Committee on Coal and Steel
Coal and Steel Committee is also one of the standing committees related to the departments. Three Ministries fall under the jurisdiction of the Committee on Coal and Steel.
Whose details are as follows –
- Ministry of Coal
- Ministry of Mines
- Ministry of Steel
The Coal and Steel Committee considers the demands for grants of the above mentioned Ministries/Departments and submits its report.
Features of the Committee on Coal and Steel
Following are the features of the Committee on Coal and Steel –
- This is a standing committee.
- The term of the committee is one year.
- There are a total of 31 members in the committee, out of which 21 members are elected from the Lok Sabha and 10 members from the Rajya Sabha.
- The committee came into existence on 5 August 2004.
- No minister is made a member of the committee.
Functions of the Committee on Coal and Steel
The functions of the committee related to coal and steel are as follows –
- The Committee considers the demands for grants of the Ministry/Department after the general budget and submits its report.
- The committee does not propose any reduction in its report.
- The committee considers the annual report of the concerned ministry and submits its report to it.
- The Committee considers the Bills sent to the Committee by the Speaker of the Lok Sabha or the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha and submits its report on it within a specified time.
- If asked by the Speaker of the Lok Sabha or the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha to submit a report on the National Long Term Policy Document, the committee considers it and submits its report.
- The committees generally do not deal with the day-to-day business of the Parliament.
- The committee also does not consider any such subject which is being considered by some other committee.
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