List of Indian parliamentary committees

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% of bills referred to Parliamentary committees for examination [1] [2]

The Parliamentary committees are established to study and deal with various matters that cannot be directly handled by the legislature due to their volume. They also monitor the functioning of the executive branch. [3]

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The Parliamentary committees are of two kinds – standing or permanent committees and ad hoc committees. The former are elected or appointed periodically and they work on a continuous basis. The latter are created on an ad hoc basis as the need arises and they are dissolved after they complete the task assigned to them. [3]

Standing committees

A standing committee is a committee consisting of Members of Parliament. It is a permanent and regular committee which is constituted from time to time according to the provisions of an Act of Parliament or Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business. The work done by the Indian Parliament is not only voluminous but also of a complex nature, hence a good deal of its work is carried out in these Parliamentary committees.

Standing committees are of the following kinds :

  1. Financial standing committees (FSC)
  2. Department related standing committees (DRSC)
  3. Other standing committees (OSC)

Financial standing committees

There are three important standing committees dealing with financial affairs. These committees involve further sub-committees.

  1. Public Accounts Committee – It examines various expenditure reports and accounts under the purview of the Parliament. Till 1921, a senior member of the ruling party used to be appointed by the Speaker as Chairman of the Committee. In 1921, it was established under the provision of the government of India act of 1919 and has since been in existence. However, for the first time, a member from the Opposition in Lok Sabha, was appointed as the chairperson of the committee by the Speaker of the Lok Sabha. This practice continues till date.
  2. Estimates Committee – The committee on Estimates, constituted for the first time in 1950, is a committee consisting of 30 members, elected every year by the Lok Sabha from amongst its Members.
  3. Public Undertakings Committee – It analyses the accounts, and workings of the state owned PSU firms. It also keeps a check on the disinvestment policies of the various PSUs.
Finance Committees Details for the 16th Lok Sabha (2014 – 2019); Updated as of August 2018 [4] [5] [6] [7]
S.No.CommitteeChairpersonCompositionTenureNominated / electedSub-committees
1 Public Accounts Committee MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury 22 members

(15 LS + 7 RS)

1 YearElected from Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha MPsSub-Committee – I : Non Compliance in Timely submission of Action Taken Notes on the Non-selected Audit Paragraphs & Excess Expenditure

Sub-Committee – II : Direct and Indirect Taxes
Sub-Committee – III : Implementation of Recommendations of PAC
Sub-Committee – IV : Railways

2 Estimates Committee MP Girish Bapat 30 members (LS)1 YearElected from Lok Sabha MPsSub-Committee – I : Drought situation in the country pertaining to the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

Sub-Committee – II : Education with special reference to the recent development regarding autonomy in Education

3 Public Undertakings Committee MP Santosh Gangwar 22 members

(15 LS + 7 RS)

1 YearElected from Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha MPs*Currently None*

During the year 1989 – 8th Lok Sabha the Rules Committee considered and approved a proposal that three subject committees, on (i) Agriculture; (ii) Environment & Forests; and (iii) Science & Technology. related to these committees were finally approved by the House and the committees were formally constituted with effect from 18 August 1989.

The Reports of Rules Committees of the 10th Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha adopted by the two Houses on 29 March 1993 paved the way for the setting up of the 17 departmentally related standing committees covering under their jurisdiction all the Ministries/Departments of the Union Government.

These DRSCs replaced the earlier three subject committees constituted in August, 1989. The 17 departmentally related standing committees were formally constituted with effect from April, 1993. After experiencing the working of the DRSC system for over a decade, the system was re-structured in July, 2004 wherein the number of DRSCs was increased from 17 to 24. Till 13th Lok Sabha, each of these standing committees used to consist of 45 members— 30 nominated by the Speaker from amongst the members of Lok Sabha and 15 members nominated by the Chairman, Rajya Sabha from amongst the members of Rajya Sabha. However, with re-structuring of DRSCs in July, 2004 each DRSC consists of 31 members—21 from Lok Sabha and 10 from Rajya Sabha.

There are 24 department-related standing committees (DRSCs). Each of these committees have 31 members – 21 from Lok Sabha and 10 from Rajya Sabha. These members are to be nominated by the Speaker of Lok Sabha or the Chairman of Rajya Sabha respectively. The term of office of these committees does not exceed one year. These committees are serviced either by Lok Sabha secretariat or the Rajya Sabha secretariat, depending on who has appointed the chairman of that committee.

Department-related Standing Committees Details for the 16th Lok Sabha (2014 – 2019); Updated as of August 2018 [7] [8] [9]
S.No.CommitteeMinistriesChairpersonTenureChairman nominated by
1Committee on Agriculture [10] MP Hukmdev Narayan Yadav 1 year Speaker of Lok Sabha
2Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers [11] Chemicals and Fertilizers MP Shashi Tharoor 1 year Speaker of Lok Sabha
3Committee on Coal and Steel [12] MP Rakesh Singh 1 year Speaker of Lok Sabha
4Committee on Commerce Commerce and Industry MP V. Vijayasai Reddy 1 year Chairman of Rajya Sabha
5 Committee on Defence Defence MP Jual Oram 1 year Speaker of Lok Sabha
6Committee on EnergyMP Kambhampati Hari Babu 1 year Speaker of Lok Sabha
7 Committee on External Affairs External Affairs MP P. P. Chaudhary 1 year Speaker of Lok Sabha
8 Committee on Finance MP Jayant Sinha 1 year Speaker of Lok Sabha
9Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution MP J. C. Diwakar Reddy 1 year Speaker of Lok Sabha
10Committee on Health and Family Welfare Health and Family Welfare

AYUSH

MP Ram Gopal Yadav 1 year Chairman of Rajya Sabha
11 Committee on Home Affairs MP P. Chidambaram 1 year Chairman of Rajya Sabha
12Committee on Human Resource DevelopmentMP Satyanarayan Jatiya 1 year Chairman of Rajya Sabha
13Committee on IndustryMP Ramchandra Prasad Singh 1 year Chairman of Rajya Sabha
14Committee on Information TechnologyMP Shashi Tharoor 1 year Speaker of Lok Sabha
15Committee on LabourMP Kirit Somaiya 1 year Speaker of Lok Sabha
16Committee on Personnel, Public Governances, Law and JusticeMP Bhupender Yadav 1 year Chairman of Rajya Sabha
17Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas Petroleum and Natural Gas MP Ramesh Bidhuri [13] 1 year Speaker of Lok Sabha
18Committee on Railways Railways MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay 1 year Speaker of Lok Sabha
19Committee on Rural DevelopmentMP Ponnusamy Venugopal 1 year Speaker of Lok Sabha
20Committee on Science & Technology and Environment & ForestsMP Anand Sharma 1 year Chairman of Rajya Sabha
21Committee on Social Justice and EmpowermentMP Ramesh Bais 1 year Speaker of Lok Sabha
22Committee on Transport, Tourism and CultureMP Derek O’Brien 1 year Chairman of Rajya Sabha
23Committee on Urban DevelopmentMP Pinaki Misra 1 year Speaker of Lok Sabha
24Committee on Water Resources Ministry of Jal Shakti MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy 1 year Speaker of Lok Sabha

Other standing committees

Other Standing Committees Details for the 16th Lok Sabha (2014 – 2019); Updated as of August 2018 [7] [9]
S.No.CommitteeChairpersonCompositionTenureNominated / elected
1Business Advisory CommitteeMP Sumitra Mahajan 15 membersNot fixed. May continue in office till reconstituted.Nominated
2Committee of PrivilegesMP Meenakshi Lekhi 15 membersNot fixed. May continue in office till reconstituted.Nominated
3Committee on Absence of Members from the sittings of the HouseMP P. Karunakaran 15 members1 YearNominated
4Committee on Empowerment of WomenMP Bijoya Chakravarty 30 members

(20 LS+ 10 RS)

1 YearNominated
5Committee on Government AssurancesMP Ramesh Pokhriyal 15 members1 YearNominated
6Committee on Papers Laid on the TableMP Chandrakant Khaire 15 members1 YearNominated
7Committee on PetitionsMP Bhagat Singh Koshyari 15 members1 YearNominated
8Committee on Private Members' Bills and ResolutionsMP M. Thambidurai 15 members1 YearNominated
9Committee on Subordinate LegislationMP Dilipkumar Gandhi 15 members1 YearNominated
10General Purposes Committee **MP Sumitra Mahajan VariesNot fixed.Ex-Officio
11House CommitteeMP Suresh Angadi 12 members1 YearNominated
12Joint Committee on Offices of ProfitMP Kalraj Mishra 15 members

(10 LS+ 5 RS)

For the duration of one Lok SabhaElected
13Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowance of MPsMP Bandaru Dattatreya 15 members

(10 LS+ 5 RS)

1 YearNominated
14Library CommitteeMP Prem Das Rai 9 members

(6 LS+ 3 RS)

1 YearNominated
15Rules CommitteeMP Sumitra Mahajan 15 membersNot fixed. May continue in office till reconstituted.Nominated
16Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes & Scheduled TribesMP Kirit Premjibhai Solanki 30 members

(20 LS+ 10 RS)

1 YearElected

** In each House there is a GPC. All members are ex-officio members by virtue of being chairmen of respective standing committees and leaders of respective parties.

Ad hoc committees

As of August 2018, the following ad hoc committees are in operation:

Ad hoc Committees Details for the 16th Lok Sabha (2014 – 2019); Updated as of August 2018 [7] [14] [9]
S.No.CommitteeChairpersonTenureComposition
1Committee on EthicsMP L. K. Advani 1 year15 members

(15 LS )

2Committee on Food Management in Parliament House ComplexMP A. P. Jithender Reddy 1 Year15 members

(10 LS + 5 RS)

3Committee on Installation of Portraits/Statues of National leaders and ParliamentariansMP Sumitra Mahajan For the duration of one Lok Sabha12 members

(8 LS + 4 RS)

4Committee on MP Local Area Development Scheme MP M. Thambidurai 1 Year24 members
5Committee on Provision of Computers to Members of Lok SabhaMP P. Kumar For the duration of one Lok Sabha10 members
6Joint Committee on Maintenance of Heritage Character and Development of Parliament House ComplexMP Sumitra Mahajan For the duration of one Lok Sabha10 members

(7 LS + 3 RS)

7Joint Committee on Security in Parliament House ComplexMP Sumitra Mahajan 1 Year10 members

(7 LS + 3 RS)

8Railway Convention CommitteeMP Bhartruhari Mahtab For the duration of one Lok Sabha18 members

(12 LS + 6 RS)

9Committee on Violation of Protocol Norms and Contemptuous Behaviour of Government Officers with Members of Lok SabhaMP Rayapati Sambasiva Rao For the duration of one Lok Sabha15 members
10Committee to Inquiry into the Improper Conduct of a MemberMP Kirit Somaiya **For the year 2016 only**9 members

Notable ad hoc committees

The Government of India has appointed a number of committees ad-hoc committees. Some of the notable ad-hoc committees are as follows :

Pre-independence

CommitteeAppointed inSubmitted report inMandateRecommendations
Rowlatt Committee December 1917April 1918 [15]

After Independence

CommitteeAppointed inSubmitted report inSummaryReport
Shah Nawaz Committee 19551956The three-member committee was formed by the Nehru-government to address the public demand to investigate the disappearance of Subhas Chandra Bose. The committee was led by Shah Nawaz Khan, and included Suresh Chandra Bose, brother of Subhas, and S. N. Maitra. [16] The committee came to the conclusion that Bose was killed in a plane crash. But, Suresh Chandra Bose did not agree with the report. [17]
Balwant Rai Mehta Committee 19571957Examine the working of the Community Development Programme and the National Extension ServiceEstablishment of the scheme of 'democratic decentralisation' (Panchayati Raj)
Ashok Mehta Committee 19771978In December 1977, the Janata Government appointed a committee on Panchayati Raj institutions under the chairmanship of Ashoka Mehta.The committee submitted its report in August 1978 and made 132 recommendations to revive and strengthen the declining Panchayati Raj system in the country
JVP Committee Review Dhar Commission's report on formation of States
Narasimham Committee 19981998various Banking sector reforms
Sachar Committee 20052006Examine social, economic and educational condition of the Muslim community of India
Srikrishna Committee 20102010The committee was formed to look into the demand for separate statehood for Telangana or keep the State united in the present form, Andhra Pradesh.
Naresh Chandra Committee2012Defence reforms
Swaran Singh Committee1976to make recommendations about fundamental dutiesThe committee recommended the inclusion of a separate chapter on fundamental duties in the Constitution. It stressed that the citizens should become conscious that in addition to the enjoyment of rights, they also have certain duties to perform as well.

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