Ad hoc committees

 

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·       Broadly, parliamentary committees are of two kinds–Standing Committees and Ad Hoc Committees.

·       Ad Hoc Committees are temporary and cease to exist on completion of the task assigned to them.

·       Each ad hoc committee has a particular goal to achieve or product to provide to its initiating body; when its task is completed, the committee is dismissed.

·       Ad hoc committees can be divided into two categories, 1- Inquiry Committees and 2- Advisory Committees.


Inquiry Committees

·       Inquiry Committees are constituted from time to time, either by the two Houses on a motion adopted in that behalf, or by the Speaker / Chairman, to inquire into and report on specific subjects. For example:

Ø  Committee on the Conduct of Certain Members during President’s Address

Ø  Committee on Draft Five-Year Plan

Ø  Railway Convention Committee

Ø  Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS)

Ø  Joint Committee to Enquire into Irregularities in Securities and Banking Transactions.

Ø  Committee on Provision of Computers to Members of Parliament, Offices of Political Parties and Officers of the Lok Sabha Secretariat

Ø  Joint Committee on Maintenance of Heritage Character and Development of Parliament House Complex


Advisory Committees

·       Advisory Committees include select or joint committees on bills, which are appointed to consider and report on particular bills.

·       These committees are distinguishable from the other ad hoc committees in as much as they are concerned with bills and the procedure to be followed by them is laid down in the Rules of Procedure and the Directions by the Speaker / Chairman.

 

Parliamentary Committee

·       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.

·       Parliamentary committees draw their authority from Article 105 (on privileges of Parliament members) and Article 118 (on Parliament’s authority to make rules for regulating its procedure and conduct of business).

·       The Parliament committee play an important role in proper effective functioning of parliament, their main function are –

Ø  To provide a specialised forum for deliberation on national policy issue, which is having enough time to devote for this.

Ø  To examine numerous and complicated legislative proposal and subordinate legislation which require expertise and close scrutiny.

Ø  The non-political environment in the committee makes it possible for members to contribute beyond their stated political position by accommodating different view and effecting compromise.

 

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