Ad hoc committees (India)

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Ad hoc committees in India are temporary parliamentary bodies formed for a specific purpose or task and dissolved once their assigned work is completed.

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Ad hoc committees (India) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Parliamentary committee type
canBeConstitutedBy Lok Sabha
Parliament of India
Rajya Sabha
canCallFor documents and records
canExamine administrative issues
legislative proposals
policy matters
canSummon witnesses
country India
decisionMaking recommendatory
differsFrom Standing Committees
surface form: Standing committees (India)
dissolutionCondition on completion of assigned work
on presentation of report
documentation submit written report
establishedFor ad hoc issues not covered by standing committees
formedFor specific purpose
specific task
governedBy directions of presiding officers of Houses
hasCharacteristic dissolved after completion of work
task-specific
temporary
hasType Advisory committee
Inquiry committee
Joint committee
Select committees
surface form: Select committee
languageOfWork English
Hindi
legalBasis Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha
Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Rajya Sabha
mayBeJointBetween Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
membershipIncludes Members of Parliament
primaryFunction examine specific bills
investigate specific issues
make recommendations on defined matters
relatedConcept Conventions of Indian Parliament
surface form: Committee system of Parliament of India
reportsTo Lok Sabha
Rajya Sabha
both Houses of Parliament
reportType non-binding recommendations
scope limited to terms of reference
selectionOfMembersBy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha
surface form: Chairman of Rajya Sabha

Speaker of the Lok Sabha
surface form: Speaker of Lok Sabha
subjectTo parliamentary privilege
timeHorizon short-term
usedIn Parliament of India

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Standing Committees contrastWith Ad hoc committees (India)
subject surface form: Standing Committees (India)