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List of Committees in India 1 List of Committees in India 1 LIST OF COMMITTEES IN INDIA - PDF Purpose Constituted by Chairperson Minorities Commission and SC, ST Telangana Government Mohammed Qamaruddin Commission. 14-member panel to study use of social Election Commission of India Umesh Sinha media and other digital platforms are used ahead of polls and make suggestions on how to adapt the Model Code of Conduct to these changes. Inter- ministerial Committee (IMC) to Government of India Secretary, Women and tackle the menace of trafficking Child Development Legal issues related to inter country Ministry of Women and Child Justice Rajesh Bindal removal & retention of children Development To regulate online portals, including Ministry of Information and Secretary of Ministry of news websites, entertainment sites and Broadcasting Information and media aggregators. Broadcasting (Convener) The panel to revisit "Schedule VII of Government of India Manmohan Juneja Companies Act, 2013, on the basis of references received from stakeholders, including ministries and department of centre and states, members of Parliament, member of state legislatures and civil societies". Defence Planning Committee (DCP) to Government of India Ajit Doval reform the process of higher defence planning and national security strategy. To suggest improvements in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Injeti Srinivas National Sports Development Code and Sports functioning of Sports Federations Negotiation Committee on Mahanadi & The Union Ministry of Water Representative from Water its Tributaries Resources, River Development and Planning and Projects Wing Ganga Rejuvenation Suggested to create 20% reservation Government of India Timothy Gonsalves seats for the girl students in IITs To manage the Indian cricket board Supreme Court of India Vinod Rai To frame uniform rules for the states to Government of India N.S Kang avoid delay in proper implementation of the Rights of Person with Disabilities (RPD) Act across the country To review the Fiscal Responsibility and Government of India N.K. Singh www.BankExamsToday.com Page 1 List of Committees in India 2 Budget Management (FRBM) To analysis the existing framework of Insurance Regulatory and Amitabh Chaudhry, IRDA- kinked and non-linked insurance Development Authority of India product regulation Suggest ways to improve India’s Haj Government of India Afzal Amanullah policy and also look into issue of subsidy to the pilgrimage To prepare a Yoga Protocol for Diabetes Ministry of AYUSH H. R. Nagendra Control. to study the setting up of a defence Ministry of Defence Dr. Pritam Singh procurement organization To review the threats inherent in the Reserve Bank of India Meena Hemchandra existing and emerging technology also study adoption of various security standards and protocols, interface. To suggest necessary legal and policy Ministry of Housing & Urban Partha Mukhopadhay framework should be brought to protect Poverty Alleviation the interests of the migrants in the country. To examine the working of the NITI Ayog Arvind Panagariya, regulatory bodies Central Council of Indian Medicine (CCIM) and Central Council of Homoeopathy(CCH) To address issues related to the Ministry of Water Resources AK Bajaj management of the waters of Krishna River between warring Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Reforms in the military and improve Defence Ministry Lt. Gen. D.B. Shekatkar financial management. To prepare draft Ganga Act Ministry of Water Resources, River Justice Shri Girdhar Malviya Development and Ganga Rejuvenation To review the recommendations made Ministry of Human Resource Kewal Kumar Sharma by University Grants Commission (UGC) Development panel on implementation of the 7th pay commission in educational institutions To establish a regulated wholesale argi- State Government Mr. Ashok dalwai market at a distance of every 80 km To lay down technical standards for the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board Dr. R B Barman ( chairman, performance of core services and other of India (IBBI) national statistical services Commission) To compute timely data on employment Reserve Bank of India Arvind panagariya situation in the country www.BankExamsToday.com Page 2 List of Committees in India 3 To recommends measures for Water resources, river Madhav Chitale desiltation of river Ganga development and Ganga rejuvenation ministry To expand the scope of cases to be Reserve bank of India Pradeep Kumar. referred to the OC beyond those under S4A (scheme for sustainable structuring of stressed assets) as required currently. To examine the rules which allows free Ministry of Home Affairs Special secretary (internal movement of Indians and myanmarese Security) in the ministry of citizens within 16 km of the border. Home affairs- Smt Rina Mitra To draft the national education policy Human resource development krishnaswamy (HRD) ministry kasturirangan To improving the standards of corporate Stock Exchange Board of India - Uday kotak governance of listed companies SEBI To look at the stressed assets of the Reserve bank of India Pradeep kumar banking sector To support staff of the indian team and Supreme Court CK khanna then decide on the contracts that will be handed to the coaches To select national anti-profiteering Ministry of Finance And Corporate Pradeep kumar Sinha authority Affairs Deal with the players ‘ transfer dispute’ All India Football Federation( AIFF) Ushanath Banerjee The ministry of electronics and Ministry of electronics and Justice B N srikrishna information technology(meity) information technology(meity) appointed an expert panel committee that would study various issues relating to the data protection. To review the institutionalization of Ministry of Corporate Affairs Justice B N srikrishna arbitration mechanism (MCA) Genetically modified(GM) crop should Government of India Renuka chowdhury be introduced only after biosafety, socio-economics evaluation Rights- based privacy framework in Reserve Bank of India Tarun Ramadorai household finance Artificial intelligence(AI) for India’s Ministry of Commerce and Dr V kamakoti economics transformation Industry To review the national mineral policy, Government of India K Rajeswara rao 2008, and for submission of a report for a new national mineral policy. To enhance combat capability and Central Government of India shekatkar committee rebalancing defence expenditure of the armed forces www.BankExamsToday.com Page 3 List of Committees in India 4 The EAC is an independent body that PM of India Bibek debroy gives advice on economic and related topics to the government, especially to the prime minister The committee will review the core Sports Ministry Abhinav bindra probable list of each high priority and priority discipline for commonwealth games, Asian games and Olympics games. Committee has suggested that section Union Home Ministry T K viswanathan 78 of the IT Act needs to be substituted and section 153 & 550A of the Indian panel To help in implementing the new risk IRDAI(Insurance Regulatory and Dilip C chakraborty based capital(RBC) regime and it will Development Authority) also enhance protection to policy holders. To provide a first thrust to job creation NITI Aayog Dr Rajiv kumar by enhancing India’s export To monitor and resolve IT challenges Central Government Sushil kumar modi faced in implementation of goods and services Tax(GST) To look at the issues of export sector Central Government Hasmukh Adhia and to recommend to the GST council To examine and present a report on the Indian Parliament Bhupender yadav Financial resolution and deposit insurance bill, 2017 It is responsible for all the appointments Central Government PM Narendra modi of higher ranks in the central secretariat, public enterprises and financial institutions It deals with the activities pertaining to Central Government PM Narendra modi the economics of the country It is responsible for all the issues related Central Government PM Narendra modi to domestic and foreign affairs. It is most powerful cabinet committee. It is often referred as “super Cabinet”. It is one of the most important Central Government PM Narendra modi committee of India, it looks into the matter of defence expenditure and national security It is responsible for the allotment of Ministry of Home Affairs Rajnath singh accommodation of various top positions in the govt. of India www.BankExamsToday.com Page 4 List of Committees in India 5 To look after the progress of govt Ministry of Home Affairs Rajnath singh business in the parliament of India The commission would complete its Tamil Nadu Government A. Arumughaswamy inquiry and submit its report to the Tamil Nadu govt. within three months its constitution Union govt. setup an alternative Department of Telecom Arun jaitley mechanism panel headed by finance minister arun jaitley, to consider and oversee mergers among the India’s public sector banks It will examine the issue of corporation Ministry of External Affairs Shashi tharoor between India and China in international organizations Committee would analysis and approve Central Government Secretaries of the ministers plans for 5g rollout in India by 2020.This of communication, is amed to have Indian participation in information and defining global standards for 5g technology and science and technology technology, representatives from industry and academics Internal committee which will provide NITI Aayog Union minister of suggestions to Indian government on electronics and information framing a national policy on artificial technology intelligence(AI) To select the candidate
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