GS — Committees & Best Practices Compilation
💡 Why & What of Active Recalling?
By turning committee lists into recall questions like ‘Which state has best tribal practices?’ or ‘Who worked on PoSH?’, you train your brain to actively retrieve info—boosting memory far more than passive reading.
2nd ARC Reports — Quick List
1st for RTI, 4th for Ethics in Gov, 3rd 6th for Local Self Governance, 7th for Conflict resolution (Friction to Fusion),
11th for e-gov, 12th for Citizen centric admin
11th for e-gov, 12th for Citizen centric admin
Committees & Commissions
| Name | Recommendation | GS themes where quotable |
|---|---|---|
| Xaxa Committee 2013 | – Judicial Commission to look into the matters of Naxal Offences / Cases under which many Tribals were arrested – Recommended giving Mining Rights to the Tribal Cooperatives (follow model by AP where TC used for marketing MFP) – officials should be punished for delayed implementation of FRA/PESA 1999 – increasing the power of Gram Panchayat to check land acq, small sized water- harvesting structures instead for large dams – Health- Salunkhe Comm also, Mobile health services(Bike ambulance), Tribal health council(+TH Assembly), Tribal members-health prac, sep medical college |
Tribals, Naxal Security, Cooperatives, FRA/PESA, PRI |
| Jaya Jaitley Committee, 2020 | – Age of marriage to 21 – Ensuring skill and business training to girls – Recommended sex education in schools |
Age of motherhood, imperatives of lowering MMR, improvement of nutritional levels, education, women emp |
| Justice Verma Committee, 2012 | – Recommended that an Employment Tribunal be set up because for in-house ICC, women would be discouraged to complaint – Inclusion of Domestic Workers in the PoSH Act |
On Sexual Harassment of Women in Workplace |
| Pam Rajput Committee, 2014 | – Recommended 50 per cent reservation for women in all decision-making bodies – NCW (rep 50% popu) must go beyond ‘Reactive Interventions’ to fulfil the proactive mandate of studying, recommending and influencing policies – Parliamentary Committee on the Empowerment of Women must examine the gender implications of all proposed legislation |
Women, W. Reservation, NCW, Gender implication of laws Manipur issue, IMR |
| Sachar Committee, 2005 | – Equal Opportunity Commission for grievances of minorities – Link madrasas with higher secondary school boards |
Secularism, Minorities, Regionalism (relative deprivation) Ethics case study |
| Bhore Committee | – Health System should be based on Preventive Healthcare + UHC | Health, Right to H (RJ) |
| Uday Kotak Committee, 2017 | – 1 ‘Indep’ women D in every listed company – Sep role of MD/CEO – Min directors to 6 (for diversity) |
Corp Governance, Women |
| TK Vishwanathan Committee | Anti-cyber crime cells in each distt to curb online hate speech 153C, 505A sections must be inserted in IPC |
Hate speech, Security (cyber- crime), Manipur |
| Manishankar Aiyar Committee (Mani > money le jara gaon ki) |
Highlighted decentralisation of corruption in PRI/ULB | PRI |
| Justice Rohini Commission | – 37% OBCs have 0 represenation | Caste, Reservation |
| Electoral Reforms by 2nd ARC | – Limit prescribed for the amount of donation that PP can accept – Audit of PPs by auditors recomm by CAG – Inner party democracy be made compulsory by law |
Election, Elec Bonds, Audit, Germany (inter-party reservation for women) |
| Indrajit Gupta Committee, 1999 | Endorsed State Funding of Elections, in order to establish a fair playing field for parties with less money |
Election (State Funding ki baarish – by Indra Dev) |
| Vohra Committee, 1993 | On Criminalisation of Politics (unholy nexus between politicians, bureaucrats, criminals); establishment of a Nodal Cell in M/o Home Affairs to check nexus |
Election (Criminalisation ka gadbad hora toh hai we need Vohra) :p |
| Dinesh Goswami Committee | – Mobile polling stations for weaker sections near residence | Election, PwD, Old Age, Voting rights, Accessible |
| Justice Amitava Roy (retd.) Committee, 2018 JAR |
To examine the problems plaguing Indian Prisons – At least one lawyer for every 30 prisoners – Fill vaccancies in prison dept Oscar Wilde said, it is not the prisoners that need reformation. It is the prisons; Every sinner has a future |
Prison reforms. Police, Bail Law |
| Vijay Kumar Committee, 2017 | – “Light Regulation” for NGO – Registration procedures be modernised + Searchable database – NITI Aayog as nodal body b/w NGO & govt |
NGO |
| TSR Subramanian Committee, 2016 |
– Indian Education Service(IES) should be established – MDM programs should now be extended to cover students of secondary school Committee for Evolution of the New Education Policy (NEP) |
Education, Nutrition |
| Dr. K Kasturirangan Committee, 2017 |
developing a new National Curriculum Framework (NCF) | Education |
| R P Tiwari Committee, 2020 | Suggesting multiple ways of transforming HEIs into Multi-Disciplinary Institutions (rather than single stream); need one such HEI in every distt by 2030 |
Higher Education, NCF, Innovation |
| Sharda Prasad Committee, 2016 Maa sharda, S se skilling |
Report on Skill Councils have a separate stream for vocational education within the secondary school education setup; Creating vocational schools and colleges for upward mobility |
Skilling |
| Surjit S Bhalla Committee, 2019 | recommended “Elephant Bonds” as a specialised security product providing funds towards Long Term Infrastructure |
Infrastructure, PPP |
| Injeti Srinivas Committee, 2019 | On Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) – consider CSR as tax deduction; CSR activity schedule aligned with SDGs, Introducing impact assessment studies for CSR obligations of ₹5 crore or more |
CSR, Corporate gov, Env, SDG |
| U K Sinha Panel | Form a Rs.5000 crore stressed asset fund for MSMEs Waive PSL norms for banks that wish to specialise in MSME Lending Factoring for MSMEs to handle liquidity crisis (suggested by ES-22) |
Economy |
| Akhilesh Ranjan Task Force, 2019 | On Direct Tax Code Increasing the limit for opening cases Use AI in the tax-compliance and administration process |
Economy |
| Ashok Dalwai Committee, 2019 | Sustaining Income growth through 5 pillars: (CROPS) ➢ Increasing productivity as a route to higher production. ➢ Reduced cost of production / cultivation. ➢ Optimal monetisation of the produce. ➢ Sustainable production technology. ➢ Risk negotiation all along the agricultural value chain. Other terms: Empowering Farmers through Agricultural Extension & knowledge diffusion; Effective Input Management achieving Resource-Use-Efficiency (RUE) and Total Factor Productivity (TFP); Demand Driven Agricultural Logistics System for post-production operations; Developing Hub and Spoke System at back-end as well as front-end to facilitate and promote a new market architecture Marketing Intelligence System to provide demand led decision making support system |
Agriculture (RUE for climate smart/irrigation) Marketing Transport P-CSR ka diagram banao |
| Shanta Kumar Committee | – Total end to end computerization of the entire food management system – Relook at the current coverage of 67 percent of population – Central issue prices being frozen for three years – FCI to hand over all procurement operations of wheat, paddy and rice to States – Stop bonuses on MSP – Deregulate fertilizer sector and provide cash fertiliser subsidy of Rs 7,000 per hectare to farmers (also PM PRANAM) |
Agriculture (FCI, PDS, Fertilizer) |
| Beekeeping Development Committee 2019 |
Recognizing Honeybees as inputs to Agriculture and considering landless Beekeepers as farmers |
Agriculture |
| T Haque Committee | Legalisation of land leasing will result in availability of more land which the landless and marginal farmers can lease in this will help improve their economic condition Provision of “Special Land Tribunal” |
Agriculture, Land Leasing |
| Kelkar Committee, 2015 | PPP Reforms Renegotiation setup for facilitation; Independent Regulator; PPP should only be used for large projects; Provide for monetisation of completed projects |
Economy, Funding |
| AJ Paulraj Committee | 5G; Economic impact of 5G is expected to be over $1 trillion | S&T, DPI |
| Anil Kakodkar Committee, 2012 | Creation of a statutory Railway Safety Authority with enough powers to have a safety oversight (indep mechanism) |
Infrastructure, Train accident Balasore |
| Madhav Gadgil Committee | M. Gadgil was the chairman of the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP); 2011 Report proposed: 64% area as ESA to which none of the govt. agreed |
Environment, Biodiversity, Disaster Mgmt/Land Slide |
| Kasturirangan Committee report 2014 |
proposed 37% of total area of Western Ghats as ESA | Environment, Landslide |
| Shailesh Nayak Committee, 2014 | Examining the issues of the coastal states and union territories with respect to the Coastal Regulation Zone |
Environment, Coastal |
| High-level inter-ministerial Apex Committee, 2020 (IMAC) |
Apex Committee for Implementation of Paris Agreement (for coordinated response to CC) |
Environment |
| Ravi Chopra Committee | Dam building in Himalayas, etc (23 out 24 rejected) | Environment, Disaster Mgmt |
| Mihir Shah Committee, 2016 | National Water Commission (NWC) has been proposed which will subsume CWC and CGWB Focus on river basins which must form the fundamental units for View groundwater and surface water in an integrated, holistic manner Water under concurrent list |
Environment (Augmentation, conservation and efficient management of water resources) Water stress, Water dispute |
| Justice Madan B Lokur Committee | Physical surveillance of fields to check stubble burning (side note: also use bio decomposer) |
Agriculture/Env |
| Rajiv Gauba Committee, 2018 | On the issue of Mob lynching and fake news; SP in each District as the nodal officer; ensure that social media platforms do not become a means for spreading rumours |
Security, Social Media, Manipur |
| Malimath Committee | On Criminal Justice System | Security |
| Shekatkar Committee, 2016 | On Border Infrastructure via EPC model; Socio-eco dev in borders Outsourcing road construction work beyond optimal capacity of BRO; Use EPC for more than 100 crore projects Recommendations were related to speeding up road construction, leading to socio economic |
Security (Border, Vibrant Village) |
| Standing Committee on Home Affairs, 2016: Border Security |
– Fencing in the Thar Desert region had proved to be ineffective because of the shifting sand dunes; BG border fencing slow – Notification be re-issued to revive the National Centre for Counter Terrorism (NCCT) as the nodal counter-terrorism agency (as currently NIA, IB, NSG not under single unified) |
Security, Border, Terrorism, Drug trafficking Sand Dune (geography) |
| Malegaon Committee | Microfinance, SHGs, fix the interest rate cap for loans Quotes: Unity of voice to unity of purpose (minority, SJ, Essay) |
SHG, Finance Side Note: Follow five cardinal principles or Panchsutra (regular meetings, regular savings, internal lending, regular repayment and bookkeeping) |
| Santhanam Committee Report | Referred to political corruption as more dangerous than corruption of officials and recommended for Vigalance Commission both at the Centre and in the States Establishment of CVC |
Criminalization of Politics, Corruption Ethics |
| NCRWC | Management of disasters and emergencies should be included in the Concurrent List of the Seventh Schedule |
DM. 7th schedule |
| Ramanujam Committee | Identified around 1,700 old statutes that were ready for repeal | Legislation, EoDB |
| K.V. Kamath Committee | Graded approach to restructuring of stressed accounts based on severity of the impact on the borrowers- Banks can classify the accounts into mild, moderate and severe (MMS) as recommended by the committee |
on Restructuring of corporate Loans, Bad Bank |
| Swaminathan Committee – National Commission for farmers |
Water: Water literacy movt, pani panchayat in every village Establish Livestock Feed and Fodder Corporations at the State Level Fisheries: Artificial coral reefs to revive fish catch; Quality literacy to safeguard harvested fish; |
Agriculture, Environment, Animal Husbandry |
| Justice BN Srikrishna Committee Report on Data Protection |
• Data Protection Framework (data of ppl, by ppl, for ppl) • Individual will have right to withdraw consent • All firms and agencies will have to appoint data protection officers |
Data Protection, cyber security, DPI |
| V Kamakoti Panel | Setting up National Artificial Intelligence Mission (N-AIM) Data ombudsman for data related issues |
on Artificial Intelligence, data protection |
| Dhirendra Singh Committee | Emphasis on Greater Indigenisation of Defence of procurement; and HRD | Defence Procurement Procedure |
| Jeevan Reddy Committee | Repeal AFSPA and insert prov in UAPA Greivance cells in each distt |
AFSPA, Regionalism |
| Madhukar Gupta Committee | Indo-Pak border: separate recommendations for four states as each of them has different topography and problems Suggested use of technology and heightened vigil on riverine frontiers CIBMS lagao |
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| Kargil Review Committee | CDS post; Strengthen border infra | |
| Justice Gita Mittal Committee (Manipur ke log Gita ka sandesh bhule) |
To oversee relief and rehabilitation of victims of violence in Manipur | |
| Gulshan Rai Committee (log Gulshan ban ja rhe hain net pe) |
Establish a separate agency for online cybercrime regulation Reduce Government’s dependence on foreign servers Set up Cyber Forensic labs |
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| Tarapore cmt | Setting preconditions for Full convertibility as per FD, NPA, Inflation under control |
Internationalisation of Rupee, Dollarisation |
| K Radhakrishnan Cmt | Off shore campus, international quality faculty, STEM focus | Higher Education, IIT Madras (Zanzibar, Tanzania), S&T Edu |
| Mahesh Chandra Mishra Committee |
Almost 50 years ago, the Centre had appointed MC Mishra, the then collector of Garhwal, to look into why Joshimath was sinking; Recommended restrictions be placed on heavy construction work |
DM, Landslide |
| N C Saxena Review cmt | Increase tribal representation in Forest Rights Committees (FRCs) | Tribal |
| Somanathan cmt | Pension reforms Old vs New | |
| Justice Malimath Cmt | underlined the need for ADR mechanisms as a viable alternative to conventional court litigation Shortening vacation of judges; Victim Compensation Fund, Schedule for the Code to be published in all regional languages so that the accused is aware of his or her rights. Inquisitorial court system (where court/judge is not a passive recipient of information rather works actively in investigation) |
CJS reforms, ADR (judiciary), Security Police, Judiciary |
| PK Mishra Task Force (Mishra Brothers) |
Restructure NDMA, dissolve NEC, Inc financial resources | Disaster Mgmt |
| NCRWC/Venkatachaliah Commission |
Individual and Collective consultation with the states should be undertaken through Article 263 (Inter State Council) for cooperative federalism |
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| Sumit Bose Committee | Full time secretary at PRI, regular GS meetings, ICT usage, monitoring performance |
PRI |
| Umesh Sinha Committee | 1. Social media platforms should work with the EC… 2. Election period silence of 48hrs should be extended to cover print and social media |
Election & social media usage, Section 126A of RPA |
| Sunder Committee on Road Safety (Road Sunder banao) |
1. Earmarking of 1% of total proceeds of cess on diesel and petrol for Road Safety Fund 2. Creation of the National Road Safety & Traffic Management Board |
Infra, Road Safety |
| Meena Kumari Committee (Meen = fishes) |
1. Diversify fishing using deep buffer zones and development of technology to exploit water beyond 500 meters 2. Squid fishing to be increased. |
Fisheries |
| PJ Nayak Committee | To create a Bank Investment Company (BIC) to transfer all shares of PSBs held by GoI to BIC for better management of PSBs |
Banking, Opitonal |
| TSR Subramaniam Committee on Environment |
1. New Umbrella Law by summing Envt laws 2. National Envt Management Authority 3. All India Environment Service 4. Review six major environmental laws |
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| Jayant Sinha Task Force | Constituted a task force to prepare road map and fast-track implementation of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology or drones in the country. |
Drones, UAV, Drone Regulation 2.0 |
| Katoch Committee (API imports Kat Kr do) |
Setting up of mega parks for API or Bulk drugs manufacturing; Boosting R&D via greater tax benefits |
Health, Pharma Industry |
Best Practices (NITI Aayog)
| Best Practice | Description | GS themes where quotable |
|---|---|---|
| Climate Resilient Rice – Fish Farming in Assam |
Organic fertilization by fish excreta; Encouraging pisciculture in the paddy fields of Assam; increases the income without increasing expenses; reduction in labor in weeding |
Agriculture, Env, Income boost, CC |
| Organic Large Cardamom Production-An initiative of Farmers Producer Company in Nagaland |
Producing and developing a value chain for organic large cardamom | Agriculture, FPC, income via higher value crop |
| School Adoption Initiative, Darrang (Assam) |
one college teacher adopted one school in the district of Darrang, Assam with the aim of improving teaching and learning practices |
Education, Schools, Ethics, Essay |
| Project Second Innings | Retired teachers voluntarily sign-up for teaching primary and upper primary classes in Dahod (GJ) |
Education, Ageing |
| Ganga Prahari – Guardians Of The Ganga |
Trained cadre of local communities | Environment, rivers, community role |
| Dhimsa Radio – Transmitting Social Change In Koraput Odhisha |
disseminating information on government schemes; platform to the rural residents to air their grievances and local artistes to showcase their talent; Do and dont’s during COVID |
Social change, governance, Covid, awareness, promotion of local artistes (A&C), use of tech |
| Mera Baccha Abhiyan in Datia (MP) |
Suposhan Mela; Poshan Clubs; achieved 100 % breastfeeding under this initiative |
Malnutrition, Hunger case study |
| eSanjeevani OPD | Improving Tele-Medicine Service In Khunti distt of JH | Health |
| Akanksha, Government of Karnataka |
An integrated online platform for SDG and CSR alignment by Karnataka Govt | e-governance |
| Kutumba, Government of Karnataka |
IT-based platform for improving ease of access to government benefits to the poor, bringing about inclusive growth; fully automated beneficiary eligibility and entitlement identification process |
e-governance |
| Navchetna Bakery – Livelihood Generation |
run exclusively by women who were trafficked and rescued, and members of transgender and differently abled community (Dantewada CG) |
Women, PwD, TG, Naxal |
| Sports Excellence through “Khelo India” Scheme, Churu |
Sports acted as an antidote for a lot of societal evils such as substance abuse; Churu as a cradle for the armed forces; Allows athletes to stay on site and be in continuous contact with their coach |
Security, Sports |
