Daying Ering

Daying Ering (11 December 1929 – 21 June 1970) was an Indian politician from Arunachal Pradesh.^[2][3] He was the chairman of the Ering Commission which heavily influenced the country's panchayati raj system.He is often considered as the founding father of modern day Arunachal.

Daying Ering
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Union Deputy Minister of Food, Agriculture, Community Development and Cooperation
In office 18 March 1967 – 21 June 1970
Prime Minister	Indira Gandhi
Minister	Jagjivan Ram
Minister of State	Annasaheb Shinde
Preceded by	Annasaheb Shinde
Succeeded by	Jagannath Pahadia
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Home Affairs
In office 15 February 1966 – 13 March 1967
Prime Minister	Indira Gandhi
Minister	Gulzarilal Nanda Indira Gandhi Yashwantrao Chavan
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 1962–21 June 1970
Preceded by	Chao Khamoon Gohain
Succeeded by	C. C. Gohain
Constituency	Nominated
Chairman, Ering Commission
In office 1964–1967
President	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Personal details
Born	(1929-12-11)11 December 1929 Runne, East Siang district, NEFA, British India
Died	21 June 1970(1970-06-21) (aged 40) Shillong, India
Party	NEFA Sangam
Spouse	Odam Ering
Children	Ninong Ering
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He was a Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs in First Indira Gandhi ministry from 15 February 1966 to 13 March 1967. He again served as Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Community Development and Cooperation in Second Indira Gandhi ministry from 18 March 1967 to 21 June 1970.

Biography

Ering was born in an Adi family in Runne village near Pasighat in 1929. He started his career in the Indian Frontier Administrative Service. Later, in 1963, he was nominated as a Member of the Lok Sabha from NEFA by the President of India. He was later appointed as the Parliament Secretary and a Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Food and Agriculture.^[4]

In 1964, he chaired the Ering Commission, an investigative body looking into governmental decentralization.^[5] The Commission's report, in 1965, recommended a four-tier system of local government, and heavily influenced the adoption of the Panchayati Raj system.^[6][7]

Ering died in Shillong, in 1970. At this time he was Deputy Minister for Agriculture. The Daying Ering Memorial Wild Life Sanctuary in the East Siang district is named after him.^[8] Other places and institutions and places named after him include the Daying Ering College of Teachers' Education, Daying Ering Memorial Middle School, Daying Ering Memorial Higher Secondary School Pasighat, Daying Ering Wildlife Foundation Eco-Development Society and Daying Ering Colony. After his death, C. C. Gohain was nominated as a Member of the Lok Sabha from NEFA by the President of India.^{[citation needed]}