Static GK

Important Committees sector and government departments in

the Central government, union territories,
S.K. Dhar nationalized banks, and PSU officers.
Committee (1948): It officially
known as the Linguistic Provinces B.G. Kher (1955): It was the first official
Commission, was appointed by the language commission.
Constituent Assembly of India to
recommend the reorganization of India's
provinces along linguistic lines. Kapur Committee (1966): It was a
commisslon of inquíry by the
JVP Government of índia, into the murder
Commlttee (Jawaharlal Nehru,
conspiracy of Mahatma Gandhi.
Vallahbhai Patel, Pattabhi Sitaramayya)
(1948) :It was set up to reexamine the
Nanavati Mehta Commission (2002) :To
possibility of the linguistic reorganization probe the Godhra train burning incident
of the Indian States.
of 27 February 2002. Its mandate was
Fazl Ali Commission (1953) : It is known later enlarged to include the investigation
as The States Reorganization
of the 2002 Gujarat riots.
Commission was formed in 1953 to Balwant Rai Mehta Committee (1957): t
ponder upon the demands of different was the establishment of a denocratic
states.
decentralized local government that
came to be known as the PanchayatiRaj
Swaran Singh Committee (1976) : Its (Three-tier: Gram Panchayat, Panchayat
main recommendation was regarding the Samiti and Zila Parishad).
fundamental duties.
Ashok Mehta Committee (1977): The
L.M Singhvi Committee (1986): It committee recommended two-tier
recommended that local self-government Panchayat Raj institutional structure
should be constitutionally enshrined, and
consisting of Zilla Parishad and Mandal
that the Gram Sabha (the Village
Panchayat.
assembly) should be the base of
decentralized democracy in India. B.P Mandal Commission (1979): It was
Kaka Kalelkar Commission (1953) : It established to "identify the socially or
was the First Backward Classes
educationally backward classes" of india.
Commission.
B.N. Kirpal Commission (2003): B.N.
Kirpal (Former Chief Justice of Suprerne
P.V. Rajamannar Committee (1969) : It Court) was the head of the country's first
was appointed to examine all aspects of national forest commission to review,
Centre-State relations and to investigate reform and strengthen the entire forest
and identify the causes of unitary management set-up.
tendencies in Central-State relations.
L.C. Gupta Committee (1996): It was
Sarkaria Commission (1983) : Its formed for development and regulation
charter was to examine the relationship of Derivative Markets in India.
and balance of power between state and
central governments in the country and Bhanu Pratap Singh Committee (1964):
suggest changes within the framework It was an Agriculture Committee.
of the Constitution of India.
Soli Sorabjee Committee (2005): #t was
M.M. Punchhi Committee: It was set up by the Ministry of Home Affairsto
constituted by the Government of India in draft a new Model Police Act.
2007 as aCommission on Centre-State
relations. M.N Vohra (1977): t studied the problern
of the criminalisation of politics and of
Srlkrishna Committee (2010): It is set up the nexus among criminals, politicians
by the central government to look into and bureaucrats in India.
demand for separate statehood for
Telangana or keep the Stateunited in the SPadmanabhan Committee.(1995): It
present form, Andhra Pradesh. recommended that banking supervision
should be based on Managerial and
K. Santhanam Committee (1962): It was operational efficiency andfinanciai
an anti-corruption committee to study strengthof the bank.
- corruption-related offenses in the public
Dinesh Goswami Committee (1990): It review of the implementation of the
was formed to make recommendations banking reforms.
on electoral reforms.
Gadgil Commission : It is also known as
Malhotra Commlttee (1993) It The Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel.
Recommended for reforms in the It was an environmental research
insurance sector. The objective was to commission appointed by the Ministry of
complement the reforms initiated in the Environnment and Forests of India.
financial sector.
It
Kasturirangan committee (2013) :
Lakdawala Committee (1993) : It was set sought to balance the development and
up to look at the methodological and environmental protection in contrast to
computational aspects of estimating the recommendations proposed by the
proportion and number of poor people in Gadgil Report.
India.
Bimal Jalan Committee : The Reserve
Dantwala Committee : It identified the Bank of lndia (RBI), in consultation with
remoteness of planning agencies, at the the central government, constituted a
District Level from the grassroots as the Committee (Chairperson: Dr. Bimal
major weakness of local area planning
Jalan) to review the current economic
Recommended Block level planning. capital framework.
Bhagwati Committee (1973): Three Rajiv Mehrishi Committee: It is set up to
estimates of unemployment have been measure the impact on the national
brought by the Planning Commission economy and financial stability of
(Usual Principal Status, Current Weekly waiving of interest and COVID-19 related
Status and Current Daily Status). moratorium.
Ram Nandan Committee (1993) : It was
Tarapore Committee (1997) : The
constituted by the government to identify Reserve Bank of India established the
the creamy layer among OBCs. Committee on Capital Account
Raja Chelliah Committee The Convertibility (CAC) Tarapore
Government of India constituted a Tax
Committee to propose a roadmap for full
convertibility of the rupee on the capital
Reforms Committee. It was formed in account.
order to reform direct and indirect taxes
prevailing in India. Y B Reddy Committee (2001) : It was
formed to review income tax rebates.
Raghuram Rajan Committee (2007): It
was a Financial sector Reform
constituted by the Government of India
Swaminathan Commission (2004) : It
was formed to find the issues faced by
to propose the next generation of
the farmers. It suggested that
financial sector reforms in India. the
Minimum Support Price (MSP) for
Abid Hussain Committee: It was set up
agricultural crops should be at least 50%
higher than the weighted average cost of
to look into trade policy and small scale production.
industries reforms.
Bibek Debroy Committee (2014): It is a
Kothari Commission (1964-1966): It high level committee for "Mobilization of
was to review the existing educational
system and tO suggest measures for its
Resources for Major Railway Projects
and Restructuring of Railway Ministry
improvement. and Railway Board".

Lyngdoh Committee (2006) : It was set Lodha committee: It is set up to analyze

up to examine student elections in and recommend implementable actions
universities. for improving the Board of Control for
Cricket in India (BCCI).
First Narasimham Committee (1991): It
was to suggest reforms to the financial Suresh Tendulkar Committee (2009):
system. The committee was appointed to study
the people living under the poverty line in
Second Narasimham Committee (1992): India.
It was set up to look into the progress
Rangarajan Committee: It was formed
for computerization Of Banking Industry
and PublicSector Disinvestment.