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A Review Financial Committees (2018-2019) FINANCIAL COMMITTEES (2018-2019) A REVIEW PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE ESTIMATES COMMITTEE AND COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC UNDERTAKINGS LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI 2019 FINANCIAL COMMITTEES (2018-2019) (A REVIEW) PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE ESTIMATES COMMITTEE AND COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC UNDERTAKINGS LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI July, 2019/Shravana, 1941 (Saka) PAC No. 2177 CONTENTS PAGE PREFACE ......................................................................................... (iii) CHAPTER I PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE ............................................ 1 CHAPTER II ESTIMATES COMMITTEE........................................................ 52 CHAPTER III COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC UNDERTAKINGS ................................. 65 APPENDICES I. Composition of the Public Accounts Committee (2018-19) ........................................................................... 11 II. Subjects selected by the Public Accounts Committee for Examination during 2018-19 .............................................. 12 III. Composition of the Sub-Committees of the Public Accounts Committee (2018-19) ........................................ 30 IV. Statement showing the details of the dates and duration of the Sittings of the Public Accounts Committee (2018-19) ... 31 V. Statement showing the number of Sittings attended by each Member of the Public Accounts Committee (2018-19) ... 39 VI. Statement showing the details of the dates and duration of the Sittings of the Sub-Committees Public Accounts Committee (2018-19) ......................................................... 41 VII. Statement showing the details of the Study visit of the Public Accounts Committee (2018-19) .............................. 44 VIII. Composition of the Committee on Estimates (2018-19) .... 59 IX. Statement showing the details and duration of Sittings of Committee on Estimates (2018-19): Attendance of Members and Subject(s) Discussed ................................................ 61 X. Statement showing the number of Sittings of the Committee on Estimates (2018-19): Attended by each Member ......... 63 XI. Composition of the Committee on Public Undertakings (2018-19) ........................................................................... 68 (ii) XII. Statement showing details of dates and duration of Sittings of Committee on Public Undertakings: Attendance of Members and Subjects Discussed (2018-19) ................... 70 XIII. Statement showing total number of Sittings held by the Committee on Public Undertakings (2018-19) from commencement of its term upto 30 April, 2019 and number of Sittings attended by each Member of the Committee .. 73 XIV. Study visit of the Committee on Public Undertakings and places visited by them .. 74 PREFACE This Brochure seeks to present, in a concise form, all relevant information pertaining to the activities of the three Financial Committees of Parliament viz. the Public Accounts Committee, the Committee on Estimates and the Committee on Public Undertakings, during the period 1st May, 2018 to 30th April, 2019. 2. For ease of reference, the statistical data have been presented in Tables and Appendices. NEW DELHI; July, 2019 Shravana, 1941 (Saka) Secretary-General (iii) 7 CHAPTER – I PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE I. Election and Composition The Public Accounts Committee for the year 2018-19 was constituted w.e.f. 01 May, 2018. It consisted of fifteen Members from Lok Sabha and five Members from Rajya Sabha elected from amongst the Members of the respective Houses. The term of the Committee ended on 30 April, 2019. 1.2. Shri Mallikarjun Kharge, MP (LS) and a Member of the Committee was appointed as Chairperson by the Speaker vide Bulletin Part II No. 6870 dated 1st May, 2018. The composition of the Committee (2018-19) is given at Appendix-I. 1.3. Two Members Shri C.M Ramesh and Shri Bhupender Yadav from Rajya Sabha were elected as Members of the Committee w.e.f 06.08.2018. II. Subjects selected for examination 1.4. The Public Accounts Committee, at their sitting held on 14.5.2018, initially selected a total of 167 subjects/Audit paragraphs for examination during 2018-19 in category-I and 8 subjects in category-II vide Bulletin Part-II No. 6888 dated 23 May, 2018. The Committee further selected 55 additional subjects vide Bulletin Part-II No.7340 dated 19.09.2018. Thus, a total number of 230 subjects were selected by the Committee for examination during 2018-19. The details of these subjects are indicated at Appendix-II. III. Constitution of Sub-Committees 1.5. Four Sub-Committees of the Public Accounts Committee were constituted to examine the subjects allocated to them during the term 2018-19. The Constitution of the Sub-Committees I to IV was notified vide Bulletin Part-II No. 6893 dated 31 May, 2018, Bulletin Part-II No.7140 dated 26 July, 2018 and Bulletin Part-II No.7298 dated 29 August, 2018. Allocation of subjects to Sub-Committees I to IV was notified vide Bulletin Part-II No.7140 dated 26 July, 2018. The final compositions of the Sub- 8 Committees are given at Appendix-III. These Sub-Committees were entrusted with the examination of the following subjects as indicated against each of them: Subjects allocated to the Sub-Committees for examination during 2018-19 The following Sub-Committees of the Public Accounts Committee (2018-19) were constituted by the Chairperson, PAC to examine the subjects, as respectively shown under each of them, during the term 2018-19: (i) Sub-Committee – I (Non Compliance in Timely submission of Action Taken Notes on the Non-selected Audit Paragraphs & Excess Expenditure) [Specific subjects to be determined by the Sub-Committee and Excesses Over Voted Grants and Charged Appropriations (2016-17)] (ii) Sub-Committee – II (Direct and Indirect Taxes) (i) "Service Tax liability in Port Sector" based on Chapter-III of C&AG Report No. 4 of 2015; (ii) "Paras pertaining to Department of Revenue - Indirect Taxes - Central Excise (Para 2.2 to 2.4)" based on Chapter 2 of C&AG Report No. 10 of 2016; (iii) "Paras pertaining to Department of Revenue - Indirect Taxes - Central Excise" based on Chapter 4 of C&AG Report No. 10 of 2016; (iv) "Paras Pertaining to Service Tax - Design of the Scheme and enabling provisions (Para 2.1, 2.2, 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.2.3 & 2.3.3)" based on Chapter 2 of C&AG Report No. 22 of 2016; (v) "Paras Pertaining to Service Tax - Observance of Mechanism devised to implement VCES (Para 3.4 & 3.7)" based on Chapter 3 of C&AG Report No. 22 of 2016; (vi) "Paras pertaining to Service Tax - Pre and Post VCES tax administration (Para 4.2 & 4.3)" based on Chapter 4 of C&AG Report No. 22 of 2016; (vii) "Allowance of deduction to the assessees engaged in infrastructure development Revenue (Para 2.2, 2.3, 2.5, 2.6 & 2.10)" based on Chapter 2 of C&AG Report No. 28 of 2016; (viii) "Deduction allowed beyond permissible periods (Para 3.3); Consequences of Demerger/Amalgamation (Para 3.5)" based on Chapter 3 of C&AG Report No. 28 of 2016; (ix) "Duty Exemption/Remission Schemes (Para 4.1 to 4.1.5)" based on Chapter IV of C&AG Report No. 1of 2017; and (x) "Incorrect Application of General Exemption Notifications (Para 7.1 & 7.2)" based on Chapter VII of C&AG Report No. 1 of 2017. (iii) Sub-Committee – III (Implementation of Recommendations of PAC) Implementation of Recommendations as contained in the following Reports of Public Accounts Committee (16th Lok Sabha) : 1) 2nd Report on "IT Applications in Income Tax Department"; 2) 6th Report on Action Taken on Seventy-ninth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on "Service Tax on Banking and Other Financial Services"; 3) 7th Report on "Duty Drawback Scheme"; 4) 8th Report on "Water Pollution in India"; 9 5) 10th Report on "Action Taken on Eighty-seventh Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on "Tax Administration"; 6) 12th Report on "Action Taken on Eighty-second Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on "Sale and Distribution of Imported Pulses"; 7) 13th Report on Action Taken on Eighty-First Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on "Fertilizer Subsidy"; 8) 14th Report on "Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme"; 9) 16th Report on Action Taken on Ninety-fifth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on "Implementation of Agricultural Debt Waiver and Debt Relief Scheme, 2008"; 10) 18th Report on "Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission"; 11) 21st Report on "Role and Functioning of Indian Coast Guard"; 12) 22nd Report on "Procurement of Allopathic Drugs in CGHS"; 13) 23rd Report on "Indian Customs Electronic Data Interchange System (ICES 1.5)"; 14) 25th Report on "Disaster Preparedness in India"; 15) 27th Report on "Exemptions to Charitable Trusts and Institutions"; 16) 29th Report on Action Taken on Seventh Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on "Duty Drawback Scheme"; 17) 30th Report on "Global Estate Management by the Ministry of External Affairs"; 18) 32nd Report on "Indigenous Construction of Indian Naval Warships"; 19) 33rd Report on "Unfruitful Expenditure on Establishment of Specific Pathogen Free Shrimp Seed Multiplication Centre- (NFDB)"; 20) 35th Report on Action Taken on Fourteenth Report (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) on "Integrated Child Development Services Scheme"; 21) 39th Report on "Protection and Conservation of Monuments and Antiquities"; 22) 40th Report on "Management of Satellite Capacity for DTH Service by Department of Space"; 23) 41st Report on "Loss for Train Parting due to Failure of Centre Buffer Coupler (CBC) Components"; 24) 43rd Report on "Indira Awaas Yojana"; 25) 44th Report on "Extra Avoidable Expenditure by ANURAG"; 26) 45th Report on "Performance of 100 percent Export
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