Committee and Recommendations
What is Committee?
The word committee belongs to a group of people or members of an organization or a governing body, individual or a group appointed by an agency or authority.
Few definitions here for understand the term
A committee is a body of one or more persons that is subordinate to a deliberative assembly.
A person to whom a charge or trust is committed — committee in a sentence.
A group of people appointed for a specific function by a larger group and typically consisting of members of that group, a person.
A committee is a group of people who meet to make decisions or plans for a larger group.
Types of Committee: There are three main types of committees: standing, select or special, and joint.
Standing: a permanent committee that meets regularly.
Or Committee with a continued existence, formed to do its assigned work on an ongoing basis.
Example: Budget and finance committees, committee consisting of Members of Parliament.
Standing committees are the only committees that can actually recommend a bill (in Congressional language, that’s called being reported out of committee). They’re also the ones that set funding levels, called authorizations, and they keep an eye on federal agencies and the work they do, a duty called oversight.
Subcommittees are formed by most committees to share specific tasks within the jurisdiction of the full committee.
Select or Special: A select or special committee is a congressional committee appointed to perform a special function that is beyond the authority or capacity of a standing committee.
Committees frequently hold hearings to receive testimony from individuals not on the committee. Hearings may be for legislative, oversight, or investigative purposes. Legislative hearings are those addressing measures before the committee, and they may address many measures on a given subject.
Joint Committee: A joint committee is a committee made up of members of both chambers of a bicameral legislature. In other contexts, it refers to a committee with members from more than one organization.
For Example Joint Parliamentary committee
What is Recommendation?
A suggestion or proposal as to the best course of action, especially one put forward by an authoritative body.
Or a suggestion that something is good or suitable for a particular purpose or job
Or an opinion given by an analyst to his/her clients about whether a given stock is worth buying or not.
Or the action of recommending something or someone.
Or is something advised or suggested.
Recommendation Letter: A recommendation letter or letter of recommendation, also known as a letter of reference, reference letter or simply reference, is a document in which the writer assesses the qualities, characteristics
A recommendation letter is a written reference that offers information about your character. Recommendation letters may include details about your personality, work ethic, community involvement, and/or academic achievements.
Recommendation letters are used by many people for many different occasions. There are three basic categories or recommendation letters: academic recommendations, employment recommendations, and character recommendations.
There are three types of Recommendation letters:
Academic Recommendation Letters
Employment Recommendations
Character References
A committee letter is a composite letter of recommendation that is put together by the Health Careers Advisory Committee here at UCD. In summary, what happens is you the student complete the application process for a letter. If you give us envelopes addressed to the dental schools, the letter is sent.
| Serial No | Committee on Coal and Steel | |
| 1 | Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment | |
| 2 | Committee on Urban Development | |
| 3 | Committee on Rural Development | |
| 4 | Committee on Human Resource Development | |
| 5 | Committee on labour | |
| 6 | Committee on Industry | |
| 7 | Committee on Health and Family Welfare | |
| 8 | Committee on Information Technology | |
| 9 | Committee on Finance | |
| 10 | Committee on Defence | |
| 11 | Committee on External Affairs | |
| 12 | Committee on Agriculture | |
| 13 | Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture | |
| 14 | Committee on Energy | |
| 15 | Committee on Information Technology | |
| 16 | Committee on Railways | |
| 17 | Committee of Privileges | |
| 18 | Committee on Private Members’ Bills and Resolutions | |
| 19 | House Committee | |
| 20 | Joint Committee on Security in Parliament House Complex | |
| 21 | Committee on Food Management in Parliament House Complex | |
| 22 | Committee on Ethics | |
| Naresh Chandra Committee | Corporate governance | |
| Kelkar Committee | First committee on backward castes | |
| Justice B.N.Kirpal Committee | 1st chairman National Forest Commission | |
| Rangarajan Committee | Statistics | |
| Narasimham Committee | Banking sector reforms | |
| Ram Nandan Prasad Committee | Constitution of creamy layers among Backward Castes | |
| Abid Hussain Committee | Recommendations on Small scale industries | |
| Wardha Committee | Inquiry on murder of Graham Staines | |
| James Lyngdoh Committee | Student politics and student-body elections in colleges | |
| Dinesh Goswami Committee | electoral reforms | |
| Central Information Commission | Receiving and inquiring into complaints from aggrieved persons | |
| Commission for Centre-State Relations | Review of working of existing arrangements between Union and States i.e. power, functions, and responsibilities in all spheres | |
| Commission on Criminal Justice | Reformation of criminal justice system, compensation to victims, and effective investment etc. | |
| Election Commission | Preparation of the electoral rolls, direction, superintendence, and control of elections to Parliament and State Legislatures, recognition of political parties and allotment of symbols and also conducting elections to offices of Presidents and Vice-Presidents of India. | |
| Law Commission | To suggest for implementation and development in constitutional and legal matters including the human way of death penalty | |
| Mandal Commission | Headed by Bindheshwari Prasad Mandal to consider the question of seat reservations and quotas for people to redress caste discrimination, and used eleven social, economic, and educational indicators to determine “backwardness.” | |
| Mukherjee Commission | A one-man board of Justice Manoj Mukherjee, a retired judge of the Supreme Court of India which was instituted in 1999 to enquire into the controversy surrounding the reported death of Subhas Chandra Bose in 1945 | |
| National Commission for Scheduled Castes | To investigate and monitor all matters relating to the safeguards provided for the SCs, to inquire into specific complaints on deprivation of rights of SCs to participate and advice on the planning process of socioeconomic development of SCs. | |
| National Commission on Minorities | To evaluate the progress of the development of minorities under the Union and States, look into complaints regarding the deprivation of minorities rights | |
| National Forest Commission | Review and assessment of existing forest policy, legal frame work on scientific and economic point of examination of current statutes of forest administration and institutions and policy on development and wild life management | |
| National Human Rights Commission | Receiving complaint from victim, directions to Government, etc. and rehabilitation to victims | |
| Planning Commission | To oversee the 5 years planning program for the economic development etc. in India | |
| Shah Commission | Inquire into all the excesses committed in the Indian Emergency (1975 – 77). It was headed by Justice J.C. Shah | |
| National Commission for Women | Investigation and examination of all matters relating to safeguards provided for women, take up cases relating to women to other authorities and to look into complaints relating to deprivation of women’s rights | |
| National Commission for Scheduled Tribes | o investigate and monitor the matters relating to safeguards provided for STs, to inquire into specific complaints on deprivation of rights of STs | |
| National Commission to Review the Working of Constitution of India | Study of working of Constitution. in key area | |
| National Judicial Commission | Appointment of Judges in high judiciary and transfer of High Court Judges | |
| National Knowledge Commission | The Commission was to recommend reform of the education sector, research labs, and intellectual property legislation; as well as consider whether the Government could itself upgrade its use of the latest techniques to make its workings more transparent | |
| J.C.Kumarappa Committee | Congress agrarian Reforms Committee | |
| Rangarajan Committee | Statistics | |
| Wardha Committee | Inquiry on murder of Graham Staines | |
| Mashelkar Committee | National Auto Fuel Policy | |
| Yashpal Committee | Review of School Education system | |
| Ram Nandan Prasad Committee | Constitution of creamy layers among Backward Castes | |
| Thorat Committee | Caste-based discrimination against students in AIIMS | |
| Ganguli Committee | Review of health facility planning and healthcare engineering and management | |
| K.T. Thomas Committee | To look into ways of enhancing the effectives of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act | |
| Satwant Reddy Committee | Review of laws relating to registration of pharmaceutical drugs and clinical trials | |
| Tarkunde Committee | composition of the Election Commission and other electoral reforms | |
| Butler Committee | Relation between Indian states & paramount power | |
| P.C.Hotha Committee | Restructuring of civil services | |
| G.V.Ramakrishna Committee | Disinvestment in PSU shares | |
| Chakravarti Committee | Banking sector reforms | |
| Bhanu Pratap Singh Committee | Agriculture | |
| Chelliah Committee | Eradicating black money | |
| Sawant Committee | Enquiry on corruption, charges against ministers & Anna Hazare | |
| Jyoti Basu Committee | Report on Octroi abolition | |
| Balwant Rai Mehta Committee | Recommendations on decentralization system | |
Questions and Answers:
- Which of the following states got the highest share in taxes by the 14th Finance Commission recommendation?
(A) Maharashtra
(B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Bihar
(D) Madhya Pradesh
Answer B
- Who establishes the Finance Commission in India?
(A) President
(B) Finance Minister
(C) Parliament
(D) Governor of Reserve Bank of India
Answer A
- The Constituent Assembly was set up under the recommendations of
(A) Crips Mission
(B) Cabinet Mission Plan
(C) Wevell Plan
(D) Mountbotten Plan
Answer B
- The constituent Assembly set up a Drafting Committee under the chairmanship of
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru
(B) Rajendra Prasad
(C) Dr. B.R.Ambedkar
(D) Krupalini
Answer C
- Who was the chairman of Drafting Committee?
(A) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
(B) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru
(D) B. Pattabhi Sitaramaiah
Answer D
- Who was the chairman of Minorities Committee?
(A) Harendra Coomar Mukerjee
(B) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru
(D) B. Pattabhi Sitaramaiah
Answer A
- Which among the following is not a standing committee?
(A) Public accounts committee
(B) Ethics committee
(C) Railway convention committee
(D) Business advisory committee
Answer C
- Which among the following is NOT true about the Estimates Committee?
- The first Estimates Committee of the post-independence era was first set up in 1950
- Estimates Committee has a right to question the policies approved by the Parliament
- It consists of members that are both from Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
- Chairman of the Estimates Committee is always from the Opposition party
(A) Only 4
(B) Only 3
(C) Only 2 and 4
(D) Only 2, 3 and 4
Answer D
- Which of the following statement is wrong with regard to Parliamentary Committee?
(A) Parliamentary Committee is appointed/elected by the speaker/chairman
(B) Works under the guidance of speaker/chairman
(C) Has a secretariat provided by the president of India
(D) Submits its reports to house or speaker/chairman
Answer C
- How many members are in Public Account Committee?
(A) 22
(B) 15
(C) 7
(D) 10
Answer A
- Which of the following statement is not correct about Public Account Committee?
(A) Public Account Committee is made as per the provision of Govt. of India Act, 1919
(B) This Committee consists of members from both the house of the Parliament
(C) Term of the members of the Committee is 5 year
(D) A minister cannot be member of the Committee
Answer C
- Which of the following committee enforces code of conduct of members of Parliament?
(a) Ethics committee
(b) House committee
(c) Committee of privileges
(d) Ad-hoc committee
Answer A