2017 Committee

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Committees & Commissions 2017 (Jan - Nov)
January
Name of the Committees Chairpersons Committees working for
Sports Code committee Injeti Srinivas To suggest improvements in the National
Sports Development Code functioning of
sports federations.
Negotiation Committee on Water Planning and Projects To determine the availability and utilization
Mahanadi & its Tributaries Wing (WP&P) and Central of waters of the river Mahanadi and its
Water Commission (CWC). tributaries.
Timothy Gonsalves Committee Prof. Timothy Gonsalves Suggested to create 20 percent
reservation seats for the girl students in IITs
Special Task Force Anil Baijal To review the decisions taken by the Delhi
Police and other departments regarding
women’s safety
Board of Control for Cricket in Vinod Rai Supreme Court Appoints Vinod Rai as
India (BCCI) administrative BCCI Committee’s Head
committee
Kang committtee N.S. Kang To frame uniform rules for the states to
avoid delay in proper implementation of
the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
(RPD) Act across the country.
N.K. Singh Committee N.K. Singh To review the Fiscal Responsibility and
Budget Management (FRBM) Act.
Amitabh Chaudhry committee Amitabh Chaudhry To analysis the existing framework
of IRDA-linked and non-linked insurance
product regulations
February
Six-member committee Jeddah, Afzal Amanullah To look into the matter of how to improve
the Haj Poilcy of India
16-member Committee Dr. H.R. Nagendra To Prepare a Yoga Protocol for Diabetes
Control
Sub-Panel of CABE Kadiyam Srihari To look into issues related to girls
education
33 member committee N Chandrababu Naidu For the speedy implementation of
the Sagarmala Project in Andhra Pradesh.
Inter-Departmental Task Force Revenue Secretary Hasmukh To monitor &review the functioning of
Adhia and the Corporate Affairs shell companies to prevent their misuse for
Secretary Tapan Rayto money laundering and tax-evasion
11 member panel To frame final regulations on fortification
of foods and prepare strategies to address
malnutrition problem
Defence Procurement Organisation Dr. Pritam Singh To integrate and streamline the long and
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(DPO) complex process of defence acquisitions

11 member Inter-disciplinary RBI Executive Director Meena To review the threats emerging from the
Standing Committee on Cyber Hemchandra. use of technology, study adoption of new
Security technology standards and suggest
appropriate policy interventions to
strengthen cyber security and resilience.
March
18 member panel Partha Mukhopadhay To Suggests Legal Framework to Secure
the Rights of Migrants
High level committee Arvind Panagariya To examine the working of the regulatory
bodies Central Council of Indian
Medicine (CCIM) and Central Council of
Homoeopathy(CCH) said by Yesso
Naik, Minister of State (Independent
Charge) for AYUSH
3 member committee Additional Director General To identify those Indian Revenue Service
(ADG) (IRS) officers and other junior-rank
officers of the Income Tax department who
are on unauthorised leave or are
absconding, so that strict disciplinary action
could be initiated against them.
Krishna River Management AK Bajaj To look into te Water sharing between
Board (KRMB) Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
DB Shekatkar Committee DB Shekatkar To reform the military financial
management
Inter-ministerial empowered Rita Teaotia For sanctioning and monitoring of the
committee project TIES
April
Inter-Ministerial Monitoring-cum- To monitor the regional air connectivity
coordination Committee scheme UDAN
Girdhar Malviya committee Justice Shri Girdhar Malviya To prepare draft Ganga Act submitted its
report to the Union Minister of Water
Resources, River Development and Ganga
Rejuvenation to Uma Bharti
Inter- Disciplinary Committee Dinesh Sharma To propose new regulations related
to digital currencies or virtual currencies
Kewal Kumar Sharma Kewal Kumar Sharma To review UGC recommendations on
committee 7th Pay commission in educational institutes
Agricultural Produce Market Mr. Ashok Dalwai To establish a regulated wholesale agri-
Committee market at a distance of every 80 km.
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May
Technical Committee - IBBI Dr. R. B. Barman (Chairman, To lay down Technical Standards for the
National Statistical performance of core services and other
Commission). services
High-level task force Arvind Panagariya To compute timely data on employment

situation in the country.
Maa committee To check mid-day meal quality in UP
schools.
Chitale Committee Madhav Chitale To recommends measures for desiltation of
river Ganga
Oversight committee - Reserve To expand the scope of cases to be referred
Bank of India to the OC beyond those under S4A
(Scheme for Sustainable Structuring of
Stressed Assets) as required currently.
June
MHA Panel Special secretary (Internal To examine the rules which allows free
Security) in the Ministry of movement of Indian and Myanmarese
Home Affairs citizens within 16 kms of the border
Panel on National Education Policy Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan To draft the National Education Policy
Committee on Corporate UdayKotak To improving the standards of corporate
Governance governance of listed companies.
RBI Overseeing Committee Pradeep Kumar To look at the stressed assets of the banking
sector.
July
Four-member committee of BCCI CK Khanna To support staff of the Indian team and then
decide on the contracts that will be handed
to the coaches
Nine member committee Karnataka Gov To design a 'state' flag and submit a report
on giving it legal sanctity.
GST Council panel Pradeep Kumar Sinha To select National Anti-profiteering
Authority
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August
AIFF’s Transfers Dispute Ushanath Banerjee Deal with the players’ transfer disputes’.
Committee
10 member panel Justice B.N Srikrishna The Ministry of Electronics and

Information Technology (MeitY)
appointed an expert panel committee that
would study various issues relating to data
protection
High level committee Justice B N Srikrishna to review the Institutionalization of
Arbitration Mechanism
Parliamentary panel RenukaChowdhury Genetically Modified (GM)crop should be
introduced only after biosafety, socio-
economic evaluation
RBI panel TarunRamadorai Rights- based privacy
framework in household finance
Parliamentary Panel B C Khanduri 100% pension to widow of deceased
soldiers
Task Force on Artificial Dr. V. Kamakoti Artificial Intelligence (AI) for India’s
Intelligence Economic Transformation.
29-member panel K RajeswaraRao To review the National Mineral Policy,
2008, and for submission of a report for a
new National Mineral Policy.
SEBI committee T K Viswanathan The committee will suggest short term and
medium term measures for improved
surveillance of the markets.
Cabinet Committee on Security Shekatkar Committee To enhance combat capability and
(CCS) rebalancing Defence Expenditure of the
Armed Forces
September
Economic Advisory Council BibekDebroy The EAC is an independent body that gives
(EAC) advice on economic and related topics to
the Government, especially to the Prime
Minister
Empowered Steering Committee Based on the recommendations The committee will review the core
(ESC) of the interim report of the8- probable list of each High Priority and
member Task Force headed Priority disciplines for Commonwealth
by AbinavBindra Games, Asian Games and Olympic Games
Punjab government’s steering State chief secretary To monitor and coordinate the states drug
committee de-addiction and rehabilitation programme
Hate speech on internet T.K.Viswanathan The committee has suggested that section
78 of the IT Act needs to be substituted and
Section 153 & 505A of the Indian Penal
Code needs to be amended
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IRDAI panel Dilip C Chakraborty To help in implementing the new risk-based

capital (RBC) regime and it will also
enhance protection to policyholders.
NITI AayogExpert Task Force on Dr.Rajiv Kumar
Employment & Exports To provide a major thrust to job creation by
enhancing India’s exports.
Group of Ministers on the Sushil Kumar Modi To monitor and resolve IT challenges faced
implementation of GST. in implementation of Goods and Services
Tax (GST)
Group of Ministers on the To look at the issues of export sector and to
implementation of GST. HasmukhAdhia recommend to the GST Council
Joint Parliamentary Committee BhupenderYadav To examine and present a report on the
Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance
Bill, 2017
Appointments Committee of the PM NarendraModi It is responsible for all appointments of
Cabinet higher ranks in the Central Secretariat,
Public Enterprises, Public Enterprises and
Financial Institutions
Cabinet Committee on Economic PM NarendraModi It deals with the activities pertaining to the
Affairs (CCEA) economics of the country
Cabinet Committee on Political PM NarendraModi It is responsible for all issues related to
Affairs (CCPA) domestic and foreign affairs. It is most
powerful cabinet committee. It is often
referred as ‘super cabinet’
Cabinet Committee on Security PM NarendraModi It is one of the most important committees
(CCS) in India, it looks into the matters of defence
expenditures and National security
Cabinet Committee on Rajnath Singh It is responsible for the allotment of
Accommodation (CCA ) accommodation for various top positions in
the Government of India.
Cabinet Committee on Rajnath Singh To look after the progress of government
Parliamentary Affairs (CCPA) business in the Parliament of India.
OCTOBER
Sub Categorization of OBCs G Rohini To examine sub categorization of Other
Backward Classes (OBCs)
under Article 340 of the Constitution
Water resources in the North Rajiv Kumar A high-level committee for proper
Eastern Region (NER). management of the water resources in the
North Eastern Region (NER).
Probe into J.Jayalalithaa’s death A.Arumughaswamy The Commission would complete its
inquiry and submit its report to the Tamil
Nadu Government within three months of
its constitution
Setting up a sports university in Randhir Singh,IOC member to work out the modalities for setting up a
Patiala sports university in Patiala.
Consider And Merger with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Union Government set up an alternative
oversees along India’s Psb mechanism panel headed by Finance
Minister Arun Jaitley, to consider and
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oversee mergers among the India’s public

sector banks.
Committee to roll out 5G Secretaries of the ministries of Committee would analyse and approve
technology in India by 2020. Communications, Information plans for 5G rollout in India by 2020. This
Technology and Science and is aimed to have Indian participation in
Technology, representatives defining global standards for 5G technology
from industry and academics.
Study problems of people along IB, Rina Mitra Members of the study group will prepare a
LOC in J&K detailed report of the issues being faced by
the public living near IB and LOC
Composition scheme Himanta Biswa Sarma constituted a group of ministers (GoM) to
make the ‘composition scheme’ more
attractive and also revisit GST rates on
restaurants.
New Haj policy 2018-22 AfzalAmanullah In order to improve Indian Government’s
current Haj policy and also to look into
issue of Haj subsidy in light of 2012
Supreme Court order on gradually reducing
and abolishing it by 2022, Ministry of
Minority Affairs had a formed this
committee in February 2017
Standing Committee on External ShashiTharoor The Standing Committee on External
Affairs Affairs will examine the issue of
cooperation between India and China in
international organisations.
Principal adviser of Monetary Janak Raj Either to inflate the base rate and MCLR or
Policy Department prevent it from falling in line with the
actual cost of funds.
That effective interest rate burden on the
borrower has remained the same even after
switching to the MCLR regime from the
base rate regime since April 1, 2016.
Second National Judicial Pay P V Reddi New salary structure for judges of lower
Commission courts in India
Parliamentary Standing Committee B C Khanduri To examine operational preparedness of
on Defence armed forces
Commemorate Mahatma Gandhi’s PMNarendraModi The Committee will guide and approve
150th birth anniversary policies, programmes, activities for the
celebrations. It will also supervise
implementation of the decisions taken by
the committee.
Suggesting Artificial Intelligence Union Ministry of Electronics Internal committee which will
Policy: and Information Technology provide suggestions to Indian government
on framing a national policy on artificial
intelligence (AI).
Appoint Editor-in-chief of Surya Prakash To select the candidate for the post of
RajyaSabha TV (RSTV). editor-in-chief of RajyaSabha TV (RSTV).
Market Infrastructure Institutions R Gandhi, Reviewing norms related to stock

(MII) exchanges, clearing corporations and
depository participants.
High-level Task Force on Public Yeshwant M. Deosthalee. Review and considerations, it will then
Credit Registry (PCR) for India. propose a state-of-the-art information
system and suggest a roadmap for
developing a transparent, comprehensive
and near-real-time PCR for India.
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November
Standing Committee of Inter-State Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inter-State Council investigates and advises
Council (ISC) on disputes between states
Review of GST laws M Vinod Kumar The committee has been set up to provide
suggestions for smoothening the GST
regime, especially for small businesses who
have been complaining of a an increase in
compliance burden
village climate resilient committees Maharashtra Government The Maharashtra state government has
decided to set up a committee for the
implementation of a Rs.4,000-crore project
on climate resilience agriculture in 5,000
villages of 15 districts in the state. The
project would be funded by the World
Bank.
Probe on NTPC’s Unchahar plant P.D. Siwal A boiler blast accident occurred at NTPC’s
accident Unchahar plant in Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh
in which 36 people lost their lives. Union
Power Ministry has set up a panel to probe
this accident.
Union Power Ministry has set up a
committee headed by P.D. Siwal, Member
of Central Electricity Authority (CEA) to
investigate the causes of this accident and
suggest measures to prevent such incidents
in future.
Investigations related to Sushil Chandra Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has
the Paradise Papers reconstituted a multi-agency group to
monitor investigations related to
the Paradise Papers.
Merger of weak DCCBs with MSC Yashwant Thorat Maharashtra State government has formed a
Bank panel to study the feasibility of merging
financially weak District Central
Cooperative Banks (DCCBs) with the
Maharashtra State Cooperative (MSC)
Bank.The panel is headed by former
NABARD chairman Yashwant Thorat.
7-member-committee of CK Mishra As Delhi’s air is turning toxic over recent
secretaries weeks and reaching crisis levels, the Centre
stepped in and decided to set up a 7-
member-committee of secretaries from the
Centre, Delhi Government and experts to
continuously monitor and implement a
Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) that
would include control of road and
construction of dust garbage burning,
control of power plants and industrial
emissions, entry of vehicles and several
other related factors.
Price Stabilization Fund Avinash K Srivastava A panel led by India’s consumer affairs
Management Committee (PSFMC) ministry under Avinash K Srivastavahas
decided to import the onions through a
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government agency to increase the

availability of the same, in the market on
moderate prices.
RBI Panel on Hedging Chandan Sinha It has recommended a list of commodities
commodities in global markets (which includes gold, silver, zinc, tin,
crude oil and its derivatives, coal, natural
gas, tea, coffee, sugar and cocoa) which can
be hedged in the overseas markets by all
residents i.e. by both domestic users and
exporters/importers.
Seven-member committee to Curb Sudhir Shrivastava Minister of State for Home (Rural) Deepak
custodial deaths Kesarkar informed that, the committee will
recommend measures so that people get
proper treatment at police stations.
UP Shia Central Waqf Board Waseem Rizvi IT suggests favour of a grand Ram temple
(UPShCWB) at the disputed Ayodhya land, reiterating
that the board was the rightful and only
claimant to the land on which the
demolished Babri mosque once existed.The
Shia Board said the state government may
in turn allot one acre of land for a mosque
for Shia Muslims in Lucknow’s
Husainabad area
Hill Area Development Committee Mann Ghising The Hill Area Development Committee will
by West Bengal be headed by Mann Ghising, president
of Gorkha National Liberation Front
(GNLF).
Task force to simplify income tax Arbind Modi Arbind Modi, Member, Central Board of
laws Direct Taxes (CBDT), will lead a six-
member panel. Chief Economic
Advisor Arvind Subramanian will be
apermanent special invitee on the panel.
Qatar’s complaint against measures WTO Qatar insisted UAE’s actions violate its
imposed on Doha by the United rights and those of other countries by
Arab Emirates denying freedom of transit to Qatar. The
UAE said the measures are allowed
according to an exception under WTO rules
for national security reasons
Sub-Committee of the Financial Urjit Patel During this meeting, discussions were held
Stability and Development Council on setting up of the National Centre for
(FSDC) Financial Education (NCFE), sharing of
data among regulators, operationalisation of
information utilities registered by the IBBI
and the implementation status of Legal
Entity Identifier (LEI).
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Current Affairs Sectionwise PDF

Committees & Commissions 2017 (Jan - Nov)

(DPO) complex process of defence acquisitions

High-level task force Arvind Panagariya To compute timely data on employment

10 member panel Justice B.N Srikrishna The Ministry of Electronics and

IRDAI panel Dilip C Chakraborty To help in implementing the new risk-based

oversee mergers among the India’s public

Market Infrastructure Institutions R Gandhi, Reviewing norms related to stock

government agency to increase the

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