Important Committees in India

S.No Committee Year Details 1 S.K.Dhar 1948 Linguistic Provinces Commission 2 JVP 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 Swaran Singh Committee 1976 Fundamental Duties 5 L.M Singhvi Committee 1986 To study the problems faced by panchayat raj institutions (1/3rd of SC/ST Reservation) (Collector will be the head of zilla parishid) 6 Ajay Chhibber 2015 Niti Aayog Commission 7 Kaka Kalelkar Commission 1953 January First Backward Classes Commission 29 8 P.V. Rajamanar Committee 1969 Centre-State Relations Inquiry Committee September 2 9 Sarkaria Commission 1983 To examine the central-state relationship 10 M.M.Punchhi Committee 2007 Centre-State Relationship 11 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 B.G.Kher 1955 First official language commission 14 Kapur Committee 1966 Inquiry into the conspiracy to murder Gandhiji 15 Nanavati- 2002 March 6 To probe the Godhra train burning 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 B.N.Kirpal Commission 2003 First National Forest Commission (NFC)

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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 M.N Vohra 1977 Criminalisation of politics 25 S Padmanabhan Committee 1995 to take a fresh look at the banking Supervision 26 Dinesh Goswami 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 Bhagwati Committee 1973 Unemployment 31 Ram Nandan Committee 1993 To identify the creamy layer among the OBC 32 Raja Chelliah committee 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 Committee 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

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