Parliamentary Committees
Parliamentary Committee means a Committee which is appointed or elected by the House or nominated by the Speaker and which works under the direction of the Speaker and presents its report to the House or to the Speaker and the Secretariat for which is provided by the Lok Sabha Secretariat.
By their nature, Parliamentary Committees are of two kinds:
- Standing Committees and
- Ad hoc Committees.
Standing Committees:
- Standing Committees are permanent and regular committees which are constituted from time to time in pursuance of the provisions of an Act of Parliament or Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha.
- The work of these Committees is of continuous nature.
- The Financial Committees, DRSCs and some other Committees come under the category of Standing Committees.
Ad hoc Committees:
- Ad hoc Committees are appointed for a specific purpose and they cease to exist when they finish the task assigned to them and submit a report.
The principal Ad hoc Committees are the Select and Joint Committees on Bills.
Railway Convention Committee, Joint Committee on Food Management in Parliament House Complex etc also come under the category of ad hoc Committees.
Parliamentary Committees
Standing Committees
Ad hoc Committees
Financial Committees
Railway Convention Committee
जो लक्ष्य में खो गया
समझो वही सफल हो गया.
Daily Current Affairs Quiz for UPSC Prelims | Get updated with the daily Currents Affairs to Crack the UPSC Prelims
