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Year Name Head of the Purpose

Committee
2018 High Level Cabinet Secretary Will look into various issues
Empowered with view to stressed assets or
Committee non-performing assets in
thermal power
2018 Group of GoM – Rajnath Singh Make recommendations on
Ministers and Committee – Rajiv incidents of mob violence
High Level Gauba
Committee
2018 High Level task PK Sinha Identify various items and
Force policy interventions to reduce
dependence on imports. It will
suggest ways to cut import of
those items which can be
manufactured or explored in
the country
2018 Ravindra Panel to upgrade the norms for
Dholakia computation of economic data
Committee at states and districts level
2018 E Sreedharan Lay down standards for metro
Committee rail in the country
2018 Chief Ministers Chief Minister of To coordinate policy
Subgroup Madhya Pradesh approaches for agriculture
Shivraj Singh sector and Mahatma Gandhi
Chouhan will be its National Rural Employment
convener Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS)
2018 Expert Sujid Prasad, Constituted by SEBI. To
Committee Executive Director recommend suitable framework
of SEBI is the to allow direct listing of Indian
Convener. companies overseas bourses
while also allowing overseas

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companies to list directly on

Indian bourses.
2018 High Level Group Dr. Randeep Guleria Constituted by Fifteenth
Finance Commission. Purpose is
to explore and give
recommendations for a
balanced expansion of the
health sector.
2018 Justice Rajesh Issues related to inter country
Bindal removal & retention of children
Committee
2018 13 Member task Jayant Sinha To prepare road map and fast-
Force track implementation of
unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
technology or drones in the
country.
2018 12 – Member Manmohan Juneja Constituted by Ministry of
Steering Corporate Affairs. To review
Committee enforcement of Corporate
Social Responsibility (CSR)
provisions under Companies
Act, 2013
2018 10 Member Secretary of Constituted by Ministry of
Committee Ministry of I&B will Information and Broadcasting.
be Convener To regulate online portals,
including news websites,
entertainment sites and media
aggregators.
2018 8 member Subash Chandra To look into the development
Steering Garg and regulation of the financial
Committee technology (fintech) sector in
India.
2018 Empowered N Gopalaswami To select 20 Institutions of

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Expert Eminence from among 104

Committee institutions (public or private)
that have applied for the
status.
Sebi has re- constituted its
committee that suggests
roadmap for developing
corporate bond market in the
country.
2018 H R Khan
Earlier, the panel was headed
by Shyamala Gopinath, who
was also a former Deputy
Governor at RBI.

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Important Committees Made Since Independence:

YEAR Name of The Committee Purpose

1948 Dhar Committee Reorganization of states

JVP Committee
Linguistic Reorganization of Indian
1948
(Jawaharlal Nehru, Vallabhai Patel States
and Pattabhi Sitaramayya)

1952 Fazl Commission To examine reorganization of states on

the basis of language

Working of community development

1957 Balwant Rai Mehta Committee
Programme; decentralization

1962
K Santhanam Committee For Prevention of Corruption

1964-66 Kothari Commission Education Reforms in India

1966 Shah Commission Reorganization of states

1978 Ashok Mehta Committee Panchayati Raj

1983
Sarkaria Commission Centre- state relations

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Indira Gandhi Assassination and 1984

1984 Nanavati Commission
riots

Assess functioning of Indian Monetary

1985 Chakravarty Committee
System

Money market in India- recommended

1987 Vaghul Committee that call money market be made inter-
bank market

To examine banking and capital market

1991 Narsimham Committee (committee on
reforms
financial system)

1993 Malhotra Committee Insurance Reforms

1993 Srikrishna Commission Bombay riots of 1992

Narsimham committee II Banking Sector Reforms

1998

Social, economic and educational

2005 Sachar Committee
status of Muslims in India

2009 Tendulkar commission Poverty estimation in India

2016 Timothy Gonsalves Committee Reservation of Girls in IIT

2017 Justice B N SriKrishna Committee Data protection in digital economy

2017 Justice B N SriKrishna Committee Institutionalisation of arbitration

2017 Ushanath Banerjee Committee AIFF disputes
2017 T K Vishwanathan Committee Fair conduct (SEBI)
2017 P K Sinha Committee Selecting members for anti-profiteering

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body (GST Council)

Bad loan resolution (by RBI) (Pradeep
2017 To speed up resolution of bad loans
Kumar)
Principal Secretary (Karnataka) – Flag
2017 Demand for different flag for Karnataka
for Karnataka Committee
2017 Uday Kotak Committee Corporate Governance
To come out with a crop loan waiver
2017 Chandrakant Dalvi Committee
scheme
To examine the rules which allow free
Special secretary (MHA) – India
2017 movement of people near Indo-
Myanmar Border Committee
Myanmar border
Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan For preparation of the draft National
2017
Committee Education Policy
To analyse the few contentious Lodha
panel reforms which are being opposed
2017 Rajeev Shukla Committee
by the state units

Anandi Subramanian Committee Replace NTCA with NWCA

Look into the infrastructure and assets
2016 Harsh Malhotra Committee of Bharat Scouts and Guides and
Hindustan Scouts and Guides
To keep an eye on mid-day meals
served to students in state-run primary
2017 Maa Committee schools to ensure that they get
nutritious food prepared in hygienic
conditions
Prepare guidelines for desiltation of
2016 Madhav Chitale Committee
Ganga River
Keshav Chandra Committee Cleaning of Yamuna
To prepare a Yoga Protocol for
2017 HR Nagendra Committee
Diabetes Control
2017 Afzal Amanullah Committee To suggest framework for new Haj

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policy
To examine the working of the
regulatory bodies namely, Central
2017 NITI AAYOG Vice Chairman Committee
Council of Indian Medicine (CCIM) and
Central Council of Homoeopathy(CCH)
For recommending measures to
enhance combat capability &
rebalancing defence expenditure of
2017 D B Shekatkar Committee
Armed Forces with an aim to increase
“teeth to tail ratio”

Meena Hemchandra
2017 Cyber security in banking system
Committee
Committee of all CMs- (chandrababu
2017 Digital footprint for all states
naidu)
To review the Fiscal Responsibility and
2016 N K SINGH Committee
Budget Management (FRBM) Act
To resolve the problems of those
2017 D S Dhesi Committee
agitating for reservation

For the speedy completion of the

2017 Chandrababu Naidu Committee
Sagarmala Project in Andhra Pradesh
To review existing payment systems in
the country and recommend
2016 Ratan Watal Committee appropriate measures for encouraging
Digital Payments

2016 Ajit Mohan Committee Fight against online piracy

2017 Injeti Srinivas Committee Sports development code
2017 Dinesh Sharma Committee Fix gap in virtual currencies
Girdhar Malviya Committee Prepare a draft plan to ensure

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cleanliness and uninterrupted flow of

Ganga
To examine the 7th CPC
2016 Ashok Lavasa Committee
recommendations on Allowances
V S Chauhan Committee UGC 7th Pay commission
To find out if there was any conspiracy
2016 S N Jha Panel
behind the jat agitation
Verify the availability of night shelters
2016 Kailash Gambhir Committee
under NULM
Transform India into a cashless
2016 Amitabh Kant Committee
economy
To consolidate and amend laws relating
to reorganisation as well as insolvency
2016 Mohandas Pai Committee resolution of corporate persons,
partnership firms and individuals in a
time-bound manner
To consolidate and amend laws relating
to reorganisation as well as insolvency
2016 Uday Kotak Committee resolution of corporate persons,
partnership firms and individuals in a
time-bound manner
Assist KRMB to prepare a manual on
how projects, common to Andhra
Pradesh and Telangana, ought to be
handled. Also decide how the Godavari
2016 K Bajaj Committee
waters ought to be transferred to the
Krishna Basin in accordance with the
Godavari Water Disputes Tribunal
Award
2017 Sumit Bose Committee Prepare SECC
Identifying and supporting potential
2017 Abhinav Bindra- TOP committee
medal prospects for 2020 and 2024

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Olympic Games
2016 Ashok Dalwai Committee Double farmers income by 2022
To suggest recommendations for
strengthening border protection and
2016 Madhukar Gupta Committee addressing the issue of gaps and
vulnerability in border fencing along
India-Pakistan Border
To look into all the strategic aspects of
2016 N Misra Committee
Indus Water Treaty (IWT) with Pakistan
To look at easing the policy regime for
e-commerce players, including the
2016 Amitabh Kant Committee
rules for foreign direct investment
(FDI)
2015 A Panagariya Committee Elimination of poverty
To collect detailed feedback / inputs
on various aspects of
inland fisheries and aquaculture sub-
sectors of India from different
stakeholders such as Fishers /fish
farmers / fish workers / Fishermen
associations / Fish market
2016 Dilip Kumar Committee
intermediaries / Fisheries
Cooperatives/ SHGs / Self-employed or
Entrepreneurs / Industry / Researchers
/ State & Central Government
Organisations / NGOs / Civil society
groups / Field Technicians /Aqua shops
/Aqua clinic /Aqua labs and others

To review India’s current deep-sea

2013 B Meenakumari Committee
fishing policy and guidelines
2017 Rajeswara Rao Committee To suggest a draft National Mineral

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Policy

To look into development and

2018 Subash Chandra Garg Committee regulation of financial technology
sector in India
To select 20 institutions of eminence
2018 N Gopalaswami Committee from 104 institutions that have applied
for it
Classification of Bad Loans,
2018 Y H Malegam Committee effectiveness of audits, rising incidents
of frauds
Ministry of Defence Capital Projects
(RMCOMP)
2018 Vinay Sheel Oberoi Committee independent review and check status of
ongoing critical projects worth more
than Rs. 500 crore
Application of Artificial Intelligence in
2018 N Chandrasekaran Taskforce
Military
Social Media expansion- to suggest
changes to Section 126 of the
2018 Umesh Sinha Committee Representation of the People Act, 1951
(RP Act) in view of social media
expansion
Inter ministerial committee on
2018 B R Sharma committee guidelines for playing national anthem
in cinemas and other public places
2017 Amitabh Kant Committee NPAs in Power sector
To recommend devolution of taxes b/w
2017 15th Finance Commission- N K Singh centre and states for 1st April 2020 to
31 march 2025
To review income tax act and draft a
2017 Arbind Modi
new direct tax law

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To select candidate for post of editor

2017 A. Surya Prakash Committee
in chief of Rajya Sabha TV
Management of water resources in
2017 Rajiv Kumar
north eastern region
HEAD OF Economic Advisory council to
2017 Bibek Debroy
the PM
2016 Abhinav Bindra Olympic Task Force
Task force on Artificial Intelligence for
2017 V Kamakoti
India’s Economic Transformation
2016 Partha Mukhopadhyay Working group on Migration
sub-committee of Central Advisory
2017 Kadiyam Srihari Board of Education (CABE) to look into
issues of girl’s education
Preparing action plan for next three
2017 8-member task force
Olympic Games 2020, 2024 and 2028
2016 N K Singh Panel Changes in FRBM
To review the flexi-fare system in
2017 Ravinder Goyal
premium trains
Complaints of violation of programme
2017 Rajyavardhan Rathore
and advertising codes by TV channels
To invite fresh bids incorporating strict
2017 S K Dharmadhikari safety standards on lines of those
prescribed by an American body
Body wearable cameras for traffic
2017 P Sahasrabuddhe
policemen and RTOs
To look into a petition filed by BJP
2017 NCM Vice chairman George Kurien activist Ashwini upadhyaya for granting
minority status to hindus in eight states
Hill Area Development Committee by
2017 Mann Ghising
West Bengal
The state govt. may allot one acre of
2017 Waseem Rizvi- shia Waqf board
land for a mosque for shia muslims in

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lucknow’s husainabad Area

2017 Sudhir Srivastava To curb custodial deaths
2017 Chandan Sinha Hedging commodities in global markets
2017 Avinash K Srivastava Price stabilization fund
2017 C K Mishra Delhi’s toxic air
Merging district central cooperative
2017 Yashwant Thorat Banks (DCCBs) with Maharashtra state
cooperative (MSC)
Investigations related to paradise
2017 Sushil Chandra
papers
Task force on public credit registry
2017 Y M Deosthalee
(PCR) for India
Norms related to stock exchanges,
2017 R Gandhi clearing corporations, depository
participants

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