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ü The
members in the Parliamentary committees are the members of the Parliament (Lok
Sabha and Rajya Sabha) only.
ü A
Parliamentary committee may consist of either
·
Members of Lok Sabha
OR
·
members of Rajya Sabha
OR
·
Members of both Lok Sabha and
Rajya Sabha
ü A
Parliamentary Committee that consists of both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha members
is called Joint Parliamentary Committee.
ü The
Parliament is assisted by number of committees for discharging its functions.
ü A
Parliamentary committee is either
·
appointed
OR
·
Elected.
ü A
Parliamentary committee is appointed either by
·
The Speaker
OR
·
The Chairman.
ü A
parliamentary committee is elected either by
·
The Lok Sabha
OR
·
The Rajya Sabha
OR
·
both.
ü A
Parliamentary committee works under the direction of Speaker or Chairman.
ü A
parliamentary Committee submits the report to
·
The house
OR
·
The Speaker
OR
·
The Chairman.
ü A
Parliamentary Committee is provided with a Secretariat.
ü The
Parliamentary committees are of two types
·
Standing Committees (permanent)
·
Ad hoc Committees (informal, temporary)
The Adhoc committees are again divided
into
ü Advisory
Committees
ü Inquiry
Committees
STANDING
COMMITTEES:
ü The
Standing Committees are permanent committees.
ü The
Standing Committees are constituted every year.
LET US
DISCUSS various standing committees in the Parliament.
PUBLIC
ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE (PAC):
ü The
PAC was set up in the year 1921.
ü The
PAC was set up under the provisions of the Government of India Act of 1919.
ü The
strength of PAC
is 22 members.
ü The
members are elected from both Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha from
amongst its members.
ü Out
of 22 members of PAC 15 are elected from Lok Sabha and the
remaining 7
are elected from the Rajya Sabha.
ü All
the members are elected through the proportional representation by means of a
single transferable vote.
ü NOTE:
With the above process of election most of the parties will have representation
in the PAC.
ü The
term of office of a member is 1 year.
ü Up
to 1966 and 1967 the Speaker used appoint a ruling party member as the Chairman
of PAC.
ü In
the year 1967 a convention was established that the Speaker must appoint only opposition
party member as the Chairman of the PAC.
ü Note:
The above point is very important.
ü Ministers
cannot be
the members of this committee.
FUNCTION OF PUBLIC
ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE:
ü The
Comptroller and Auditor General verify the accounts and the report is submitted
to the President of India.
ü The
report of CAG is laid before the Parliament by the President.
ü The
PAC will
examine the annual audit reports of the Comptroller and Auditor
General.
ü The
PAC will examine the appropriation accounts and the finance accounts of the
Union government and any other accounts lay before the Lok Sabha.
ü The
appropriation accounts compare the actual expenditure with the expenditure
sanctioned by the Parliament through the appropriation act.
ü The
finance accounts show the annual receipts and disbursements of the Union
government.
ü The
PAC must satisfy itself that the money has been disbursed was legally available
for the applied service
ü Every
re appropriation is has been made in accordance with the related rules.
ü The
PAC examines the accounts of state corporations, trading concerns and
manufacturing projects and the audit report of CAG on the same.
ü The
PAC examines the accounts of autonomous and semi autonomous bodies, the audit
of which is conducted by the CAG.
ü The
PAC considers the report of the CAG relating to an audit of ant receipts or to
examine the accounts of stores and stocks.
ü The
PAC examines the money spent on any service during a financial year in excess
of the amount granted by the Lok sabha for that purpose.
ü In
the fulfillment of the functions the PAC is assisted by the Comptroller and
Auditor General.
ü Hence
CAG IS
CONSIDERED AS friend, Philosopher AND Guide OF THE PAC.
ü Finally
the report of the PAC is submitted back to the Parliament.
ü The
report of the PAC is discussed in the Parliament.
ü The
members demand that action should be taken against the tainted ministers.
ü The
report of PAC is criticized as ‘Post Mortem” report.
ESTIMATES
COMMITTEE:
ü The
estimates committee was set up in the year 1950.
ü In
fact in the year 1921 standing financial committee was set up.
ü This
committee is also called “Economy Committee”.
ü The
strength of Estimates committees is 30.
ü All
the 30 members of Estimates Committee are drawn from Lok Sabha only.
ü The
30 members are elected by the Lok Sabha through proportional representation by
means of a single transferable vote.
ü The
term of office of a member of Estimates Committee is 1 year.
ü The
Chairman of the Estimates Committee is appointed by the Speaker from amongst
the members.
ü Ministers
cannot be
the members of this committee.
FUNCTIONS OF
THE ESTIMATES COMMITTEE:
ü The
Estimates Committee examines the estimates included in the budget and suggests
economies in the public expenditure.
ü The
committee also suggests the form in which the estimates are to be presented to
the Parliament.
ü The
Estimates Committee examines whether the money is well laid out within the
limits of policy implied in the estimates.
ü The
estimates committee also suggests alternative policies in order to bring about
efficiency and economy in the administration.
ü The
Estimates Committee continues to work throughout the year and report to the
house as its examination proceeds.
COMMITTEE ON
PUBLIC UNDERTAKINGS (COPU):
ü The
Committee on Public Undertakings was established in the year 1964
on the recommendation of Krishna Menon committee report.
ü In
the year 1974 the strength of CoPU is increased to 22.
ü Out
of 22 (15+7) members
15 members are drawn from the Lok sabha and 7 members are drawn from the Rajya
Sabha.
ü The
term
of the office of a member is 1 year.
ü The
members are elected through the proportional representation by means of a
single transferable vote.
ü Hence
majority of the parties will be represented in the committee.
ü Ministers
cannot be the members of this committee.
ü The
chairman of CoPU is appointed by the Speaker.
ü The
Chairman should be a member of Lok Sabha only.
THE FUNCTIONS
OF COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC UNDERTAKINGS:
ü The
CoPU examines the reports and accounts of Public undertakings
ü The
CoPU examines the reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General on Public
Undertakings.
ü The
CoPU examines whether the affairs of the public undertakings are being managed
in accordance with the sound business principles and practices.
ü The
CoPU also exercises such functions vested in the PAC and Estimates Committee in
relation to Public undertakings which are allotted to it by the Speaker from
time to time.
DEPARTMENTAL
STANDING COMMITTEES:
ü In
the year 1993, 17 departmental standing committees were
created in the Parliament to exercise control over the executive.
ü At
present the number is 24.
ü These
committees exercise control over all the departments in the government.
ü The
strength of each standing committee is 45.
ü Out
of this 30 are drawn from Lok Sabha.
ü Remainig
15 drawn from the Rajya Sabha.
ü The
members from the Lok Sabha are nominated by the Speaker.
ü The
members from the Rajya Sabha are nominated by the Chairman.
ü The
term of office of each member is 1 year.
ü Ministers
cannot be the members of any standing committee.
ü The
Chairman of 11
committees are appointed by the Speaker.
ü The
chairman of the remaining 7 committees is appointed by the Chairman.
ü Each
party is proportionately represented in these committees.
BUSINESS
ADVISORY COMMITTEE (BAC)
ü The Business Advisory committee allocates
time for the transaction of legislative and other business brought before the
house.
ü The BAC of Lok Sabha is different from that
of Rajya Sabha.
ü IN LOK
SABHA:
ü The
Speaker of the Lok Sabha is the chairman of Business Advisory Committee in Lok
Sabha
ü The
Business Advisory Committee in Lok Sabha consists of 15 members including the
Speaker.
ü IN RAJYA
SABHA:
ü The
Chairman of Rajya Sabha acts as the Chairman of the BAC.
ü It
consists of 11 members including the Chairman.
COMMITTEE ON
PRIVATE MEMBERS BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS:
ü Who are private members?
·
The members of the Parliament other than the Ministers
are called the Private members.
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ü This
committee is present only in Lok Sabha.
ü The
Rajya Sabha does not have a committee on private members bills and resolution.
ü The
Deputy Speaker is the Chairman of this committee.
ü The
strength of the committee is 15 members including the Deputy Speaker.
ü The
committee on private members bills and resolutions classifies the bills and
allocates the time for the discussion of bills and resolutions introduced by
the private members.
ü This
function in Rajya Sabha is performed by the Business Advisory Committee.
COMMITTEE ON
GOVERNMENT ASSURANCES:
ü This
committee was constituted in the year 1953.
ü This
committee is present in both Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha.
ü The
strength of the committee in Lok Sabha is 15 members.
ü The
strength of the committee in Rajya Sabha is 10 members.
ü On
the floor of the Parliament the ministers give assurances.
ü The
committee on government assurances examines those assurances and reports on the
extent to which they have been implemented.
COMMITTEE ON
SUBORDINATE LEGISLATION:
ü This
committee was constituted in the year 1953.
ü This
committee is present both the houses of the Parliament.
ü The
strength of the committee in Lok sabha is 15 members.
ü The
strength of the committee in Rajya sabha is 15 members.
ü This
committee examines and reports whether the powers to make regulations, rules,
sub-rules and bye-laws delegated by the Parliament or conferred by the
constitution to the executive are being properly exercised by it or not.
COMMITTEE ON
WELFARE OF SCHEDULED CASTES AND SCHEDULED TRIBES:
ü This
is a joint parliamentary committee.
ü The
strength of the committee is 30 members.
ü 20
members are drawn from the Lok sabha and remaining 10 are drawn from the Rajya
Sabha.
ü This
committee considers the reports of the National commission for the SCs and STs.
ü This
committee also examines the matters relating to the welfare of SCs and STs.
COMMITTEE ON ABSENCE
OF MEMBERS:
ü This
committee is present only in Lok Sabha.
ü It
consists of 15
members.
ü This
committee considers the applications from the members for leave of absence from the
sitting of the house.
ü This
committee also examines the cases of the members who had been absent for a
period of 60
days or more without permission.
ü In
Rajya Sabha these functions are performed by the house itself. (No committee)
RULES
COMMITTEE:
ü This
committee is present in both the houses of the Parliament.
ü The
strength of the committee in Lok Sabha is 15.
ü The
strength of the committee in Rajya Sabha is 16.
ü The
Speaker is
the Chairman of the committee in Lok Sabha.
ü The
Chairman of
Rajya Sabha is the ex-officio chairman of Rules committee in
Parliament.
ü The
Rules committee considers the matters of procedures and conduct of business in
the house.
ü The
Rules committee also recommends necessary changes to the rules of the house.
GENERAL
PURPOSE COMMITTEE:
ü This
committee does not fall under the jurisdiction of ant other committee.
ü This
committee is present in both Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha.
ü IN LOK
SABHA:
ü The
Speaker is the Chairman.
ü Deputy
Speaker and panel speakers are the members.
ü Chair
persons of all the departmental committees are the members.
ü Leaders
of the recognized political parties are the members.
ü The
Speaker may nominate some other members.
ü IN RAJYA
SABHA:
ü The chairman of Rajya Sabha is the ex-officio
chairman.
ü Deputy
Chairman and panel Chairmen are the members.
ü Chair
persons of all the departmental committees are the members.
ü Leaders
of the recognized political parties are the members.
ü The
Chairman may nominate some other members.
ü This
committee considers and advises on matters concerning affairs of the house
which do not fall within the jurisdiction of any other parliamentary committee.
COMMITTEE ON
PRIVILEGES:
ü This
committee is present in both the houses of the Parliament.
ü The
strength of the committee in Lok Sabha is 15 members.
ü The
strength of the committee in Rajya Sabha is 10.
ü This
committee examines the cases of breach of privileges of the house and its
members and recommends the action.
JOINT
COMMITTEE ON SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES OF MEMBERS:
ü This
is a common committee for both the houses of the Parliament.
ü This
was constituted in the year 1954 under the Salary, allowances and pensions of
members of parliament Act 1954.
ü The
strength of the committee is 15.
ü 10
members are drawn from the Lok sabha and the 5 members are drawn from the Rajya
Sabha.
ü This
committee frames the rules for regulating the payment of salary, allowances and
pensions to the members of the Parliament.
HOUSE
COMMITTEE:
ü This
is present in both the houses of the Parliament.
ü The
house committee deals with the residential accommodation to the members and
other amenities like food, medical aid.
JOINT
COMMITTEE ON OFFICE OF PROFIT:
ü The
strength of the committee is 15.
ü 10
members are drawn from the Lok Sabha and 5 are drawn from the Rajya Sabha.
ü This
committee examines
into the committees or other bodies appointed by the Central and state
governments and recommends whether persons holding these offices should be
disqualified from being elected as members of Parliament or not.
COMMITTEE ON
PETITIONS:
ü The
committee on petitions is present in both the houses of the Parliament.
ü The
strength of the committee in Lok sabha is 15.
ü The
strength of the committee in Rajya Sabha is 10.
ü This
committee examines the petitions on bills and on matters of general public
importance.
ü This
committee also accepts the petitions from individuals and associations on
matters pertaining to Union subjects.
ETHICS
COMMITTEE:
ü The
Ethics committee is present in both the houses of the Parliament.
ü The
Ethics committee of Rajya Sabha was constituted in the year 1997.
ü The
Ethics committee of Lok Sabha was constituted in the year 2000.
ü This
committee is engaged in maintain the discipline of the house.
ü The
ethics committee enforces the code of conduct to the members.
ü This
committee examines the cases of misconduct.
LIBRARY
COMMITTEE:
ü This
is a common
committee for both the houses of the Parliament.
ü The
strength of the committee is 9.
ü Out
of this 6 members are drawn from the Lok Sabha and the remaining 3 are drawn
from the Rajya Sabha.
ü This
committee considers the matters relating to the library of Parliament.
ü The
committee also assists the members in utilizing the library services.
COMMITTEE ON
THE PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE:
ü This
committee is present both in Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha.
ü The
strength of the Lok Sabha committee is 15.
ü The
strength of the Rajya Sabha committee is 10.
ü This
committee examines the papers that are laid on the table of the house by the
ministers to see whether they comply with the provisions of the Constitution.
COMMITTEE ON
EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN:
ü This
committee was constituted in the year 1997.
ü The
strength of the committee is 30.
ü 20
are drawn from the Lok Sabha and 10 from Rajya Sabha.
ü This
committee considers the reports of the National Commission for women and
examines the measures taken by the union government to secure status, dignity
and equality for women in all field.
MISCELLANEOUS:
ü The
Parliamentary standing committees were set up in the year 1993.
ü The
number of standing committees is 17 in the year 1993.
ü At
present there are 24 standing committees in the Parliament.
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