ESTIMATES
COMMITTEE - POLITY
News:
Pending works in nine
departments will be expedited, says Assembly Estimates Committee
What's
in the news?
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Recently, the Chairman of Estimates
Committee of Tamil Nadu Assembly, G. Anbazhagan said that pending works and
schemes in nine departments that are looked into will be earmarked and
completed at the earliest.
About
Estimates committee:
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The Estimates Committee is a type of financial Committee that examines the
estimates included in the budget presented to Parliament.
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It was established in 1950.
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It is a 30-member Lok Sabha (lower House of Parliament) committee whose
members are elected by the Lok Sabha from among its members.
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Members are elected every year from
amongst Lok Sabha members according to the principle
of proportional representation by means of a single transferable vote. Thus
all parties get due representation in the committee.
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No
minister can be a member of the estimates committee
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Chairman
of the Estimates committee is appointed
by Speaker of the Lok Sabha from amongst its members
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The chairman appointed invariably belongs
to the ruling party.
Functions:
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To report the kind of economies,
progressive improvements in organization, efficiency, and administrative
reforms in line with the policy underlying the estimates, can be affected.
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To suggest alternative policies to bring
about efficiency and economy in administration.
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To examine whether the money is well laid
out within the limits of the policy implied in the estimates.
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To suggest in forth in which the estimates
are to be presented to Parliament.
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The committee functions would not include
a government undertaking that has been referred to the Committee on Public Undertakings. Also, the committee may continue
the examination of the estimates from time to time, throughout the financial
year and report to the house as its examination proceeds.
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The committee selects estimates for a ministry or department of the central
government, or for such statutory and other entities of the central
government as it deems appropriate, from time to time.
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The committee also examines problems of
special interest that arise during its work or are explicitly submitted to it
by the house or the speaker.
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The committee seeks preparatory materials
from relevant entities in relation to the subjects under consideration, as well
as opinions from non-officials with the understanding of the subjects for use
by committee members.