branches.
The Indian parliamentarians and dignitaries are on a three-day visit to the exile capital of the Tibetan Government.
The members of the group are expected to familiarise themselves with the functioning of the exile government, non-governmental organisations and various institutions.
Earlier, thirty members of Indian Parliament (both the houses) from various political parties met at the India International Center, New Delhi, on May 6th 2002 to discuss the resurrection of All Party IndianParliamentary Forum on Tibet.
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