How to Ace Indian

Committees

By Vishal Aditya K
 A Little bit about me!

• From Law-school,
background in commerce
• Been in the circuit for the
past 3 and a half years
• Have been a delegate, an
EB, secretariat and founder
of my own MUN
• Specialisation in ECOSOCs,
Indian committees, IP and
crisis committees
• Huge Football (and F1) fan!
What IS an Indian Committee?

• Meant for dealing with the Socio-

economic and Constitutional Issues
of Indians

• Domestic Politics and its Influence

• Deals with Grassroot problems and

ensures the Well-being of the Indian
mass.
 Indian Committees vs
UN Committees and Fictional
Committees
• Laws: Reach vs impact
• Mandates: Small(er) scaled vs
Large Scaled
• Policies: Grassroot vs Umbrella
coverage
• Paperwork: ROPs and intent
 Types of Indian Committees

• Lok Sabha: 30%

• All India Political Parties Meet
(AIPPM): 50%
• NITI Aayog (Research committee):
5%
• Indian Crisis committee (Indo-Pak
War Cabinet, Indian War Cabinet,
Futuristic Indian War Cabinet etc.):
15%
General Mandates of Indian
Committees
• Opening statements
• Public Members session
• Private members session
• Question Hour
• Zero Hour
 EB Members

IP
Staff

Govt. Opposition
 How to Prepare:
Speaking Aspects
• Unaccented, clear tone
• Dominant yet conveying clear points
• Introduction: Quotes, numbers, fact
• Content: Crisp points, ensuring raising
your affiliation’s points while
dismissing/rebutting the other
members
• Concluding: Question, Quotes, slogan,
salutation
How to Prepare: Writing
Aspects
• Chits
• Personal
• Factional
• Committee
• Press Releases/Communicae
• Directives
• Personal
• Factional
• Committee
• Research Paper (APA Style, Informal)
 How to Prepare:
Research Aspects
1. Portfolio-Agenda-Personal stance
need to sync

2. Time Frame of preparation: within 1

month, 3 weeks, 2 weeks, 3 days

3. General Preparation-Specific
Preparation; Note-taking, document
compilation
 How to Prepare:
Research Aspects
• Traditional Sources/Strategy:
– Speeches and their citations
– Interview of Eminent Personalities
– Judgements and opinions of Jurists
– Newspapers (PTI, The Hindu, BBC)
– Journals
– Research Articles
 How to Prepare:
Research Aspects
• Non-Traditional
Sources/Strategy
– Wikipedia….?
– Blogs (Independent, UPSC Prep)
– YouTube (LSTV, RSTV, Video
essays, Individual content
creators)
– Reactive Preparation
 Main Task
1. Topic: Why aren’t there more
Women Reservation in LS and
RS
2. Pick/Get Assigned a portfolio
from list
3. Form factions (If Requred)
4. Prep Time: 15-20 Minutes
5. Speech: 30s to 90s
 Portfolios
• Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Harsimrat Kaur Badal
• Narendra Modi Nirmala Sitharaman
• Ghulam Nabi Azad Manoj Kumar Jha
Susheel Kumar Gupta
• Asaduddin Owaisi
Shashi Tharoor
• Narain Dass Gupta Nitin Gadkari
• Birendra Prasad Baishya Mulayam Singh Yadav
• Jaya Bachchan Ashok Kumar Yadav
• Dr. V. Kalanidhi Sambit Patra
• Rahul Gandhi Tejasvi Surya
• Piyush Goel
Bhagwant Mann
Rajnath Singh
• Farooq Abdullah Akhilesh Yadav
• Dr. Harsh Vardhan
• Yogi Adityanath
• Amit Shah