What are the Department-related Standing Committees?
Ans: These Committees, as their name suggests, consider and report on the working/demands for grants of the Ministries/Departments assigned to them. There are twenty four such Committees consisting of not more than thirty one members, out of which twenty one members are nominated by the Speaker, Lok Sabha and ten members are nominated by the Chairman, Rajya Sabha. Sixteen Committees function under the Speaker, Lok Sabha and eight Committees under the Chairman, Rajya Sabha. The eight Department-related Standing Committees working under the direction and control of the Chairman, Rajya Sabha are : Committee on Commerce, Committee on Home Affairs, Committee on Human Resource Development, Committee on Industry, Committee on Science & Technology, Environment and Forests, Committee on Transport, Tourism & Culture, Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice and Committee on Health and Family Welfare.
