COMMITTEES OF RAJYA SABHA AND OTHER PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES AND BODIES ON WHICH RAJYA SABHA IS REPRESENTED (2017-18) (As on 13th October, 2017) Com. Co-ord. Sec. PARLIAMENT OF INDIA R A J Y A S A B H A COMMITTEES OF RAJYA SABHA AND OTHER PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES AND BODIES ON WHICH RAJYA SABHA IS REPRESENTED (Corrected upto 13th October, 2017) RAJYA SABHA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI (13th October, 2017) OFFICERS OF RAJYA SABHA CHAIRMAN Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu DEPUTY CHAIRMAN Prof. P.J. Kurien SECRETARY-GENERAL Shri Desh Deepak Verma PREFACE The publication aims at providing information on Members of Rajya Sabha serving on various Committees of Rajya Sabha, Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committees, Joint Committees and other Bodies. The names of Chairmen of the various Standing Committees and Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committees along with their local residential addresses and telephone numbers have also been shown at the beginning of the publication. The names of Members of the Lok Sabha serving on the Joint Committees on which Rajya Sabha is represented have also been included under the respective Committees for information. Change of nominations/elections of Members of Rajya Sabha in various Parliamentary Committees/Statutory Bodies is an ongoing process. As such, some information contained in the publication may undergo change by the time this is brought out. When new nominations/elections of Members to Committees/Statutory Bodies are made or changes in these take place, the same get updated in the Rajya Sabha website. The main purpose of this publication, however, is to serve as a primary source of information on Members representing various Committees and other Bodies on which Rajya Sabha is represented upto a particular period. For updated position, it is advisable to visit the Rajya Sabha Website. Desh Deepak Verma Secretary-General New Delhi; 13th October, 2017 Asvina 21, 1939 (Saka) C O N T E N T S Pages Chairmen of Committees v- viii Abbreviations ix-x I. Standing Committees of Rajya Sabha No. of Pages Members of Rajya Sabha in the Body 1. Business Advisory Committee 10 1 2. General Purposes Committee 26 1 3. Committee on Rules 15 1-2 4. Committee of Privileges 10 2 5. House Committee 10 2 6. Committee on Subordinate Legislation 15 2-3 7. Committee on Petitions 10 3 8. Committee on Government Assurances 10 3 9. Committee on Papers Laid on the Table 10 3 10. Committee on Provision of Computers to Members of Rajya Sabha 12 4 11. Committee on Ethics 10 4 12. Committee on Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme 13 4 (Rajya Sabha) II. Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committees 13. Committee on Commerce 10 5 14. Committee on Health and Family Welfare 10 6 15. Committee on Home Affairs 10 7 16. Committee on Human Resource Development 10 8 17. Committee on Industry 10 9 18. Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice 10 10 19. Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests 10 11 20. Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture 10 12 21. Committee on Agriculture 10 13 22. Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers 10 14 23. Committee on Coal and Steel 10 15 24. Committee on Defence 10 16 25. Committee on Energy 10 17 26. Committee on External Affairs 10 18 27. Committee on Finance 10 19 28. Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution 10 20 29. Committee on Information Technology 10 21 30. Committee on Labour 10 22 31. Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas 10 23 32. Committee on Railways 10 24 33. Committee on Rural Development 10 25 34. Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment 10 26 35. Committee on Urban Development 10 27 36. Committee on Water Resources 10 28 i III. Parliamentary Committees with which Rajya Sabha Members are associated 37. Committee on Public Accounts 7 29 38. Committee on Public Undertakings 7 29 39. Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes 10 30 40. Committee on Welfare of Other Backward Classes 10 31 IV. Joint Parliamentary Committees on which Rajya Sabha is represented 41. Committee on Empowerment of Women 10 32 42. Committee on Food Management in Parliament House Complex 5 33 43. Library Committee 3 33 44. Committee on Offices of Profit 5 34 45. Joint Parliamentary Committee on Installation of Portraits/Statues of National 4 34 Leaders and Parliamentarians in Parliament House Complex 46. Railway Convention Committee 6 35 47. Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament 5 35 48. Joint Parliamentary Committee on Security in Parliament House Complex 3 36 49. Joint Parliamentary Committee on Maintenance of Heritage Character and 3 36 Development of Parliament House Complex V. Parliamentary Fora with which Rajya Sabha Members are associated 50. Rajya Sabha Forum on Panchayati Raj 17 37 VI. Other Bodies on which Rajya Sabha is represented 51. Advisory Council of the Delhi Development Authority 1 38 52. Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority 1 38 53. All India Council for Technical Education 1 38 54. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 1 38 55. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal 1 38 56. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna 1 38 57. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur 1 38 58. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur 1 39 59. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh 1 39 60. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar 1 39 61. Anjuman (Court) of Jamia Millia Islamia University 1 39 62. Board of Governors of the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and 1 39 Research, (NIPER), Mohali 63. Board of Governors of the National Institute of Fashion Technology 1 39 64. Board of Management of Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, 1 39 Lucknow 65. Central Advisory Board of Archaeology 1 40 66. Central Advisory Board of Education 2 40 67. Central Advisory Committee for the National Cadet Corps 1 40 68. Central Advisory Committee under the Building and other Construction 1 40 Workers (Regulations of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 69. Central Committee of the Tuberculosis Association of India 1 40 70. Central Coordination Committee 1 40 71. Central Silk Board 2 40 72. Central Supervisory Board constituted under Section 7(1) of the Pre- 1 41 conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994 73. Central Wakf Council 1 41 ii 74. Coconut Development Board 1 41 75. Coffee Board 1 41 76. Coir Board 1 41 77. Committee on Official Language 10 41 78. Council of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 1 42 79. Council of the Institutes of Technology 1 42 80. Court of the Assam University 2 42 81. Court of the Aligarh Muslim University 4 42 82. Court of the Banaras Hindu University 1 42 83. Court of English and Foreigh Languages University 1 42 84. Court of the Indian Maritime University 2 42 85. Court of the Indira Gandhi National Tribal University 1 43 86. Court of the Jawaharlal Nehru University 4 43 87. Court of the Manipur University 2 43 88. Court of the Nagaland University 1 43 89. Court of the North-Eastern Hill University 2 43 90. Court of the Pondicherry University 1 43 91. Court of the Rajiv Gandhi University 1 43 92. Court of the University of Allahabad 1 44 93. Court of the University of Delhi 1 44 94. Court of the University of Hyderabad 2 44 95. Court of Tripura University 1 44 96. Employees’ State Insurance Corporation 1 44 97. General Assembly of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations 1 44 98. General Body of the Central Social Welfare Board 1 44 99. Governing Body of the Indian Council of Medical Research 1 45 100. General Council of the Netaji Subhash Institute of Technology, Delhi 1 45 101. General Council of the School of Planning and Architecture 1 45 102. General Council of Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad 1 45 103. Governing Council of North-Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of 1 45 Health and Medical Sciences, Shillong 104. Haj Committee 1 45 105. Hindi Shiksha Samiti 2 45 106. Indian Council of Agricultural Research Society 2 46 107. Indian Council of World Affairs 3 46 108. Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research Council 1 46 109. Indian Nursing Council 1 46 110. Institute of Constitutional and Parliamentary Studies 1 46 111. Jawaharlal Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research, 1 46 Puducherry 112. Marine Products Export Development Authority 1 46 113. National Board for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises 1 46 114. National Council for Senior Citizens 1 46 115. National Council for Teachers Education 1 47 116. National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences, Bangalore 1 47 117. National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research 1 47 (NITSER) Council 118. National Jute Board 1 47 119. National Monitoring Committee for Minorities’ Education 2 47 120. National Oilseeds and Vegetable Oils Development Board 1 48 121. National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction 2 47 122. National Shipping Board 2 48 123. National Social Security Board for Unorganised Workers 1 48 iii 124. National Tiger Conservation Authority 1 48 125. National Welfare Board for Seafarers 1 48 126. Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 1 48 127. Press Council of India 2 48 128. Rajghat Samadhi Committee 1 49 129. Rehabilitation Council of India 1 49 130. Rubber Board 1 49 131. Samsad (Court) of Visva Bharati 2 49 132. Spices Board 1 49 133. Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, 1 49 Thiruvananthapuram 134.