Committees and Commisions (till 2015)

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Guys, it would be helpful if you could add from your side on those committees and
commissions which were left out (relevance doesn't matter). I am planning to segregate
these on the basis of relevance later on (looking forward to your inputs). A short note on
each " relevant" committee will also be great.
Important Committees is news 1. G. Padmanabhan Committee: implementation of Bharat Bill Payment System (BPPS)
2. B. Shivraman Committee: for Nabard
3. Nachiket Mor Committee: for small and payments bank, to permits NBFCs to work as
Business Correspondents of banks, For framing Financial inclusion policies.
4. Deepak Mohanty Committee: on Data and Information Management in the Reserve
Bank of India
5. K.K. Mehrotra Committee: to inquire gas leakage in Bhilai Steel Plant.
6. PJ Nayak: to review Governance of Boards of Banks in India.
7. M P Bezbaruah: to suggest suitable remedial measures to address concerns regarding
security of people from North East.
8. B. Sambamurthy: panel favours single mobile banking app on all SIMs. Panel
recommended that customers should not be required to visit the bank branch for mobile
number registration.
9. Vijay Kelkar Committee : appointed by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry to
prepare a road map to make India self-sufficient in oil and natural gas by 2030, fiscal
consolidation
10. Vishnu Sahay committee: look probe into the Muzaffarnagar communal violence.
11. Urjit Patel Committee - to examine the current monetary policy framework
12. T Haque Committee : to examine introduction of MSP for Non-Timber forest
produce(NTFP)
13. Nachiket Mor - committee on comprehensive financial services for small businesses
and low-income households.
14. Justice A.P. Shah committee : to head panel on road safety, KKNPP & Privacy
15. Anil Kaushal committee: to examine the recommendations made by the TRAI on
pricing of Spectrum.

16. Bimal Jalan panel : to scrutinize applications for new bank licenses.
17. Parthasarathi Shome. for Tax Administration Reform Commission (TARC), Suggest a
system to enforce better tax compliance, implementation of GAAR (General Anti
Avoidance Rule)
18. Kirit Parikh panel : on fuel pricing has suggested that the diesel prices should be
increased by Rs 1-1.50 a litre every month as against the 45-50 paise monthly hike
followed currently.
19. K U.B. Rao : the idea of setting up Bullion Bank or Bullion Corporation of India
20. Arvind Mayaram Panel: report on the alleged irregularities at the National Spot
Exchange Ltd (NSEL)
21. Arvind Mayaram Committee for giving clear definitions to Foreign Direct Investment
(FDI) and Foreign Institutional Investment (FII)
22. Suma Verma Committee - to update, and revise the Banking Ombudsman Scheme,
2006
23. Damodran Committee: on improvement of customer services in banks
24. Shri M. Narasimham Committee: on Banking Sector Reforms
25. Shri Raghuram Rajan Committee: on Financial Sector Reforms
26. Shri B. Mahapatra Committee: to review the existing prudential guidelines on
restructuring of advances by banks/financial institutions
27. Shri Aditya Puri Committee: Dissemination of Credit Information
28. K M Chandrasekhar committee: for rationalization of foreign investment norms
28. Shri Pulak Kumar Sinha Committee: to study the feasibility of Aadhaar as an
additional factor for authentication of card present transactions
29. Mukul Mudgal Committee: looking into US giant Walmarts lobbying activities to
enter India, to look at process of film clearance, to probe IPL spot-fixing, on reforms in
the cinematographic act in the aftermath of the vishwaroopam controversy
30. MBN Rao Committee: to prepare the blueprint of Indias first womens bank
31. Committee Set Up On Uttarakhand Floods: The committee will be headed by AK
Ganju (Chairman, Ganga Flood Control Commission, Patna)
32. JS Mathur committee: to revise Newspaper Advertisement Rates.
33. KV Kamath Committee: To examine financial architecture for MSME sector.
34. Bhandari Committee: Reconstruction of RRBs
35. Naresh Chandra committee: 14 member task force on security issues
36. Deepak Parekh committee: for Financing Infrastructure sector
37. BK Chaturvedi Panel : to consider the efficacy of forest Clearance procedures
38. K. Ratna Prabha : Committee on indecent depiction of women in media
39. Ram Nandan Prasad Committee Constitution of creamy layers among Backward
Castes.

40. Tishyarakshit Chatterjee Committee : set up by MoE&F in 2012 to suggest criteria

for demarcating forest & mining areas as inviolate areas
41. SK Srivastava Committee: to formulate a policy on public-private partnership model
to raise coal output
42. Janakiraman Committee: To investigate the security transactions of the bank
43. MS Ahluwalia committee: to evaluate aspects related to set up of Nalanda University
44. Sitakant Mahapatra committee: for inclusion of Bhojpuri language in eighth schedule
of constitution
45. N R Narayana Murthy committee: for evaluation of corporate sector participation in
Higher Education.
46. C Rangarajan committee: for poverty scale estimates in the country, look into all
the issues relating to the deregulation of the sugar sector, Production Sharing Contract
Mechanism in Petroleum Industry
47. MB Shah Committee: for inspection of illegal mining activities, Black Money
48. N Rangachary committee: to examine taxation policies for I.T. sector
49. Yogendra Garg Committee : draft the model GST legislation
50. Shilabhadra Banerjee Committee : fake Indian currency note
51. Shyamal Sen Committee : Gorkhaland Territorial Administratio
52. Bajpai Committee : to go into the reasons for the slow progress of NPS in the private
sector
53. Thorat Committee : NCERT Text book Cartoon row
54. Yashpal Committe : Constitutional body of NCHER, Higher Education & Research Bill
55. Raghavan Committee : ragging
56. KC Chakrabarty Committee : RRBs, Financial Inclusion
57. Kris Gopalakrishnan - National cloud computing panel
58. Khandelwal Committee - human resource management in public sector banks and
government's policies against liberalization and privatization
59. Mani Shankar Aiyar : Expert Committee to examine how Panchayats could be
leveraged for more efficient delivery of public goods and services
60. Dr. Srinath Reddy : High Level Expert Group (HLEG) for sketching a basic framework
for UHC in Indi
61. Nandan Nilekani : Task Force on cash transfer of subsidy on kerosene, LPG and
fertilizers, To recommend the HR framework and policy for e-Governance
62. Vinod Dhall : Committee on Public Procurement
63. Hashim Committee : Identification of Urban Poor.
64. Justice Verma Committee : to look into crimes against women and was tasked with
suggesting legal reforms to curb sexual offences.
65. DP Wadhwa committee - on examining the working of PDS

66. Ravindra Dholakia committee - to suggest the measures that can be taken for cost
cutting as well as optimal utilization of resources in Air India.
67. PK Mishra panel - on mining(Fe) in ecosensitive area(WG)
68. HG Koshi Task Force - on drug trafficking
69. Pulok Chatterji panel - on implementing the 8 missions of the NAPCC
70. Sam Pitodra - to review the institutional framework of Prasar Bharti, review the
functioning of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL)
In many ways, the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little, yet enjoy a position over those who offer up
their work and their selves to our judgment. We thrive on negative criticism, which is fun to write and to
read. But the bitter truth we critics must face, is that in the grand scheme of things, the average piece of
junk is probably more meaningful than our criticism designating it so. But there are times when a critic truly
risks something, and that is in the discovery and defense of the *new*. The world is often unkind to new
talent, new creations. The new needs friends.

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71. Mihir Shah : Redraft rules and guideline of MGNREGA| MGNREGA 2.0
72. D.T. Joseph Committee : planning Indian Maritime Service (IMS)
74. Dr. Amitabh Kundu : Committee to estimate the Urban Housing Shortage for the
12th Five Year (2012-17)
75. Central Empowered Committee (CEC) : to save forest and wildlife
76. Adi Godrej Committee : to formulate National Corporate Governance Policy
78. Justice Ruma Pal Committee : on Status of Women
79. Prof Sir Partha Dasgupta : Expert Group to develop a framework for 'Green National
Accounts' for India
80. Justice BN Srikrishna : Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission
81. SL Lohia Panel : National Mission on Sustainable Habitat
82. Dr. K.Kasturirangan Committee: Review of Western Ghats Ecology Experts Panel
83. Abhijit Sen Committee: To analyse data from the socio-economic and caste census
(SECC) and determine the beneficiaries of various rural development programmes
84. Tikku committee - cadre restructuring of doctors of central health service
85. Pronab Sen Committee - ecosystem
86. Dr. Asad Rahmani : Expert Committee to study the possible impacts of
communication towers on wildlife
87. Nigvekar Committee - Civil Service Exam Reforms
88. Shanta Kumar Committee - Reforming Food Corporation of India
89. Subramanian Committee - on Environmental Laws Amendments

90. Tendulkar Committee - poverty

91. Lakdawala Committe - poverty
92. Rajinder Sachar Committee - to study the Social, Economic and Educational Status
of the Muslim Community of India
93. Ranjit Roy Choudhury Expert Committee - to formulate policy and guidelines for
clinical trials recommends
94. Dr Anil Kakodkar Committee - to Recommend Autonomy Measures to facilitate IITs
scaling greater heights
95. NR Madhava Menon Committee - on Government advertizements in Media
96. Jeevan Reddy Committee - AFSPA
97. Chopra Committee - hydro-electric projects
98. Mathur committee - to examine constitution of SIT on 1984 anti-Sikh riots
99. Ramanujam committee - to identify obsolete laws
100. H Devaraj Committee - deemed university status
101. Vishwanathan committee - to provide Bankruptcy code for SMEs
102. Hari Gautam Committee - to review the status of UGC
103. Suresh Prabhu Committee - to review gas pricing formula
104. G K Pillai : one-man expert committee to study and examine the demand of a
separate Bodoland state
105. Shivraj Patil : committee to study and recommend measures for increasing
productivity, profitability and sustainability of the agriculture sector in India
106. Dr. Saroj : Committee to enquire into the Adverse Environmental impact of the
alleged illegal sand mining in Gautam Budh Nagar of Uttar Pradesh
107. K. Vijay Raghavan : Committee for evaluation of research and rankings by
promoting healthy competition among institutions, departments and individual
researchers.
108. R S Sharma Expert Committee - on Cost Records and Cost Audit, review the
Companies (Cost Records and Audit) Rules 2014
109. RM Lodha : SC formed 5-member committee to evaluate damage caused by floods
in J&K

Important Commissions of India U.C.Benerjee Commission Enquiry into Godhra carnage (Railways)
Nanavati-Shah commission Posy Godhra riots
Palekar Tribunal Journalist pays reforms

Hunter Commission Jallianwalabagh massacre

Nanavati Commission 1984 Sikh riots
Mukherjee Commission Death/Disappearance of Subhash Chandra Bose
Librehan Commission Babri Masjid demolition case
Sarkaria Commission Centre-State relations
Sri Krishna Commission 1992 Bombay riots, Telangana
Thakkar Commission Indira Gandhi assassination case
Phukhan Commission Tehelka tapes
Malimath Commission Criminal Justice
Upendra Commission Inquiry on rape and murder Thangjem Manorama Devi
G.C.Garg Commission Train accident near Khanna, Punjab
Mandal Commission Reservation of seats for Backward castes
Kothari Commission Educational reforms
Ranganath Mishra Commission - official discrimination against Christian and Muslim
dalits be ended by restoring to them, without delay their SC status
Punchhi Commission - Centre-State Ties
Judicial Commission on Armed Forces Special Powers Act - to probe into the alleged
cases of fake encounters in Manipur
Gadgil Commission - The Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP)