List of committees of the Indian government

The Government of India has appointed a number of committees, a small group of officials appointed to deal with a particular domain or issue. These include the parliamentary committees established by the Parliament of India.

The Parliamentary committees are established to study and deal with various matters that cannot be directly handled by the legislature due to their volume. They also monitor the functioning of the executive branch.

The Parliamentary committees are of two kinds - Standing committees and Ad hoc committees. The former are elected or appointed periodically and they work on a continuous basis. The latter are created on an ad hoc basis as the need arises and they are dissolved after they complete the task assigned to them.

A Standing Committee is a committee consisting of Members of Parliament. It is a permanent and regular committee which is constituted from time to time according to the provisions of an Act of Parliament or Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business. The work done by the Indian Parliament is not only voluminous but also of a complex nature, hence a good deal of its work is carried out in these Parliamentary Committees.

There are three important Standing Committees dealing with financial affairs.

As of March 2016^[update], there are 24 Department-related Standing Committees (DRSCs). All of these have 31 members - 21 from Lok Sabha and 10 from Rajya Sabha.

As of March 2016^[update], other Standing Committees are:

As of March 2016^[update], the following Ad-hoc Committees are in operation:

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