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ABOUT THE CPA INDIA REGION

The CPA India Region comprises of a total of 31 Legislatures, from Assam in the East to the Gujarat in the West. After the Africa Region, India has the largest number of member Branches of the CPA. 

The Executive Committee of the CPA India Region consists of the CPA India Regional Chairperson and six Members. The Speaker of the Lok Sabha, India Union, Hon. Om Birla is its current Regional Chairperson. Administratively, the CPA India Region is divided into 4 zones, which are:

  • Zone –1: Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Jharkhand, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh Uttaranchal, West Bengal (8 Branches)
  • Zone –2: Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Puducherry (UT), Tamil Nadu, Telangana (8 Branches)
  • Zone- 3: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura (8 Branches)
  • Zone- 4: Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan (7 Branches)

The CPA India Region has three Regional Representatives on the CPA International Executive Committee


The CPA India Regional Chairperson is Shri Om Birla, MP, Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Parliament of India - email: cpaindia@sansad.nic.in 


The CPA India Regional Secretariat is based within the Lok Sabha at the Parliament of India.

The current CPA India Regional Secretary is:

Mr Utpal Kumar Singh

Secretary General, Lok Sabha and Lok Sabha Secretariat

Parliament House

New Delhi

110 001

India

(+91-11) 2301-7465

Email: cpaindia@sansad.nic.in 

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