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Committees & Commissions 2018 (Jan - Apr)
Name of the Committees
Ministerial committee
Minorities commission
Inter-ministerial committee
CABE sub-committee
Umesh Sinha Committee
JK government panel
Seven-member delegation
Name of the Committees
Karnataka committee for separate
flag
Inter- ministerial Committee
Central Government committee
Empowered Expert Committee
(EEC)
Inter-ministerial committee (IMC)
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January
Chairpersons Committees working for
Arun Jaitley To take a decision on old, pre-existing
projects in ports, which have become
unviable.
Mohammed Qamaruddin Telangana government formed
Minorities Commission
with Mohammed Qamaruddin as its
Chairman.
B.R. Sharma To recommend changes in the existing
law of playing of the national anthem in
cinema halls and public places
Kadiyam Srihari CABE sub-committee recommends free
education for girls up to PG level
Umesh Sinha To study the usage of social media and
other digital platforms before elections
and to suggest modifications in the
Model Code of Conduct
Bharat BhushanVyas To study the scope and definition of
horticulture in Government of India and
other states.
Chief Justice of India (CJI), Bar Council of India forms 7-member
Dipak Misra delegation to mediate between Supreme
Court judges
February
Chairpersons Committees working for
G S Siddaramaya This committee has recommended a flag in
yellow and red colour, with white colour in
the middle containing the state symbol
Chairpersonship of Secretary, To tackle the menace of trafficking.
Women and Child Development
Rajiv Kumar To study Brahmaputra and flood control
measures
N Gopalaswami University Grants Commission formed 4
member Committee to perform appraisal of
applications in order to shortlist 20
Institutions of Eminence (IoE)
Secretaries of the Ministry of For medicinal and aromatic plants for the
AYUSH and Ministry of north-east (NE) to suggest actionable
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High-level committee
Name of the Committees
Steering Committee
Field Inspection and Scientific
Evaluation Committee (FISEC)
Central Press Accreditation
Committee.
Name of the Committees
Committee
10-member committee
12-member panel
Planning Committee (DCP)
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Development of North Eastern
Region (DoNER).
Union Home Minister, Rajnath
Singh
March
Chairpersons
Secretary of Department of
Economic Affairs(DEA)
under Ministry of Finance
Prinicpal Director General of
PIB
April
Chairpersons
Justice Rajesh Bindal
Manmohan Juneja - Regional
Director (Western Region)
Ajit Doval
measures to generate more livelihood
opportunities in the region
Approves Rs 6000 crore for disaster-hit
states
Committees working for
To consider various issues relating to
development of Financial Technology
(Fintech) space in India.
To investigate into illegal cultivation of
HT (Herbicide Tolerant) cotton in 4
states namely Andhra Pradesh,
Telangana, Gujarat and Maharashtra.
It has 8 members.
Committees working for
Submitted its report on legal issues
related to inter country removal &
retention of children to Minister for
Women and Child Development,
Maneka Gandhi
To regulate online portals, including
news websites, entertainment sites and
media aggregators.
To review the enforcement of Corporate
Social Responsibility (CSR) provisions
under the Companies law and to
recommend a uniform approach for its
enforcement
To reform the process of higher defence
planning and national security strategy.
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