PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES

Standing Committees of Rajya Sabha

S.No. Committee Name Chairman Name 1 Business Advisory Committee Chairman, Rajya Sabha 2 Committee of Privileges Shri K. Rahman Khan 3 Committee on Ethics Dr. Karan Singh 4 Committee on Government Assurances Shri Pyarimohan Mohapatra 5 Committee on MPLADS Shri K. Rahman Khan 6 Committee on paperlaid on the table Shri Tariq Anwar 7 Committee on Petitions Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari 8 Committee on Provision of Computer Equipment to Members of Rajya Sabha Shri K. Rahman Khan 9 Committee on Rules Chairman, Rajya Sabha 10 Committee on Subordinate Lesiglation Shri Kalraj Mishra 11 General Purposes Committee Chairman, Rajya Sabha 12 House Committee Shri Bhubaneshwar Kalita

Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committees (RS)

S.No. Committee Name Chairman Name 1 Committee on Commerce Shri Shanta Kumar 2 Committee on Health and Family Welfare Shri Brajesh Pathak 3 Committee on Home Affairs Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu 4 Committee on Human Resource Development Shri Oscar Fernandes 5 Committee on Industry Shri Tiruchi Siva 6 Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice Smt. Jayanthi Natarajan 7 Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests Dr. T. Subbarami Reddy 8 Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture Shri Sitaram Yechury

Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committees (LS)

S.No. Committee Name Chairman Name 1 Committe on Information Technology Shri Rao Inderjit Singh 2 Committee on Agriculture Shri Basudeb Acharia 3 Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers Shri Gopinath Munde 4 Committee on Coal and Steel Shri Kalyan Banerjee 5 Committee on Defence Shri Satpal Maharaj 6 Committee on Energy Shri Mulayam Singh Yadav 7 Committee on External Affairs Shri Ananth Kumar 8 Committee on Finance Shri Yashwant Sinha 9 Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution Shri Vilas Baburao Muttemwar 10 Committee on Labour Shri Hemanand Biswal 11 Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri V. Aruna Kumar 12 Committee on Railways Shri T.R. Baalu 13 Committee on Rural Development Smt. Sumitra Mahajen 14 Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment Shri Dara Singh Chauhan 15 Committee on Urban Development Shri Sharad Yadav 16 Committee on Water Resources ----------

Joint Committees

S.No. Committee Name Chairman Name 1 Committe on Empowerment of Women Smt. Chandresh Kumari 2 Committee on Food Management in Parliament House Complex Prof. Ranjan Prasad Yadav 3 Committee on Public Accounts Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi 4 Committee on Public Undertakings Shri V. Kishore Chandra S. Deo 5 Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes Shri Gobinda Chandra Naskar 6 Joint Committee on Members Salary & Allowances Dr. Charan Das Mahant 7 Joint Parliamentary Committee on Installation of Portraits/Statues of National Leaders and Parliamen Smt. Meira Kumar 8 Library Committee Shri Kariya Munda

Adhoc Committees

S.No. Committee Name Chairman Name 1 Joint Parliamentary Committee on Wakf ---------- 2 Select Committee on the Commercial Division of High Courts Bill, 2009 ---------- 3 Select Committee to the Prevention of Torture Bill, 2010 Shri Ashwani Kumar 4 Select Committee to the Wakf (Amendment) Bill, 2010 Prof. Saifuddin Soz