MLA Annie Sitabalam of Colaba Area -Governance Now

MLA Annie Sitabalam of Colaba Area

Annie has been ranked 21st in a performance report of Mumbai MLAs

Geetanjali Minhas | December 27, 2011

Annie Sitambalam Shekhar of Indian National Congress was reelected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in October,2009. Annie represents Ward 187 of Colaba Area in Mumbai city. She has been ranked 21 in MLA performance report by Praja Foundation. The NGO is working for transparency and accountability in governance systems.

Born: October 20, 1938
Previous profession: Housewife

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

Annie's score is: 59/100

Past parameters Education Qualification- HSC	Marks 1/1	Rank
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: 46/47	10/10	1
Number of questions asked 13	2/16	28
Importance of Questions Asked	10/21	25

Classification of Questions Based on Issues	City	State	Nation
Social Infrastructure (Civic,Community Welfare, Crime, Education, Health and Social and Cultural Concern)	8	4
Physical Infrastructure (Energy,Forest &Transport)
Economical Infrastructure (Financial Institutions and Industries)
Governance/Policy making (Revenue,Corruption & Scams) (Schemes/Policies)		1
Agriculture/Food Infrastructure (Agriculture,Animal Husbandry and Irrigation)
Other(Other related issues)
Total questions	8	5

Total Local Area Development Funds utilized during Dec 2009 to March 2011-Rs 2.09 crore; Marks: 5/5

Perception/Impression Parameters	Marks	Rank
Perception of Public Services	13/20	19
Awareness and Accessibility	4/6	15
Corruption Index	6/10	24
Broad Measures	2/4

“As a public representative I do my work honestly and diligently which is why I have been constantly reelected. I am not aware of parameters for the rankings but I am open to all suggestions, advice and guidance for improving my performance” Annie said, through a text message.

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