Guys, it would be helpful if you could add from your side on those committees a

nd 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 inpu
ts). 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 B
ank 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 rega
rding security of people from North East.
8. B. Sambamurthy: panel favours single mobile banking app on all SIMs. Panel re
commended that customers should not be required to visit the bank branch for mob
ile 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 20
30, 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 pro
duce(NTFP)
13. Nachiket Mor - committee on comprehensive financial services for small busin
esses 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 p
ricing of Spectrum.
16. Bimal Jalan panel : to scrutinize applications for new bank licenses.
17. Parthasarathi Shome.
for Tax Administration Reform Commission (TARC), Sugges
t a system to enforce better tax compliance, implementation of GAAR (General Ant
i Avoidance Rule)
18. Kirit Parikh panel : on fuel pricing has suggested that the diesel prices sh
ould be increased by Rs 1-1.50 a litre every month as against the 45-50 paise mo
nthly hike followed currently.
19. K U.B. Rao : the idea of setting up Bullion Bank or Bullion Corporation of I
ndia
20. Arvind Mayaram Panel: report on the alleged irregularities at the National S
pot Exchange Ltd (NSEL)
21. Arvind Mayaram Committee for giving clear definitions to Foreign Direct Inves
tment (FDI) and Foreign Institutional Investment (FII)
22. Suma Verma Committee - to update, and revise the Banking Ombudsman Scheme, 2
006
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 Walmart s 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 controv
ersy

30. MBN Rao Committee: to prepare the blueprint of India s first women s bank
31. Committee Set Up On Uttarakhand Floods: The committee will be headed by AK G
anju (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 procedure
s
38. K. Ratna Prabha : Committee on indecent depiction of women in media
39. Ram Nandan Prasad Committee Constitution of creamy layers among Backward Cas
tes.
40. Tishyarakshit Chatterjee Committee : set up by MoE&F in 2012 to suggest crit
eria 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 Uni
versity
44. Sitakant Mahapatra committee: for inclusion of Bhojpuri language in eighth s
chedule of constitution
45. N R Narayana Murthy committee: for evaluation of corporate sector participat
ion in Higher Education.
46. C Rangarajan committee: for poverty scale estimates in the country, look int
o all the issues relating to the deregulation of the sugar sector, Production Sh
aring 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 th
e 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 lev
eraged for more efficient delivery of public goods and services
60. Dr. Srinath Reddy : High Level Expert Group (HLEG) for sketching a basic fra
mework for UHC in Indi
61. Nandan Nilekani : Task Force on cash transfer of subsidy on kerosene, LPG an
d 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 w
ith 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)

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ition over those who offer up their work and their selves to our judgment. We th
rive on negative criticism, which is fun to write and to read. But the bitter tr
uth we critics must face, is that in the grand scheme of things, the average pie
ce 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 discove
ry and defense of the *new*. The world is often unkind to new talent, new creati
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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 Na
tional 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 cen
sus (SECC) and determine the beneficiaries of various rural development programm
es
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 communi
cation 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 Sta
tus of the Muslim Community of India
93. Ranjit Roy Choudhury Expert Committee - to formulate policy and guidelines f
or clinical trials recommends
94. Dr Anil Kakodkar Committee - to Recommend Autonomy Measures to facilitate II
Ts 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 pr
oductivity, profitability and sustainability of the agriculture sector in India
106. Dr. Saroj : Committee to enquire into the Adverse Environmental impact of t
he alleged illegal sand mining in Gautam Budh Nagar of Uttar Pradesh
107. K. Vijay Raghavan : Committee for evaluation of research and rankings by pr
omoting healthy competition among institutions, departments and individual resea
rchers.
108. R S Sharma Expert Committee - on Cost Records and Cost Audit, review the Co
mpanies (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 Musl
im 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 alleg
ed cases of fake encounters in Manipur
Gadgil Commission - The Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP)