| Committee |
Year |
Details |
| S.K.Dhar |
1948 |
Linguistic Provinces Commission |
| JVP Committee (Jawaharlal Nehru, Vallahbhai Patel, Pattabhi Sitaramayya) |
1948 |
To consider the recommendations of Dhar Commission. This committee also rejected the linguistic factor of reorganization of the states. |
| Fazl Ali Commission |
1953 December |
To visit the whole question of whether the linguistic basis of separation of states can be considered or not. |
| Swaran Singh Committee |
1976 |
Fundamental Duties |
| L.M Singhvi Committee |
1986 |
To study the problems faced by panchayat raj institutions (1/3rd of SC/ST Reservation) (Collector will be the head of zilla parishid) |
| Ajay Chhibber |
2015 |
Niti Aayog Commission |
| Kaka Kalelkar Commission |
1953 January 29 |
First Backward Classes Commission |
| P.V. Rajamanar Committee |
1969 September 2 |
Centre-State Relations Inquiry Committee |
| Sarkaria Commission |
1983 |
To examine the central-state relationship |
| M.M.Punchhi Committee |
2007 |
Centre-State Relationship |
| Srikrishna Committee |
2010 February 3 |
Demand for separate statehood for Telangana or keep the State united in the present form, Andhra Pradesh |
| K. Santhanam Committee |
1962 |
Anti-corruption |
| B.G.Kher |
1955 |
First official language commission |
| Kapur Committee |
1966 |
Inquiry into the conspiracy to murder Gandhiji |
| Nanavati-Mehta Commission |
2002 March 6 |
To probe the Godhra train burning incident of 27 February 2002. Its mandate was later enlarged to include the investigation of the 2002 Gujarat riots. |
| Balwant Rai Mehta Committee |
1957 January |
To examine the working of the Community Development Programme(1952) and the National Extension Service(1953) |
| Ashok Mehta Committee |
1977 December |
Panchayat Raj Institutions (Recommends 3-tier system of Panchayati Raj should be replaced by the 2-tier system) |
| B.P Mandal Commission |
1979 January 1 |
Socially and Educationally Backward Classes Commission (27% Reservation for OBC)Second Backward Classes Commission |
| Muddiman Committee |
1920 |
To enquire about diarchy, instituted by the Montague-Chelmsford Reforms. |
| B.N.Kirpal Commission |
2003 |
First National Forest Commission (NFC) |
| L.C Gupta Committee |
1996 November 18 |
Development and Regulation of Derivative Markets in India |
| Bhanu Pratap Singh Committee |
1964 |
Agriculture |
| soli sorabjee |
2005 October |
Police Act Drafting Committee” (PADC) |
| M.N Vohra |
1977 |
Criminalisation of politics |
| S Padmanabhan Committee |
1995 |
to take a fresh look at the banking Supervision |
| Dinesh Goswami Committee |
1990 |
Electoral Reforms |
| Malhotra Committee |
1993 |
Insurance Sector Reforms |
| Lakdawala Committee |
1989 |
To consider methodological and computational aspects of estimation of proportion and number of poor in India. |
| Dantwala Committee |
1978 |
It identified the remoteness of planning agencies, at the District Level from the grassroots as the major weakness of local area planning Recommends Block level planning |
| Bhagwati Committee |
1973 |
Unemployment |
| Ram Nandan Committee |
1993 |
To identify the creamy layer among the OBC |
| Raja Chelliah committee |
1991-93 |
Tax Reforms |
| Raghuram Rajan Committee |
2007 |
Financial Sector Reforms |
| Abid Hussain Committee |
|
Trade Policy Reform, Small Scale Industries |
| Kothari Commission |
1964-1966 |
National Education Commission |
| Lyngdoh Committee |
2006 |
To examine student election in universites |
| First Narasimham Committee |
1991 |
Financial system |
| Second Narasimham Committee |
1992 |
Progress review of the implementation of the banking reforms |
| Gadgil Commission |
2011 |
Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) |
| Kasturirangan committee |
2013 |
Western Ghats |
| Moraji Desai then Hanumanthaiah |
1966 January 5 |
First Administrative Reforms Commission |
| Veerappa Moily & V.Ramachandran |
2004 |
Second Administrative Reforms Commission |
