Parliamentary Standing Committee: Recently, parliamentary standing committees of different departments have been formed. Radha Mohan Das Aggarwal will be the chairman of the parliamentary committee of the Home Department. Along with this, Akhilesh Yadav has been made a member of the Science and Technology, Environment and Climate Change Committee. BJP leader and MP Nishikant Dubey has been appointed chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Communications and IT, while Anil Baluni has been made a member of the committee.
Rahul Gandhi will be a member of the Defense Committee
Congress leader and Rae Bareli MP Rahul Gandhi has been made a member of the Defense Committee, while Radha Mohan Singh has been appointed Chairman of the Defense Committee. Asaduddin Owaisi has been made a member of the Parliamentary Committee on External Affairs, and Shashi Tharoor has been appointed Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on External Affairs. This formation will be important for monitoring and development of works in various departments.
How are parliamentary committees formed?
Parliamentary committees are reconstituted after every general election because the members of the committees must be sitting members of Parliament (MPs). However, department-related standing committees are reconstituted every year, while many other committees, such as joint parliamentary committees, undergo changes when a member retires or loses his Lok Sabha seat. These panels select members from all parties in Parliament on the basis of proportional representation of each party in the House.
The purpose of these parliamentary committees is to keep an eye on the affairs of Parliament and play an advisory role in law making. There are 24 department-related standing committees which cover all the ministries/departments of the government under their jurisdiction. Each of these committees has 31 members. In which 21 are elected from Lok Sabha and 10 from Rajya Sabha. These members are nominated by the Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
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