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IMPORTANT COMMISSION AND
IMPORTANT COMMITTEES
IMPORTANT COMMISSION
Commission
Purpose
Reorganisation Commission
Constituted by the Central Government under
the State Reorganisation Act consisted of Hon.
Fazal Ali. KM. Pannikker and H.N. Kunzru.
The Commission recommended re-organisation
of State boundaries.
2 | Kapur Commission To inquire into the conspiracy that led to the
assassination of Mahatma Gandhi
3, __ | Khosla Commission Investigate the death of Subhas Chandra Bose in
1945.
z dal Commission Identified over 450 Backward Classes comprising
52% of the country’s population.
Recommended 27% of the seats in academic
institutions and jobs in Government organization
for these classes.
= Mukherjee Commission Investigate the death of Subhas Chandra Bose in
1945,
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6 | Nanavati Commission Investigate the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
7. |Narendran Commission Study and report the representation of Backward
Classes in the State Public Services.
& | National Commission to review the working | Suggested changes in the electoral laws, setting
of the Constitution up a National Judicial Commission for appointing
judges and election of the Prime Minister by Lok
Sabha.
9. Nanavati-Shah Commission To probe the Godhra train burning incident and |
the post-Godhra carnage, 2002
10 |Commission of Inquiry (Tehelka|To enquire into the definite matter of public
| Commission) importance with the power of Civil Court.
1. [Commission of Enquiry _ into | To inquire into the oil-for-Food-Scam
oil-for-Food-Scam
bod Commission for Centre-State Relations|To review working of existing agreement
Sarkaria Commission and (M.M. Punchi | between Union and States i.e., power, functions
Coeueeiony and responsibilities in all spheres.
13. | Commission on Criminal Justice (Malimath | To review criminal justice system, compensation
Commission) to victims etc.
14. _| Kothari Commission Educational reforms
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Liberhan Commission
J.C. Shah Commission
Ranganath Misra Commission
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IMPORTANT COMMITTEES
S.No. Name
GK. Pillai Committee
ines Bezbaruah Committee
Sachar Committee
Sudha Kaul Committee
Pitroda Committee
‘Mukul Mudgal Committee
Subject
To study and examine the demand of a separate State
Bodoland.
To look into the various kinds of concerns of the persons
asa from N-E States.
To prepare a report on the latest social, economic ang
paca conditions, of the Muslims in India.
To consider various suggestions and views and to draft a
Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2011.
| To review the institutional framework of Prasar Bharati.
To examine the IPL spot-fixing scandal.
Bilal Nazaki Committee
To review the functioning of the Haj Committee of India
Amitabh Kundo Committee
Nachiket Mor Committee
10. | PJ. Nayak Committee
Ti. | Suresh Mathur Committee
Anil Kaushal Committee
Urjit Patel Committee
_| of SC/ST Law.
spectrum.
Bimal Jalan Committee To scrutinise applications for new bank licenses. |
‘To create anti-discrimination law for Muslims on the lines
Comprehensive financial services for small business and
low income households.
To review governance of boards of banks and examine|
fit and proper criteria for directors, including their tenure.
To suggest ways to enhance FDI in insurance intermediaries
and third-party administrators.
To examine the recommendations made by the Telecom
Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on pricing of
To examine the current monetary policy framework.
On improvement of customer services in banks.
| Damodaran Committee
"arthasarthy Shome Committee
Arvind Mayaram Committee
For Tax Administration Reform Commission (TARC), 0
suggest a system to enforce better tax compliance. __|
For giving clear definitions to Foreign Direct Investment
(FDI) and Foreign Institutional Investment (FI).Pg
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mission and Important Committees
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Shah Nawaz Committee
James Lyngdoh Committee
Thorat Committee
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To investigate the death of Subhash
Student politics and student-bod:
Caste-based discrimination a,
Chandra Bose.
ly elections in coll
RA Raghavan Committee
gainst students in AIIMS
Ragging in colleges.
LEMS. Nachiappan Committee Reforms in the Higher judiciary,
| ei Sorabjee Committee Police Reforms [it was constituted after the judgment
re of the Supreme Court in Parkash Singh +. Linon of india,
| (2006)].
5 | Ganguli Committee Review of health facility planning and healthcare
engineering and management,
Xe [Pexy Mistry Committee Making Mumbai an IFC (international Financial Centre)
7. |KT. Thomas Committee To look into ways of enhancing the effectiveness of the
i Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act.
35. _| Fali S. Nariman Committee Accountability and damages with regard to destruction
of public property.
Satwant Reddy Committee
Review of laws relating to
registration of pharmaceutical
_| drugs and clinical trials. i ;
Raghuram C. Rajan Committee
Financial sector reforms.
Shah Commission (1966) Reorganisation of States.
Tarkunde Committee To look into composition of the Election Commission and |
other electoral reforms.
Dinesh Goswami Committee Electoral reforms.
GWV.K. Rao Committee (1985) Set up by the Planning Commission in 1985, to look into |
the Administrative Arrangement for Rural Development
and Poverty Alleviation Programmes.
Butler Committee Relation between Indian States & paramount power (the
Queen of Britain).
Hurtog Committee Growth of British India education and its effects.
[Muddiman Committee
Working of Diarchy as in Montague Chelmsford Reforms,
Mashelkar Committee
National Auto Fuel Policy.
Bhoothalingam Committee
Recommendations on integrated wages, income and price
policy.
Omkar Goswami Committee
Industrial sickness.
Yashpal Committee
Review of School Education system.
Ram Nandan Prasad Committee
Constitution of creamy layers among Backward Castes,
P.C. Hotha Committee
Restructuring of Civil Services.
Alagh Committ
_|Alagh Committee
Civil Service Examinations
Abid Hussain Committee
Recommendations of Small Scale Industries.
Narasimhan Committee
Banking Sector Reforms,
Kelkar Committee
First Committee on Backward Castes.
Kelkar Committee (2)
Direct-Indirect Taxeson Kargil defense deal
Enquiry
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[so [Chetinaty Committee Eradicating black ene Y.
1c Banking sector a
varti Committee s
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S. GY. Ramakrishna Committee Disinvestment in PSU shares.
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Wanchoo Committee
Tax enquiries. /
Pagdcuture
j ingh Committee
s Seas Nepotism in granting petrol pump, LPG connections ~)
57._| Rangarajan Committee Reforms in private sector.
58.__| Naresh Chandra Committee Corporate governance. |
59,_|J.C. Kumarappa Committee Congress agrarian Reforms Committee
60. _| Swaminathan Committee Population policies.
61. _| Rangarajan Committee Statistics.
62_| Wardha Committee Inquiry on murder of Graham Staines.
63._| NIN. Vohara Committee Criminalisation of Politics.
64._ | Malhotra Committee Insurance Reforms. —
65:__| Janaki Ram Committee Security Scam.
66. _| Ajay Vikram Singh Committee __| Faster promotions in Army. I
67. Rajinder Sachar Committee (1) Companies and MRTP Act. 1
68. | Rajindar Sachar Committee (2) Report on the social, economic and educational status of)
the Muslims of India.
69. _| Jyoti Basu Committee Report on Octroi abolition.
70, | Balwant Rai Mehta Committee | Recommendations on decentralization system:
71. Sawant Committee
Enquiry on corruption, charges against Ministers &
Hazare. = ‘=
Srikrishna Committee
To look into demand for a separate statehood for
Telangana or keep it united as Andhra Pradesh.
V.K. Shunglu Committee
To probe the irregularities in the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth
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7. |P.C. Chacko (oint Parliamentary) 11
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75. | Vijay Kelkar Committee To formulate fiscal consolidation roadmap.
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