Category 17 · Current Affairs & Government Schemes

Key Government Committees and Commissions

13 micro topics in Current Affairs & Government Schemes for UPSC Prelims, in book order: Finance Commission (15th/16th Finance Commission Recommendations); NITI Aayog Reports and Task Forces; and 11 more.

17.1

Finance Commission (15th/16th Finance Commission Recommendations)

The Finance Commission is a constitutional body under Article 280 that the President sets up at least every five years to recommend how the net proceeds of Union taxes are shared between the Centre and the…
17.2

NITI Aayog Reports and Task Forces

The NITI Aayog, or National Institution for Transforming India, is the policy think tank of the Government of India. It was set up on 1 January 2015 by a Union Cabinet resolution to replace the Planning…
17.3

Law Commission of India Reports

The Law Commission of India is a non-statutory, non-constitutional executive body that the Government of India sets up for a fixed term, usually three years, to study the law and recommend reform. The first Commission was…
17.4

Election Commission Committees on Electoral Reforms

Electoral reform in India has been shaped by a series of committees and by proposals of the Election Commission of India, a constitutional body under Article 324 that supervises elections to Parliament, state legislatures and the…
17.5

Committees on One Nation One Election

One Nation One Election is a proposal to hold Lok Sabha and state assembly elections together, with local body polls following within a fixed time. The Union government set up a High-Level Committee under former President…
17.6

Reserve Bank of India Committees (Monetary Policy, Digital Lending, etc.)

The Reserve Bank of India, set up in 1935 under the RBI Act, 1934, forms expert committees and working groups whose reports shape monetary policy, banking regulation and financial inclusion. The Urjit R. Patel Committee of…
17.7

Standing Committees and Parliamentary Committees in the News

Parliamentary committees are small groups of members of Parliament that examine bills, budgets and government work in detail, because the full House has too little time. They are of two kinds, Standing Committees that are permanent…
17.8

National Commission for Backward Classes and Related Committees

The National Commission for Backward Classes is a constitutional body under Article 338B, given that status by the Constitution (102nd Amendment) Act, 2018, which repealed the earlier National Commission for Backward Classes Act, 1993. It examines…
17.9

Delimitation Commission

The Delimitation Commission is a high-powered body set up by the President under a Delimitation Act of Parliament to redraw the boundaries of Lok Sabha and state assembly constituencies after each Census so that each seat…
17.10

R.N. Malhotra Committee on Insurance Sector Reforms

The R.N. Malhotra Committee on Insurance Sector Reforms was a committee set up by the Ministry of Finance, Government of India, in April 1993 under R.N. Malhotra, a former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India,…
17.11

L.C. Gupta Committee on Financial Derivatives

The L.C. Gupta Committee on Derivatives was set up by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) in November 1996 under Dr L.C. Gupta to draw up a regulatory framework for derivatives trading in India,…
17.12

Y.H. Malegam Committee on Microfinance Institutions and NBFC Regulation

The Y.H. Malegam Committee on Microfinance Institutions was a sub-committee of the Central Board of the Reserve Bank of India, set up in 2010 under chartered accountant Y.H. Malegam after the microfinance crisis in Andhra Pradesh,…
17.13

Urjit R. Patel Committee on Monetary Policy Framework

The Urjit R. Patel Committee, formally the Expert Committee to Revise and Strengthen the Monetary Policy Framework, was set up by the Reserve Bank of India in September 2013 under then Deputy Governor Urjit R. Patel…

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Which topics are in Key Government Committees and Commissions?

Key Government Committees and Commissions has 13 micro topics in Current Affairs & Government Schemes: Finance Commission (15th/16th Finance Commission Recommendations); NITI Aayog Reports and Task Forces; Law Commission of India Reports; Election Commission Committees on Electoral Reforms; Committees on One Nation One Election; Reserve Bank of India Committees (Monetary Policy, Digital Lending, etc.); Standing Committees and Parliamentary Committees in the News; National Commission for Backward Classes and Related Committees; Delimitation Commission; R.N. Malhotra Committee on Insurance Sector Reforms; L.C. Gupta Committee on Financial Derivatives; Y.H. Malegam Committee on Microfinance Institutions and NBFC Regulation; Urjit R. Patel Committee on Monetary Policy Framework.

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Key Government Committees and Commissions is a part of the UPSC Prelims Current Affairs & Government Schemes syllabus map on MaargX UPSC. Each of its 13 published topics has key terms, a Mains angle and practice questions.