Parliamentary Committees

A Parliamentary committee is a committee of Members of Parliament (MPs) who are elected or appointed from amongst the members of the house or nominated by the Speaker or Chairman.
The concept of Parliamentary committees originated in the British Parliament.
These committees operate under the direction of the Speaker of Lok Sabha or Chairman of Rajya Sabha and present their findings and recommendations to the respective houses.

Name of committee	Number of members	Tenure	Members nominated or elected
Estimates committee	30	1 year	Elected by the Lok sabha
Public accounts committee	22 (15LS + 7RS)	1 year	Elected by the two houses
Committee on Public Undertakings	22 (15LS + 7RS)	1 year	Elected by the two houses

Committees to Inquire	Committees on Petitions and Privilege Ethics committee
Committees to Scrutinize and Control	Committees on Government Assurances, Subordinate Legislation, Papers Laid on the Table, Welfare of SCs and STs, Empowerment of Women. Joint committee on offices of profit.
Committees Relating to the Day-to-Day Business of the House	Business advisory committee, Rules committee, Committee on Private Members’ Bills and Resolutions, Absence of Members from Sittings of the House,
House-Keeping committees or Service committees	General purposes committee, House committee, Library committee, Joint committee on salaries and allowances of members.
Departmental standing committees	Committee on Commerce, Home Affairs, Human Resource Development, Industry, etc.

Ad Hoc Committee
- Ad hoc committees are temporary committees constituted for a specific purpose and for a limited period of time.
- These committees are usually constituted to consider and report on a specific bill or to inquire into a particular matter of public importance.
- These committees are dissolved once they have completed their work.