List of committees of the Indian government

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The Government of India has appointed a number of committees (small number of members appointed to deal with particular areas or issues). It includes the parliamentary committees established by the Parliament of India.

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Parliamentary committees [edit]

Further information: Parliamentary committees

Considering the volume of legislation to be handled by the Parliament, committees have been established to transact a good deal of the legislation. They also monitor the functioning of the executive. Parliamentary Committees are of two kinds - Standing Committees and ad hoc Committees. The former are elected or appointed periodically and they work on a continuous basis. The latter are appointed on an ad hoc basis as need arises and they cease to exist as soon as they complete the task assigned to them.[1]

Standing committees [edit]

Financial Committees [edit]

There are three financial committees.[2]

  1. Committee on Estimates
  2. Committee on Public Accounts
  3. Committee on Public Undertakings

Department Related Standing Committees (DRSCs) [edit]

There are 24 Department Related Standing Committees as of August 2012

Committees under Lok Sabha are[3]

S.No. Committee
1 Committee on Agriculture
2 Committee on Chemicals & Fertilizers
3 Committee on Coal & Steel
4 Committee on Defence
5 Committee on Energy
6 Committee on External Affairs
7 Committee on Finance
8 Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution
9 Committee on Information Technology
10 Committee on Labour
11 Committee on Petroleum & Natural Gas
12 Committee on Railways
13 Committee on Rural Development
14 Committee on Social Justice & Empowerment
15 Committee on Urban Development
16 Committee on Water Resources

Committees under Rajya Sabha are[4]

S.No. Committee Chairperson
1 Committee on Commerce Shanta Kumar
2 Committee on Health and Family Welfare Brajesh Pathak
3 Committee on Home Affairs M. Venkaiah Naidu
4 Committee on Human Resource Development Oscar Fernandes
5 Committee on Industry Tiruchi Siva
6 Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice Shantaram Naik
7 Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests Dr. T. Subbarami Reddy
8 Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture Sitaram Yechury

Ad-hoc committees [edit]

The principal Ad hoc Committees are the Select and Joint Committees on Bills. Others like the Railway Convention Committee, the Committees on the Draft Five Year Plans and the Hindi Equivalents Committee were appointed for specific purposes.

Ad hoc Committees established by executive order [edit]

Before independence

Committee Appointed in Submitted report in Mandate Recommendations
Rowlatt Committee 1918 1918

After Independence

Committee Appointed in Submitted report in Mandate Recommendations
Shah Nawaz Committee 1955 1956
Balwant Rai Mehta Committee 1957 1957 Examine the working of the Community Development Programme and the National Extension Service Establishment of the scheme of 'democratic decentralisation' ( Panchayati Raj)
Ashok Mehta Committee 1977 1978
Narasimham Committee on Banking Sector Reforms (1998) 1998 1998
Sachar Committee 2005 2006 Examine social, economic and educational condition of the Muslim community of India
Srikrishna committee on Telangana 2010 2010
Naresh Chandra Committee 2012 Defense reforms

References [edit]

  1. ^ "Parliamentary committees". Parliament of India. Retrieved 5 August 2012. 
  2. ^ "Parliamentary Committees". Know India. National Portal of India. Retrieved 5 August 2012. 
  3. ^ "Department Related Standing Committees". Lok Sabha. Retrieved 5 August 2012. 
  4. ^ "Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committees". Committees at a glance. Rajya Sabha. Retrieved 5 August 2012. 
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