PA R L I A M E N TA RY

COMMITTEES
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W H AT I S A
PA R L I A M E N TA R Y
COMMITTEE?
A Parliamentary committee is a committee that: 
Is elected or appointed by the House or nominated by the
Speaker/Chairman.
Works under the direction of Speaker/Chairman.
Presents its report to the House or to the Speaker/Chairman.
Has a secretariat provided by the Lok Sabha/Rajya Sabha.
The committee structure,  for both the Houses (Lok Sabha and
Rajya Sabha) is similar, with a few differences. 
 The functions assigned
to the parliament are of
diverse nature and are
considerable in volume,
while the time available
is limited. 
So, a number of
committees are elected
to study in detail each
and every matter that
  N E E D   O F  PA R L I A M E N TA R Y
comes before the
COMMITTEES
Parliament.
 PARLIAMENT
ARY
COMMITTEES

STANDING AD HOC
COMMITTEES COMMITTEES
 STANDING AD HOC
COMMITTEES  COMMITTEES

These committees are These committees are

constituted every year or
time to time, and their work
goes on, in a
continuous manner.
constituted for a specific
purpose when the need arises,
and they get dissolved as soon
as the task assigned to them
gets completed. 
 STANDING
COMMITTEES

Committees
House Keeping
Departmental Committees to Relating to the
Financial Committees to Committees or
Standing Scrutinise and Day-to-Day
Committees Inquire Service
Committees Control Business of the
Committees
House

Other
Parliamentary
Standing
Committees
FINANCIAL
COMMITTEES ARE
OF THREE TYPES:  

Public Accounts Estimates Committee Committee on

Committee • 30 members (from LS Public
• 22 Members (15 from only) Undertakings
LS, 7 from RS) • Examines the • 22 members (15 from
• Examines the annual estimates included in LS, 7 from RS)
report of the C.A.G. of the budget and • Ensures that affairs of
India and ascertains that suggests policies for Public Undertakings are
the money spent by the more efficient being managed
govt. is "within the administration. efficiently and examines
scope of demand".  the report of C.A.G. on
Public Undertakings. 
 D E PA R T M E N TA L LY
R E L AT E D
S TA N D I N G   C O M M I T T E E S
24 Committees: 16 under LS, 8 under RS.
31 members: 21 from LS, 10 from RS.
21 members from LS are appointed by the Speaker of LS and 10 members from RS
are appointed by the Chairman of RS, from amongst their members.
Term of office: Maximum 1 year.
Examples: Committee on Commerce, Committee on Home Affairs, Committee on
Agriculture, Committee on Defence and Committee on Information & Technology.
 COMMITTE Committee Committee
ES TO on on
Ethics
Committee 
INQUIRE Petitions  Privileges 

Committee Committee Joint

on Welfare on Committee COMMITTEE
of SCs and Empowerment on Offices
STs  of Women  of Profit  S TO
SCRUTINISE
Committee
on
Committee
on
Committee
on Papers
AND
Government
Assurances 
Subordinate
Legislation 
Laid on the
Table
CONTROL
 COMMITTEES Committee
RELATING TO THE Business Committee
on Private
DAY TO DAY Rules on Absence
Advisory Members'
BUSINESS OF THE Committee  of
Committee  Bill and
HOUSE Members 
Resolutions 

Joint
Committee
HOUSE-
General
Purposes
House Library on Salaries KEEPING
Committee 
Committee  Committee  and
Allowances
COMMITTE
of Members  ES
 Inquiry Committee

•  Constituted to inquire into and report on

some particular subjects.

Advisory Committees (Select/Joint

Committee on Bills)
• Constituted to look into and report on specific
bills.

AD HOC COMMITTEES
 This is the Committee that is constituted either
by the two houses, or by the Chairman/Speaker
of the House to inquire into and report on specific
subjects. 
I N Q U I RY
Committee on Contemptuous Behaviour of
COMMITTEE
Government officers with Members of Lok
Sabha, Committee on the installation of Statues
of National leaders in the Parliament House
Complex. 
For example, Committee constituted in the year
2009 to look into the matter of removal of Justice
Soumitra Sen (of Calcutta High Court).
 Constituted to look into and report on specific bills. 
 When a Bill comes before a house for discussion, then the house
can refer the Bill to a Select Committee of that House, or a Joint
Committee of both the Houses.
 A motion has to be passed in that house. 
 If the motion is passed to refer the Bill to a Joint Committee, the ADVISORY
other House is informed about it and is requested to nominate its
members for the Committee.  COMMITTEES
 The Committee then deliberates on the bill and after the Bill has (SELECT/
been considered, the Committee submits its report to the House.
 For example, the Select Committee on Lokpal and Lokayuktas
J O I N T
Bill, 2011 and Joint Committee on the Right to Fair Compensation C O M M I T T E E
and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and
Resettlement (Second Amendment) Bill, 2015 ON BILLS)
 S O M E FA M O U S   C O M M I T T E E S
 Shah Nawaz Committee: - Appointed in 1955 after
the huge public demand to look into the
disappearance of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.
 Balwant Rai Mehta Committee: -  Appointed
in 1957 to examine the working of Community
Development and National Services Programme.
 Raj Narain committee: - Constituted in 1977 to look
into the mysterious death of former prime minister
Lal Bahadur Shastri.
 Select Committee on
Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2011: - Constituted in
2011, for consideration of the Lokpal and Lokayuktas
Bill.
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