Important Committees in India
S.No [Committee Year Details
1 S.K.Dhar 1948 Linguistic Provinces Commission
2 | IVP Committee Jawaharlal | 1948 To consider the recommendations of Dhar Commission.
Nehru, Vallahbhai Patel, ‘This committee also rejected the linguistic factor of
Pattabhi Sitaramayya) reorganization of the states.
3 | Fazl Ali Commission 1953 To visit the whole question of whether the linguistic
December _| basis of separation of states can be considered or not.
4 |\GwaranSingh Committee) | 1976 Fundamental Duties
5 |L.MSinghvi Committee — | 1986 To study the problems faced by panchayat raj institutions
(1/3td of SC/ST Reservation) (Collector will be the head
of zilla parishid)
6 2015 Niti Aayog Commission
7 | Kaka Kalelkar Commission | 1953 January | First Backward Classes Commission
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8 | P.V. Rajamanar Commitice | 1969 Centie-State Relations Inquiry Committee
September 2
9 Sarkaria Commission 1983 To examine the central-state relationship
10__[MMPunchhi Committee | 2007 Centre-State Relationship
TI | Srikrishna Committee 2010 February | Demand for separate statehood for Telangana or keep the
3 State united in the present form, Andhra Pradesh
12 [| K. Santhanam Committee | 1962 ‘anti-corruption
13 |BG.Kher 1955 First official language commission
14 | Kapur Committee 1966 Inquiry into the conspiracy to murder Gandhi
15 | Nanavati- 2002 March 6 | To probe the Godhra train buming incident of 27
Mehta Commission February 2002. Its mandate was later enlarged to include
the investigation of the 2002 Gujarat riots,
16 | Balwant Rai Mehta 1957 January | To examine the working of the Community Development
Committee Programme(1952) and the National Extension
Service(1953)
17 | Ashok Mehta Committee [1977 Panchayat Raj Institutions (Recommends 3-tier system
December of Panchayati Raj should be replaced by the 2-tier
system)
18 | B.P Mandal Commission 1979 January | Socially and Educationally Backward Classes
1 Commission (27% Reservation for OBC)Second
Backward Classes Commission
19 | Muddiman Committee 1920 To enquire about diarchy, instituted by the Montague-
Chelmsford Reforms.
20 N.Kirpal Commission | 2003 First National Forest Commission (NEC)21 | L.C Gupta Committee 1996 Development and Regulation of Derivative Markets in
November 18. | India
22 | Bhanu Pratap Singh 1964 ‘Agriculture
Committee
23__ [soli sorabjee 2005 October _| Police Act Drafting Committee” (PADC)
24 [MN Vohra 197 Criminalisation of polities
_25 |S Padmanabhan Committee | 1995 to take a fresh look at the banking Supervision.
26 | DineshiGeswami 1990 Electoral Reforms
Committee
27 | Malhotra Committee 1993 Insurance Sector Reforms.
28 | Lakdawala Committee 1989 To consider methodological and computational aspects
of estimation of proportion and number of poor in India,
29 | Dantwala Committee 1978 It identified the remoteness of planning agencies, at the
District Level from the grassroots as the major weakness
of local area planning Recommends Block level
planning
30 1973 ‘Unemployment
31__| Ram Nandan Committee | 1993 To identify the creamy layer among the OBC
32 (REMCHARS | 1991-93 Tax Reforms
33 _ | Raghuram Rajan 2007 Financial Sector Reforms
Committee
34__ | Abid Hussain Committee Trade Policy Reform, Small Scale Industries
35_| Kothari Commission 1964-1966 | National Education Commission
36__| Lyngdoh Commitee 2006 To examine student election in universites
37 _| First Narasimham 1991 Financial system
Committee
38 | Second Narasimham 1992 Progress review of the implementation of the banking
Committee reforms
39_ | Gadgil Commission 2011 Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP)
40 | Kasturirangan committee [2013 Western Ghats
41 _| Moraji Desai then 1966 January | First Administrative Reforms Commission
Hanumanthaiah 5
42_| Veerappa Moily & 2004 ‘Second Administrative Reforms Commission
V.Ramachandran