FINANCIAL COMMITTEES (2016-2017) A REVIEW PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE ESTIMATES COMMITTEE AND COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC UNDERTAKINGS LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI 2017 FINANCIAL COMMITTEES (2016-2017) (A REVIEW) PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE ESTIMATES COMMITTEE AND COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC UNDERTAKINGS LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI July, 2017/Ashadha, 1939 (Saka) PAC No. 2115 Price: ` 124.00 © 2017 BY LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT Published under Rule 382 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha (Fifteenth Edition) and Printed by the General Manager, Government of India Press, Minto Road, New Delhi-110 002. CONTENTS PAGE PREFACE ......................................................................................... (iii) CHAPTER IPUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE ............................................ 1 CHAPTER II ESTIMATES COMMITTEE ........................................................ 11 CHAPTER III COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC UNDERTAKINGS ................................. 20 APPENDICES I. Composition of the Public Accounts Committee (2016-17) ........................................................................... 24 II. Revised Composition of the Public Accounts Committee (2016-17) ........................................................................... 25 III. Subjects selected by the Public Accounts Committee for Examination (2016-17) ....................................................... 26 IV. Composition of the Sub-Committees of Public Accounts Committee (2016-17) ......................................................... 34 V. Re-constitution of the Sub-Committees of Public Accounts Committee (2016-17) ......................................................... 36 VI. Re-constitution of the Sub-Committees of Public Accounts Committee (2016-17) ......................................................... 38 VII. Constitution of the Sub-Committees and change in nomenclature of Sub-Committee-IV of Public Accounts Committee (2016-17) ......................................................... 40 VIII. Constitution of Sub-Group of Public Accounts Committee (2016-17) ........................................................................... 41 IX. Constitution of the Sub-Committee of Public Accounts Committee (2016-17) ......................................................... 42 X. Statement showing the details of the dates and duration of the sittings of the Public Accounts Committee (2016-17) [Main Committee] ............................................................. 43 XI. Statement showing the number of sittings attended by each Member of the Public Accounts Committee (2016-17) ..... 56 (ii) PAGE XII. Statement showing the details of the dates and duration of sittings of the Sub-Committees and Sub-Group of Public Accounts Committee (2016-17) .............................. 58 XIII. Statement showing the details of the Study Visit of the Public Accounts Committee (2016-17) .............................. 67 XIV. Composition of the Committee on Estimates (2016-17) .... 79 XV. Statement showing the details and duration of sittings of Committee on Estimates (2016-17), Attendance of Members and Subject (s) discussed ................................ 80 XVI. Statement showing the Number of sittings of the Committee on Estimates (2016-17) attended by each Member ............................................................................ 85 XVII. Composition of the Committee on Public Undertakings (2016-17) ........................................................................... 87 XVIII. Statement showing the details of the dates and duration of sittings of the Committee on Public Undertakings (2016-17), Attendance of Members and Subject (s) discussed. ....... 88 XIX. Statement showing the total number of sittings held by the Committee on Public Undertakings (2016-17) from commencement of its term upto 30th April, 2017 and number of sittings attended by each Member of the Committee.... 93 XX. The Study Visit of the Committee on Public Undertakings and places visited by them .............................................. 94 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, 2016 to 30th April, 2017. 2. For ease of reference, the statistical data have been presented in Tables and Appendices. NEW DELHI; 6 July, 2017 ANOOP MISHRA 15 Ashadha, 1939 (Saka) Secretary General (iii) CHAPTER I PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE I. Election and Composition The Public Accounts Committee for the year 2016-17 was constituted w.e.f. 01 May, 2016. It consisted of fifteen Members from Lok Sabha and seven Members from Rajya Sabha elected from amongst the Members of the respective Houses. The term of the Committee ended on 30 April, 2017. 1.2. Prof. K.V. Thomas, MP (LS) and a Member of the Committee was appointed as Chairperson by the Speaker vide Bulletin Part II dated 5 May, 2016. The composition of the Committee (2016-17) is given at Appendix I. 1.3 Consequent upon his appointment as Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs & Sports, Shri Vijay Goel, MP (RS), resigned from the Committee on 05.07.2016. Subsequently, Shri Bhupender Yadav, MP (RS) was elected in his place on 09.08.2016. II. Subjects selected for examination 1.4 The Public Accounts Committee selected 158 subjects/Audit paragraphs for examination during 2016-17. The details of these subjects are indicated at Appendix II. At their Sitting held on 18.05.2016, the Committee initially took up 100 subjects specified under Category I (subjects carried forward from predecessor Committee and selected fresh) and 6 subjects specified under Category II (subjects selected suo moto) for examination which were notified vide Bulletin Part-II dated 26 May, 2016. Out of these 100 subjects, 45 subjects were originally selected by the predecessor Committee. As the examination of these 45 subjects could not be completed by the earlier Committee, these subjects were reselected for examination during 2016-17. Subsequently, the Committee selected 3 subjects and the same were notified vide Bulletin Part-II dated 8 August, 2016. Another 35 subjects were selected vide Bulletin Part-II dated 31 August, 2016. The Committee also selected 8 additional subjects, which were notified vide Bulletin Part-II dated 11 January, 2017. Two subjects were also selected suo moto for examination and notified vide Bulletin Part-II dated 7 December, 2016 and 20 February, 2017 respectively. Subsequently, 4 additional subjects were selected by the Sub-Committees constituted to examine specific subjects. Thus, a total number of 158 subjects were selected by the Committee for examination during 2016-17, out of which 94 subjects were carried forward and 64 subjects were selected afresh. III. Constitution of Sub-Committees and Sub-Group 1.5 Eight Sub-Committees of the Public Accounts Committee were constituted to examine the subjects allocated to them during the term 2016-17. A Sub-Group to consider main points that emerged from the Global Tax Transparency Summit was 2 also constituted during the year. The Constitution of the Sub-Committees I to V were notified vide Bulletin Part-II dated 4 July, 2016. Subsequently, allocation of subjects to Sub-Committees I to V was notified vide Bulletin Part-II dated 8 July, 2016. However, Sub-Committees I to IV were reconstituted and Sub-Committee V remained unchanges as notified vide Bulletin Part-II dated 31 August, 2016. Further, Sub-Committees I to V were again reconstituted and Sub-Committee VI was constituted vide Bulletin Part-II dated 9 September, 2016. The Constitution of Sub- Committee-VII and the change in nomenclature of Sub-Committee-IV was notified vide Bulletin Part-II dated 29 September, 2016. The Constitution of Sub-Group to consider main points that emerged from the Global Tax Transparency Summit was notified vide Bulletin Part-II dated 2 January, 2017. The Constitution of Sub- Committee-VIII was notified vide Bulletin Part II dated 20 March, 2017. The Composition of Sub-Committees and the Sub-Group is given at Appendix III. The composition of the Sub-Committees is given at Appendix IV. These Sub-Committees and Sub-Group were entrusted with the examination of the following subjects as indicated against each of them:— (i) Sub-Committee-I (i) "Improper Management of Defence Land" based (Defence) on para 2.1 of C & AG Report No. 30 of 2013; (ii) "Absence of Effective Control Resulting in Non- Recovery of Outstanding Dues" based on para 2.5 of C&AG Report No. 30 of 2013; (iii) "Extra Expenditure on Account of Provision of Unauthorised Strengthening Measures in Buildings" based on para 3.5 of C&AG Report No. 30 of 2013; (iv) "Undue Benefit to a Foreign Supplier by Allowing Exchange Rate Variation" based on para 6.3 of C&AG Report No. 30 of 2013; (v) "Undue Benefit to a Foreign Firm by Diluting the Conditions in the Tender— Enquiry and Contract" based on para 6.4 of C&AG Report No. 30 of 2013; (vi) "Procurement of trainer aircraft" based on para 2.1 of C&AG Report No. 34 of 2014; (vii) "Procurement of Air Combat Manoeuvring Instrumentation System' based on para 2.3 of C&AG Report No. 34 of 2014; (viii) "Unfruitful investment in procurement of Torpedo" based on para 2.4 of C&AG Report No. 34 of 2014; and (ix) "Inordinate delay in Indigenisation of TATRA Vehicles" based on para 2.1 of C&AG Report No. 35 of 2014. (ii) Sub-Committee-II