CHAPTER - IX
OTHER COMMITTEES, BOARDS,
COUNCILS, ETC.
9.1 Committees are appointed to deal with specified items of
business requiring expert or detailed consideration. There are two types of
Committees-Official Committees i.e. those appointed by Government and
Parliamentary Committees i.e. those appointed by Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha or
by the Presiding Officers of the two Houses of Parliament. Government
Committees are composed of experts officials and non-officials including
sometimes, Members of Parliament also.
Nomination of
Members of Parliament on Committees, Councils, Boards, Commissions etc. set up
by the Government
9.2 Members of Parliament are nominated by the Minister of
Parliamentary Affairs on the various Committees, Councils, Boards, Commissions
etc. set up by the Government of India in the various Ministries. During the
period under report, 203 Members of Parliament ( 132 of Lok Sabha and 71 of
Rajya Sabha) were nominated on various Govt. Bodies as indicated in Appendix -XV.
9.3 Members of Parliament are associated with the Hindi Salahkar
Samitis constituted by each Ministry/Department to advise them on matters
relating to the progressive use of Hindi in official work and allied issues
falling within the framework of Official Language Policy laid down by the
Government of India. The term of these Salahkar Samitis is normally three
years. Four Members of Parliament (two from Lok Sabha and two from Rajya Sabha)
are nominated on each of these Samitis by the Minister of Parliamentary
Affairs. During the period under
report, 12 Members of Parliament ( 5 of Lok Sabha and 7 of Rajya Sabha) were
nominated on various Hindi Salahkar Samitis as indicated in Appendix - XVI.
Recommendations
of General Application by Parliamentary Committees
9.4 Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs is concerned with
processing of action by Ministries on the recommendations of general
application made by Parliamentary Committees.
9.5 Action on the recommendations of general nature contained in
the following reports was initiated by the Ministry:-
(i)
Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh and
Twelfth Reports of the Committee on Petitions (Lok Sabha).
(ii)
116th Report of the Committee on
Petitions (Rajya Sabha).
(iii)
Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Reports of the Committee on Papers Laid on
the Table of Lok Sabha.
(iv)
Seventy-sixth, Seventy-seventh and Seventy-eighth
Reports of the Committee on Papers Laid on the Table of Rajya Sabha.
9.6 The work relating to Committee on Government Assurances has
been described in Chapter VI.
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