Important Committees for UPSC 2018
For the UPSC Prelims exam, it is very important for candidates to be aware of the various committees and commissions that were formed in the country over the course of a year. This is especially important for current affairs, polity and the GS papers. In this article, you will read about the various important committees and commissions in India for UPSC. It is presented in a tabular format to aid your learning process.
Committee/commission | Chairman | Issue |
Umesh Sinha Committee | Umesh Sinha | To look into changes in the RPI Act’s Section 126 w.r.t social media expansion |
Empowered Expert Committee | N Gopalaswami | To shortlist the top 20 educational institutions of eminence |
Y H Malegam Committee | Y H Malegam | To monitor bad loans and increasing cases of frauds |
15th Finance Commission | N K Singh | Read more about FCs |
Amitabh Kant Committee | Amitabh Kant | To address the issue of NPAs (non-performing assets) in the power sector |
Empowered Steering Committee | Abhinav Bindra | To guide India’s preparation for multi-disciplinary events including the Tokyo Olympics 2020 |
Rajiv Kumar Committee | Rajiv Kumar | Water resources management in the north-eastern region (NER) |
Economic Advisory Council | Bibek Debroy | To analyse and advice the PM on any issue especially those pertaining to the economy |
National Commission for Minorities | Syed Ghayorul Hasan Rizvi | Minority issues |
Committee to curb custodial deaths | Sudhir Shrivastava | To curb custodial deaths |
Taskforce for public credit registry (PCR) for India | Avinash K Srivatsava | To suggest a plan for the development of a comprehensive PCR for India |
Task Force on Artificial Intelligence (AI) | Dr. V. Kamakoti | AI for economic transformation |
N Chandrasekaran Taskforce | N Chandrasekaran | To study the use and application of artificial intelligence (AI) in military |
Injeti Srinivas Committee | Injeti Srinivas | To frame a comprehensive National Sports Development Code across sports disciplines |
BCCI Administrative Committee | Vinod Rai | To run the BCCI |
Timothy Gonsalves Committee | Timothy Gonsalves | To find ways to rectify the gender gap in the IITs |
Kang Committee | Â N S Kang | For proper implementation of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act |
Committee on cybersecurity | Meena Hemchandra | Interventions to strengthen cybersecurity and resilience |
D B Shekatkar committee | Lt Gen D B Shekatkar | To enhance the combat potential of the armed forces |
Chitale Committee | Madhav Chitale | For recommendations for the de-siltation of River Ganga |
Girdhar Malviya Committee | Justice Girdhar Malviya | To prepare the draft Ganga Act |
Kewal Kumar Sharma Committee | Kewal Kumar Sharma | To review the 7th Pay Commission recommendations of the UGC |
Virtual Currency Committee | Dinesh Sharma | For proposing new regulations regarding digital currencies |
Panel on National Education Policy (NEP) | K Kasturirangan | To draft the NEP |
Agricultural Produce Market Committee | Ashok Dalwai | To form a regulated wholesale agricultural market at a distance of every 80 km |
Kotak Committee | Uday Kotak | On corporate governance |
Srikrishna Committee | B N Srikrishna | On data protection |
2nd National Judicial Pay Commission | P V Reddi | To prepare revised salary structures for the judges of lower courts |
Mineral Policy Committee | K Rajeswara Rao | To review the 2008 mineral policy and frame a new one |
Afzal Amanullah Committee | Afzal Amanullah | For a new Haj policy |
TK Viswanathan Committee | TK Viswanathan | To deal with cyber crimes especially online hate speech |
Madhukar Gupta Committee | Madhukar Gupta | Border protection |
RBI Overseeing Committee | Pradeep Kumar | To look into the stressed assets of the banking sector |
Partha Mukhopadhyay Committee | Partha Mukhopadhyay | Working Group on Migration |
Standing Committee of Inter-State Council | Narendra Modi | Disputes between states |
Amitabh Chaudhry Committee | Amitabh Chaudhry | To review the existing framework of IRDAI-linked and non-linked insurance product regulations |
RBC Committee | Dilip C Chakraborty | For a new risk-based capital regime |
Also Read:
Important Summits, Themes, and Venues |
International Organisations and Reports Published by them |
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