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Committee SYSTEM

COMMITTEE SYSTEM 


Introduction
  1. US: congress in session is congress at display, congress in committee is congress at work
  2. work throughout the year
  3. can take specialist view on a particular issue
  4. parties can coordinate behind media
  5. committees can involve stakeholders, experts for consultation
  6. strongest committee system in USA
    1. bill can directly go even before introduction to house
  7. in India, committee system does not work efficiently
    1. not necessary to refer the bill to committee
    2. 16th LS, only 27% are referred, 15th 70% were referred
    3. recommendations are even not tabled
    4. when discussed, not implemented
  8. started in India in 1921: Public Accounts Committee
    1. Estimates Committee was set up in 1950
    2. 1993: Departmental led Standing Committees have been set up
  9. 4 type of committee wrt legislative business
    1. financial
    2. departmental standing committee
    3. select committee
      1. ad hoc
    4. rules committee
  10. weakness of committee system, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Devesh kapoor 
    1. suffer general weakness of parliament
    2. lack of capacity
    3. members elected for a year, so waste of experience
    4. not given additional remuneration
    5. lack of qualitative research support
    6. recommendations neither discussed, nor implemented
    7. ministers are not involved, so neither supportive 

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