ADHOC COMMITTEES
- Such Committees may be broadly classified under two heads :
- Committees which are constituted from time to time, either by the two Houses on a motion adopted in that behalf or by Speaker/Chairman to inquire into and report on specific subjects, (e.g., Committees on food management in Parliament House Complex, Committee on installation of Portraits/Statues of National leaders and Parliamentarians in Parliament House Complex, Committee on Security in Parliament Complex, Committee on MPLADS, Committee on Railway convention, etc.)
- Select or Joint Committees on Bills which are appointed to consider and report on a particular Bill. These Committees are distinguishable from the other Adhoc committee as much as they are concerned with Bills and the procedure to be followed by them as laid down in the Rules of Procedure and Directions by the Speaker/Chairman.
CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEES
- The objective of Consultative Committees is to provide a forum for informal discussion between Members of Parliament, and Ministers and senior officers of the Government, on the policies, principles and programmes of the Government and their implementation.
- The Minister/Minister of State in-charge of the Ministry concerned acts as the Chairman of the Consultative Committee attached to that Ministry.
- The minimum membership of a Consultative Committee is 10 and the maximum membership is 30.
- The Consultative Committee stands dissolved upon dissolution of every Lok Sabha and re-constituted upon constitution of each Lok Sabha.
