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Committee Year Details S.No 1 S.K.Dhar 1948 Linguistic Provinces Commission 2 JVP Committee (Jawaharlal Nehru, To consider the recommendations of Dhar Vallahbhai Patel, Pattabhi 1948 Commission. This committee also rejected Sitaramayya) the linguistic factor of reorganization of the states. 3 Fazl Ali Commission 1953 To visit the whole question of whether the December linguistic basis of separation of states can be considered or not. 4 Swaran Singh Committee 1976 Fundamental Duties To study the problems faced by panchayat raj 5 L.M Singhvi Committee 1986 institutions (1/3rd of SC/ST Reservation) (Collector will be the head of zilla parishid) 6 Ajay Chhibber 2015 Niti Aayog Commission 7 Kaka 1953 January First Backward Classes Commission 29 8 P.V. Rajamanar Committee 1969 Centre-State Relations Inquiry Committee September 2 9 1983 To examine the central-state relationship 10 M.M.Punchhi Committee 2007 Centre-State Relationship Demand for separate statehood for Telangana 11 Srikrishna Committee 2010 or keep the State united in the present form, February 3 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 To probe the Godhra train burning incident of 27 February 2002. Its mandate was later 15 Nanavati-Mehta Commission 2002 March 6 enlarged to include the investigation of the 2002 Gujarat riots. To examine the working of the Community 16 Balwant Rai Mehta Committee 1957 January Development Programme(1952) and the National Extension Service(1953) Panchayat Raj Institutions (Recommends 3- 17 Ashok Mehta Committee 1977 tier system of Panchayati Raj should be December replaced by the 2-tier system) Socially and Educationally Backward 18 B.P 1979 January Classes Commission (27% Reservation for

3 Easy to PICK UPSC “PT” DNA 1 OBC)Second Backward Classes Commission To enquire about diarchy, instituted by the 19 Muddiman Committee 1920 Montague-Chelmsford Reforms. 20 B.N.Kirpal Commission 2003 First National Forest Commission (NFC) Development and Regulation of Derivative 21 L.C Gupta Committee 1996 Markets in India November 18 22 Bhanu Pratap Singh Committee 1964 Agriculture 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 Committee 1990 Electoral Reforms 27 Malhotra Committee 1993 Insurance Sector Reforms To consider methodological and 28 Lakdawala Committee 1989 computational aspects of estimation of proportion and number of poor in India. It identified the remoteness of planning agencies, at the District Level from the 29 Dantwala Committee 1978 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 among the OBC 32 Raja Chelliah committee 1991-93 Tax Reforms 33 Raghuram Rajan Committee 2007 Financial Sector Reforms 34 Abid Hussain Committee Trade Policy Reform, Small Scale Industries 35 1964-1966 National Education Commission 36 Lyngdoh Committee 2006 To examine student election in universites 37 First Narasimham Committee 1991 Financial system 38 Second Narasimham Committee 1992 Progress review of the implementation of the banking reforms 39 Gadgil Commission 2011 Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) 40 Kasturirangan committee 2013 Western Ghats 41 Moraji Desai then Hanumanthaiah 1966 January First Administrative Reforms Commission 5 42 Veerappa Moily & V.Ramachandran 2004 Second Administrative Reforms Commission Committee which will suggest on policy matters pertaining to development of 43 Municipal bonds development 2020 municipal debt securities and facilitate municipalities for issuance of such bonds.

4 Easy to PICK UPSC “PT” DNA The panel will advise Sebi on issues related to regulation and development of primary and secondary market of municipal debt securities.

44. 15th to boost 2020 The panel will recommend measurable agri exports performance incentives for States to encourage agri exports as well as to promote crops to enable high import substitution, the Finance Commission A high-level committee on Assam Accord’s Clause 6 on 25th February submitted its report to Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal 45. High-level committee on Assam 2020 in Guwahati. The committee, headed by retired Accord’s Clause Justice Biplab Sharma, gave recommendations and measures to implement the Clause 6 of the Assam Accord. Now, the Assam government will send the report to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) for the follow-up action.

46 Committee to draft the National 2020 The committee established by the Ministry of Water Policy Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, will outline the new National Water Policy (NWP) for the country. The committee, comprising of 11 members including Dr Shah, will draft the National Water Policy (NWP) and will

The Supreme Court on 16th January said it would appoint one of its retired judges, Justice 47 Road safety committee 2020 Abhay Manohar Sapre, as the chairman of its committee on road safety after the panel’s current head — former apex court judge Justice K S P Radhakrishnan — expressed difficulty in continuing in that position.The bench has posted the matter for further hearing in July. The Supreme Court has, through a unique step, set up a panel to firm up a draft legislation to give legal sanctity to disputes settled through mediation, which would then be sent to the government as a suggestion from the apex 48 Draft mediation law 2020 court. The panel, to be headed by mediator Niranjan

5 Easy to PICK UPSC “PT” DNA Bhat, will recommend a code of conduct for mediators, who are legal experts. On January 12, the committee met in Hyderabad to consider suggestions for a legislation put forth by mediators from all over India. The mediators emphasised on confidentiality, the voluntary nature of the process, neutrality, avoiding conflicts of interest, enforceability of settlement etc.

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity) has framed an 8- 49 Expert panel to examine non- 2019 membered high-level panel headed by Infosys personal data regulation co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan to study issues related to non-personal data and suggest the ways to regulate non-personal data. The RBI (Reserve Bank of India) panel has suggested creating an institution like the GST (Goods and Services Tax ) Council to implement reforms in the agricultural sector. It 50 Set up of a federal body like GST 2019 was also recommended to transfer subsidy council for the agriculture sector directly to the account and avoid debt waiver. i. The panel stated that subsidy on interest subvention or agricultural credit should be converted into direct benefit transfer (DBT) like LPG (Liquefied petroleum gas) and fertilizer with an overall limit of Rs 3 lakh per individual farmer through Kisan Credit Card (KCC) mode. ii. Banks should increase credit supply for agricultural activities and give consumption loans to farmers up to Rs 1 lakh The Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Karnataka 51 IBA’s Managing Committee 2019 Bank, M S Mahabaleshwara was included in the Managing Committee of Indian Banks Association (IBA). He was elected unopposed from the private sector member banks category.

The panel headed by Harsh Vardhan, senior advisor, Bain and Co., for the development

6 Easy to PICK UPSC “PT” DNA of housing finance securitisation market has submitted its report to the governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Shaktikanta Das. 52 Development of housing finance 2019 i. The panel suggested that the National securitisation market Housing Bank (NHB) should create an intermediary for standard-setting and market- making for the instruments. Intermediary could operate either directly through the NHB, the Indian Mortgage Guarantee Corporation (IMGC), or the RBI could set up a new organisation. ii. The new entity would have 51% ownership by the government through the NHB initially. The government ownership in the entity would then be gradually reduced to 26% over a period of 5 years. The remaining capital of 49% may be initially raised from multilateral agencies. It will start with Rs 500 crore of initial capital and it would be allowed to invest in each pool it securitizes to the extent of 5% of the pool, or 5% of its own capital base Centre has appointed defence Secretary Shri Sanjay Mitra to head a 3-member panel to look into assets, liabilities of Jammu and Kashmir(J&K) between two successor Union 53 Assets, liabilities of J&K 2019 territories(UT) J&K and Ladakh, that comes into effect on October 31, 2019. Background: The centre, announced the withdrawal of the special status granted to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 of the Constitution and bifurcation of the state into two UTs on August 5, 2019. 54 Action against mob lynching/ mob 2019 Union home minister & BJP( Bharatiya Janata violence Party ) President, Amit Shah will now head a 4-member panel of ministers, which was created in 2018 to propose action against mob lynching. The Task Force formed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Offshore Rupee Markets headed by Usha Thorat has 55 RBI’s Task Force on Offshore 2019 recommended the extension of onshore market Rupee Markets hours to 9 am to 9 pm, from 9 am to 5 pm, to improve access of overseas users and allow

7 Easy to PICK UPSC “PT” DNA Indian banks to freely offer prices to global clients around the clock The government has set up a committee of secretaries (CoS) under Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba to suggest measures to mitigate 56 Help ease stress in telecom sector 2019 the financial stress in the telecom sector, which is looking at a payout of Rs 1.33 trillion to clear statutory dues. it will consider issues such as deferment of spectrum auction for two years and reduction in spectrum usage charges, and take a relook at the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) charges.

A high-level advisory group (HLAG) on trade and policy has recommended simpler regulatory and tax framework for overseas 57 Easier entry to foreign investors 2019 investment funds, allowing individual investment from abroad in Indian debt and capital markets, and state-specific policies to facilitate foreign direct investment in agro- processing. 58 Women Help Desks, More Anti- 2019 Women and Child Development Minister human Trafficking Units to be Set Smriti Irani said that women help desks will be Up Using Nirbhaya Fund set up in police stations across the country and more anti-human trafficking units established in all districts using the Nirbhaya fund. The committee suggested that: Capital contribution by a CIC in a step-down CIC, over and above 10 percent of its owned

funds, should be deducted from its ‘adjusted 59 Tighter Rules For Core Investment 2019 Companies net worth’. Further, step-down CICs may not be permitted to invest in any other CIC, but allowed to invest freely in other group companies. Existing entities can be given a two-year glide path to comply with the rules.The number of layers of CICs in a group should not exceed two, as in case of other companies under the Companies Act. Again, a two-year glide path has been suggested for existing firms.

8 Easy to PICK UPSC “PT” DNA It will be chaired by Mihir Shah, who is a former Planning Commission member and a water expert. The committee has 10 principal 60 Draft new water policy 2019 members, including Shashi Shekhar, a former secretary of Water Resources, and A.B. Pandya, former chairman of the Central Ground Water Board. The committee is expected to produce a report within six months. Olympic bronze-medallist shooter Gagan Narang, former football captain Baichung Bhutia and national badminton coach Pullela 61 Sports Ministry to review the 2019 Gopichand have been named in a 13-member controversial Draft National Sports expert committee formed by the Sports Code 2017. Ministry to review the controversial Draft National Sports Code 2017. The expert committee will be headed by Supreme Court judge Justice (Retd) Mukundakam Sharma as its chairman.“The committee will try to strike a balance between autonomy of NSFs vis-a-vis need for transparency and autonomy.` Defence Minister Rajnath Singh chaired a meeting of the Consultative Committee of 62 Parliament’s meeting of 2019 Parliament for the Ministry of Defence in Consultative Committee New Delhi.The subject of the meeting was Border Roads Organisation, BRO. Director General BRO Lt Gen Harpal Singh gave a detailed presentation on the working of the organisation, especially on maintaining operational road infrastructure for the armed forces in border areas. The Finance Commission submitted its report for the financial year 2020-21 to President Ram Nath Kovind on 63 15th Finance Commission submits 2019 5th December. The Commission headed by N its report for 2020-21 K Singh apprised the President of the recommendations contained therein.The 15th Finance Commission was constituted by the under Article 280 of the Constitution on November 27, 2017, to make recommendations for a period of five years from April 2020 to March 2025. Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu on 5th December announced the formation of

9 Easy to PICK UPSC “PT” DNA 64 Rajya Sabha forms informal group 2019 a 14-member informal group to study to study issues related to issues related to pornographic content on the pornographic content on Internet, Internet and social media platforms.Congress social media leader Jairam Ramesh will co-ordinate the group which will submit its report within a month.

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