Question : SETTING UP OF CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEES

(a) Whether there is any provision for constituting Consultative Committees in various Ministries;

(b) If so, the details thereof, Ministry-wise;

(c) the number of such committees out of them constituted recently; and

(d) the time by which the remaining committees are likely to be constituted?

MINISTER OF STATE FOR PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS AND PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR )

(a) Yes, Sir.

(b) to (d) In view of the provisions of the guidelines formulated in April, 1969 to regulate the constitution and functioning of the Consultative Committees, the Consultative Committees are required to be constituted for all the Ministries/ Departments. The minimum and maximum strength for consti- tuting a Consultative Committee has been fixed as 10 and 40 Members respectively. The work of constituting the Consultative Committees of 40 Ministries/Departments (Annexure-I) was taken up in October, 1999, out of which Consultative Committees in respect of 30 Ministries/ Departments have been constituted (Annexure-II). It has not been found feasible to constitute the Consultative Committees for the remaining Ministries/Departments due to lack of minimum strengths required for constituting the Consultative Committees.

ANNEXURE-I

LIST OF CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEES PROPOSED TO BE CONSTITUTED

S.No.	Name of Ministry/Department
1.	Agriculture

2.	Chemicals & Fertilizers

3.	Civil Aviation

4.	Commerce and Industry

5.	Communications
6.	Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution

7	Culture, Youth Affairs & Sports

8.	Defence

9.	Environment & Forests
10.	External Affairs
11.	Finance
12.	Health and Family Welfare
13.	Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
14.	Home Affairs
15.	Human Resource Development
16.	Information & Broadcasting
17.	Information Technology
18.	Labour & Employment
19.	Law, Justice and Company Affairs
20.	Mines & Minerals
21.	Non-Conventional Energy Sources
22.	Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
23.	Petroleum & Natural Gas
24.	Planning and Statistics and Programme Implementation
25.	Power
26.	Railways
27.	Rural Development
28.	Science & Technology
29.	Small Scale Industries and Agro & Rural Industries
30.	Social Justice and Empowerment
31.	Steel
32.	Surface Transport
33.	Textiles
34.	Tourism
35.	Tribal Affairs
36.	Urban Development
37.	Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation
38.	Water Resources
39.	Department of Atomic Energy, Space & Ocean Development
40.	Department of Disinvestment

S.NO.	Name of Ministry
1.	Agriculture

2.	Chemicals & Fertilizers

3.	Civil Aviation

4.	Commerce and Industry

5.	Communications
6.	Defence

7	Environment & Forests

8.	External Affairs

9.	Finance
10.	Health and Family Welfare
11.	Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
12.	Home Affairs
13.	Human Resource Development
14.	Information & Broadcasting
15.	Information Technology
16.	Labour
17.	Mines & Minerals
18.	Petroleum & Natural Gas
19.	Power
20.	Railways
21.	Rural Development
22.	Steel
23.	Surface Transport
24.	Textiles
25.	Tourism and Culture
26.	Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation
27.	Youth Affairs and Sports
28.	Science & Technology and Department of Ocean Development
29.	Social Justice and Empowerment
30.	Water Resources