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Parliamentary Committees

The Eyes & Ears of Parliament

Parliamentary committees are panels of MPs that are appointed or elected by the House or nominated by the Speaker/Chairman. They work under the direction of the Speaker/Chairman and present their report to the House or to the Speaker/Chairman.

Financial Committees

Standing

Public Accounts Committee

Members:22 Members (15 Lok Sabha + 7 Rajya Sabha)
Chairman:Appointed by Speaker (Conventionally from Opposition)
Standing

Estimates Committee

Members:30 Members (All from Lok Sabha)
Chairman:Appointed by Speaker (Ruling Party)
Standing

Committee on Public Undertakings

Members:22 Members (15 Lok Sabha + 7 Rajya Sabha)
Chairman:Appointed by Speaker (Lok Sabha MP)

Departmentally Related Standing Committees (DRSCs)

24
Total DRSCs
8
Under Rajya Sabha
16
Under Lok Sabha
Each DRSC has 31 members (21 from Lok Sabha + 10 from Rajya Sabha).

Sectoral & Ad-hoc Committees

Arun Goel Committee

Economy

Strengthening Capital Goods Sector to achieve $5 Trillion economy goal.

P K Mohanty Committee

Banking

Review ownership guidelines and corporate structure for Indian Private Sector Banks.

TRP Committee (Sashi Vempati)

Media

Review guidelines on Television Rating Agencies (TRP).

Madan B Lokur Committee

Environment

Prevent stubble burning in Punjab, Haryana, and UP.

Market Data Advisory (SEBI)

Markets

Recommend policy for access to securities market data.

Company Law Committee

Legal

Improve functioning of NCLT and implementation of Companies Act.

Rajesh Pant Committee

Security

Evaluate implications of digital surveillance and cyber security.

K V Kamath Committee

Banking

Parameters for Loan Restructuring due to COVID-19 stress.

Pradip Shah Committee

Economy

Develop international retail business at IFSC.

G K Pillai Committee

Trade

Decide ceiling rates under RODTEP (Duty Reimbursement) scheme.

Ramesh Chand Committee

Agriculture

Linking sugarcane prices to sugar rates.

Abhijit Sen Committee

Agriculture

Long term food policy.

Abid Hussain Committee

Economy

Small Scale Industries reform.

Kelkar Committee (2015)

Infrastructure

Revitalizing PPP model in Infrastructure.

Raja Chelliah Committee

Economy

Tax Reforms in India.

Sarkaria Commission

Polity

Centre-State Relations.

Narasimham Committee

Banking

Banking Sector Audits and Reforms.

Malegam Committee

Finance

Microfinance sector regulation.

Bimal Jalan Committee

Economy

Economic Capital Framework (RBI Reserves).

Kothari Commission

Education

National Policy on Education.

Swaminathan Commission

Agriculture

Farmers' distress and MSP.

Justice A.K. Mathur

Governance

7th Pay Commission.

Punchhi Commission

Polity

Centre-State Relations.

Dr. K. Kasturirangan

Education

Draft National Education Policy (NEP 2020).

Usha Thorat Committee

Economy

Offshore Rupee Markets.

Nandan Nilekani Committee

Technology

Deepening Digital Payments.

Justice B.N. Srikrishna

Security

Data Protection Law.

Nachiket Mor Committee

Banking

Financial Inclusion.

PJ Nayak Committee

Banking

Governance of Boards of Banks in India.

Shanta Kumar Committee

Agriculture

Restructuring of FCI.

Bibek Debroy Committee

Infrastructure

Railway Restructuring.