Kalina Ward 175 MLA Kripashankar Singh -Governance Now

Kalina Ward 175 MLA Kripashankar Singh

Geetanjali Minhas | December 8, 2011

Kripashankar Singh of Indian National Congress was reelected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in October,2009. A senior member of Congress Party since 1974, he has held various positions in the party. He represents Ward 175 of Kalina Area in Mumbai suburbs. Kripashankar has been ranked twenty third in MLA performance report by Praja Foundation. The NGO is working for transparency and accountability in governance systems.

Born: July 31, 1950

Profession: Not given

Weight age allotted to parameters - Present and past - 60 percent/100 percent
Impression/Perception - 40 percent/100 percent

Kripashankar’s Total score is: 58/10

Past parameters	Marks	Marks
Education Qualification- HSC	1/1
Income Tax Records	2/2
Criminal Record(including negative parameters)	5/5	1
No FIR’s registered as per affidavit
No FIR was registered after 2009 elections
No charge sheets pending as on March 2011

Present parameters -	Marks	Rank
Sessions attended: 26/47	4/10	31
No. of questions asked: 36	4/16	24
Importance of Questions Asked:	11/21	17

Classification of Questions Based on Issues	City based	State based	Nation based
Social Infrastructure(Civic,Community Welfare, Crime Education Health &Social Cultural Concern)	14	10
Physical Infrastructure(Energy,Forest&Transport)		4
Economical Infrastructure(Financial Institutions and Industries)	1	1
Governance/Policy making(Revenue,Corruption & Scams, Schemes/Policies)	1	2
Agriculture/Food Infrastructure(Agriculture,Animal Husbandry and Irrigation)		3
Other(Other related issues)
Total questions	16	20

Total Local Area Development Funds utilized during Dec 2009 to March 2011-Rs 2.27 crore Marks: 5/5

Perception/Impression Parameters	Mark	Rank
Pererception of Public Services	13/20	21
Awareness and accesibility	4/6	23
Corruption Index	7/10	11
Broad Measures	3/4

Kripashankar Singh was not available for comment.

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