List of Indian commissions
Commissions are constituted by the Government of India either on an ad hoc or permanent basis, to guide, advise or provide solutions to various issues coming under the concerned ministry.
List of commissions
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (May 2012) |
Permanent commissions
No. | Commission | Formed | Description | Ministry/Department | Website |
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1 | Atomic Energy Commission of India | 1948 |
| Department of Atomic Energy | aec.gov.in Archived 25 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine |
2 | Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices | 1965 |
| Ministry of Agriculture (India) | cacp.dacner.nic.in |
3 | National Commission for Backward Classes[2] | 1993 |
| Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment | ncdc.nic.in |
4 | National Commission on Cattle | 2002 |
| Ministry of Agriculture (India) | dahd.nic.in |
5 | Competition Commission of India | 2003 |
| cci.gov.in | |
6 | National Statistical Commission | 2005 |
| Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation | mospi.nic.in |
7 | Telecom Commission[3] | 1989 |
| Ministry of Communications and Information Technology[5] | dot.gov.in |
8 | Election Commission | 1950 | Constitutional Autonomous Body
| eci.nic.in | |
9 | Chief Labour Commissioner | 1945 |
| clc.gov.in | |
10 | Planning Commission | 1950 |
| planningcommission.nic.in / planningcommission.org | |
11 | Law Commission | 1955 |
| Ministry of Law and Justice (India)[10] | lawcommissionofindia.nic.in |
12 | Finance Commission | 1951 | *Adjudicates on the sharing of resources between center and states | fincomindia.nic.in | |
13 | National Human Rights Commission of India | 1993 | Autonomous statutory body | nhrc.nic.in | |
14 | University Grants Commission | 1953 |
| Ministry of Human Resource Development | ugc.ac.in |
15 | Vigilance Commission (CVC) | 1964 |
| cvc.nic.in Archived 16 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine | |
16 | Knowledge Commission | 2005 | knowledgecommission.gov.in | ||
17 | National Commission for Women | 1992 | * protecting and promoting the interests of women in India | ncw.nic.in | |
18 | Scheduled Tribes Commission | 2004 | * protection, welfare and development & advancement of the Scheduled Tribes | ncst.nic.in | |
19 | Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganized Sector | 2004 | Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises | nceuis.nic.in | |
20 | Census Commission | 1872 | Ministry of Home Affairs | ||
21 | Central Forestry Commission | 1965 | |||
22 | Central Water Commission | 1945 | Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation | [1] | |
23 | Electronics Commission | 1971 | |||
24 | Commission for Additional Sources of Energy | 1981 | |||
25 | Rashtriya Barh Ayog (National Flood Commission) | 1976 | Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation | ||
26 | Indo-Bangladesh Joint Rivers Commission | 1972 | |||
27 | Khadi and Village Industries Commission | 1957 | Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises | kvic.org.in | |
28 | Space Commission | 1962 | isro.gov.in Archived 28 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine | ||
29 | Staff Selection Commission | 1976 | Department of Personnel and Training | ssc.nic.in | |
30 | National judicial appointments commission | Transferring of judges to higher judiciary | |||
31 | Union Public Service Commission[11] | 1926 |
| upsc.gov.in | |
32 | Pay Commission | Pay Commission is set up by Government of India, and gives its recommendations regarding changes in salary structure of its employees | |||
33 | National Commission for Minorities | 1992 | Ministry of Minority Affairs | ||
34 | Central Information Commission | 2005 | |||
35 | Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas | 2021 |
| Ministry of Environment, Forest and Claimate Change | caqm.nic.in |
Ad hoc commissions
No. | Commission | Year | Objectives |
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1 | States Reorganisation Commission | 1955 |
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2 | Kothari Commission | 1964 |
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3 | Kapur Commission | 1966 |
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4 | Khosla Commission | 1970 |
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5 | Mandal Commission | 1979 |
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6 | Sarkaria Commission | 1983 |
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7 | Mukherjee Commission | 2005 |
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8 | Nanavati Commission | 2000 |
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9 | Narendran Commission | 2000 |
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10 | National Commission to review the working of the Constitution | 2000 |
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11 | Nanavati-Mehta Commission | 2002 |
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12 | Commission for Religious and Linguistic Minorities | 2004 |
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13 | Liberhan Commission | 1992 | To investigate the destruction of the disputed structure Babri Masjid |
14 | Shah Commission | 1977 | To inquire into all the excesses committed during the Indian Emergency (1975 - 77). |
See also
- Standing committees of India
- List of Indian parliamentary committees
References
- ^ "The resolution passed by Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India" (PDF).[permanent dead link]
- ^ "National Commissions under Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment". Archived from the original on 3 May 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
- ^ "Functions of DoT". Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communication, Government of India. 30 October 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
- ^ "Profile". India: Department of Telecommunications. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
- ^ Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India)
- ^ [https://web.archive.org/web/20141008083602/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/election-machinery.aspx Archived 8 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Functions". Archived from the original on 25 September 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ Planning Commission (India)
- ^ http://lawcommissionofindia.nic.in/
- ^ "Untitled Document". Archived from the original on 2 March 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ "Functions | UPSC". www.upsc.gov.in. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
External links
- "Commissions/Committees". Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Archived from the original on 7 May 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
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Indian commissions
- Agricultural Costs and Prices
- Agriculture
- Atomic Energy
- Backward Classes
- Cattle
- Competition
- Consumer Disputes Redressal
- Cooperation with UNESCO
- Delimitation
- Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes
- Election
- Electricity Regulation
- Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector
- Farmers
- Finance
- Financial Sector Legislative Reforms
- Forward Markets
- Human Resources for Health
- Human Rights
- Information
- Investment
- Knowledge
- Labour
- Law
- Medical
- Minorities
- Minority Educational Institutions
- Pay
- Pharmacopoeia Commission
- Planning
- Population
- Protection of Child Rights
- Public Service
- Railway Safety
- Safai Karamcharis
- Scheduled Castes
- Scheduled Tribes
- Socially and Educationally Backward Classes
- Staff Selection
- Statistics
- University Grants
- Vigilance
- Water
- Women