Punjab Assembly Committee on Public Undertakings

Indian Legislative committee

  AAP (10)
  INC (2) Election criteriaThe members are elected every year from amongst its members of house according to the principle of proportional representation.Tenure1 YearJurisdictionPurposeLegislative oversight of Public UndertakingsRules & ProcedureApplicable rulesArticle 208 of the Constitution of India
section 32 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956
Rules 232(1) and 2(b) of Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Punjab Legislative Assembly

Punjab Assembly Committee on Public Undertakings of Punjab Legislative Assembly is constituted annually for a one year period from among the members of the Assembly.[1][2][3][4][5]

Functions

The functions of the Committee on Public Undertakings is:[1][6]

(a) To examine the reports and accounts of the Public undertakings specified in Schedule II and of such other Public Undertakings as may be referred to the Committee by the Speaker for examination;
(b) To examine the reports, if any, of the Comptroller and Auditor-General on the public undertakings;
(c) To examine in the context of the autonomy and efficiency of public undertakings, whether the affairs of the public undertakings are being managed in accordance with sound business principles and prudent commercial practices; and
(d) To exercise such other functions vested in the Committee on Public Accounts and the Committee on Estimates in relation to the Public undertakings mentioned above as are not covered by clauses (a), (b) and (c) above and as may be allotted to the Committee by the Speaker from time to time :

Provided that the Committee shall not examine and investigate any of the following, namely:-

(i) Matters of major Government policy as distinct from business or commercial functions of the public undertakings ;
(ii) Matters of day-to-day administration;
(iii) Matters for the consideration of which machinery is established by any special statue under which a particular public undertaking is established

Appointment

The speaker appoints the committee and its members every year for a one year term according to the powers conferred by Article 208 of the Constitution of India read with section 32 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 (37 of 1956), and in pursuance of Rules 232(1) and 2(b) of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Punjab Legislative Assembly.[7]

Members

For the 1 year period starting May 2022, the Committee on Public Undertakings of 16th Punjab Assembly had following members:[1][8]

Committee on Public Undertakings (2022–23)
Sr. No. Name Post Party
1. Budh Ram Chairperson AAP
2. Amarpal Singh Member AAP
3. Amrinder Singh Raja Warring Member INC
4. Avtar Singh Junior Member INC
5. Fauja Singh Sarari Member AAP
6. Gurdit Singh Sekhon Member AAP
7. Gurlal Ghanaur Member AAP
8. Jai Krishan Singh Member AAP
9. Jasbir Singh Sandhu Member AAP
10. Manjinder Singh Lalpura Member AAP
11. Manwinder Singh Giaspura Member AAP
12. Sarvan Singh Dhun Member AAP

Chairpersons

Tenure Terms Name Political party
2017-18 1 Om Parkash Soni[9][10] Indian National Congress
2018-19 1 Rakesh Pandey[11] Indian National Congress
2019-21 2 Kuljit Singh Nagra[12][13] Indian National Congress
2021-22 1 Navtej Singh Cheema[14][15] Indian National Congress
2022-23 1 Budh Ram[8] Aam Aadmi Party

Previous members

For the one year period before May 2022, the Committee on Public Undertakings of 15th Punjab Assembly had following members:

2021–22

Committee on Public Undertakings (2021–22)[16]
Sr. No. Name Post Party
1. Sardar Navtej Singh Cheema Chairperson INC
2. Shri Aman Arora Member INC
3. Shri Arun Dogra Member INC
4. Sardar Bikram Singh Majithia Member INC
5. Shri Dalvir Singh Goldy Member INC
6. Shri Darshan Lal Member INC
7. Shri N.K. Sharma Member INC
8. Sardar Rajinder Singh Member INC
9. Sardar Sangat Singh Gilzian Member INC
10. Shri Sanjeev Talwar Member INC
11. Smt. Sarvjit Kaur Manuke Member INC
12. Sardar Sukhwinder Singh Danny Member INC
13. Chaudhary Surinder Singh Member

2020–21

Committee on Public Undertakings (2020–21)[17]
Sr. No. Name Post Party
1. Sardar Kuljit Singh Nagra Chairperson INC
2. Shri Aman Arora Member INC
3. Sardar Rajinder Singh Member INC
4. Shri Arun Dogra Member INC
5. Sardar Bikram Singh Majithia Member INC
6. Shri Dalvir Singh Goldy Member INC
7. Shri N.K. Sharma Member INC
8. Sardar Sukhwinder Singh Danny Member INC
9. Sardar Ramanjeet Singh Sikki Member INC
10. Sardar Sangat Singh Gilzian Member INC
11. Smt. Sarvjit Kaur Manuke Member INC
12. Shri Sanjeev Talwar Member INC
13. Chaudhary Surinder Singh Member

2019–20

Committee on Public Undertakings (2019–20)[18]
Sr. No. Name Post Party
1. Sardar Kuljit Singh Nagra Chairperson INC
2. Shri Aman Arora Member INC
3. Sardar Amrinder Singh Raja warring Member INC
4. Sardar Darshan Singh Brar Member INC
5. Sardar Davinder Singh Ghubaya Member INC
6. Sardar Dilraj Singh Bhunder Member INC
7. Sardar Kanwar Sandhu Member INC
8. Shri Pawan Kumar Adia Member INC
9. Shri Pawan Kumar Tinu Member INC
10. Shri Rajinder Beri Member INC
11. Shmt Indu Bala Member INC
12. Sardar Santokh Singh Member INC
13. Sardar Sukhwinder Singh Danny Bandala Member

2018–19

Committee on Public Undertakings (2018–19)[19]
Sr. No. Name Post Party
1. Sh. Rakesh Panday Chairperson INC
2. Sardar Amarjit Singh Sandoa Member INC
3. Sardar Angad Singh Member INC
4. Sardar Harinder Pal Singh Chandumajra Member INC
5. Sardar Kultar Singh Sandhwan Member INC
6. Sardar Nirmal Singh Member INC
7. Sardar Pargat Singh Powar Member INC
8. Sardar Parminder Singh Dhindsa Member INC
9. Sardar Randeep Singh Nabha Member INC
10. Dr. Raj Kumar Chabbewal Member INC
11. Smt. Satkar Kaur Member INC
12. Sh. Surinder Kumar Dawar Member INC
13. Dr. Harjot Kamal Singh Member

2017–18

Committee on Public Undertakings (2017–18)[20]
Sr. No. Name Post Party
1. Sh. Om Parkash Soni Chairperson INC
2. Sardar Ajit Singh Kohar Member INC
3. Sh. Arun Dogra Member INC
4. Sardar Bikram Singh Majithia Member INC
5. Sardar Gurpreet Singh Kangar Member INC
6. Sardar Gurmeet Singh Meet Haher Member INC
7. Sardar Gurkirat Singh Kotli Member INC
8. Sardar Lakhvir Singh Lakha Member INC
9. Sardar Navtej Singh Cheema Member INC
10. Sardar Parminder Singh Pinki Member INC
11. Sardar Pargat Singh Powar Member INC
12. Sardar Sukhpal Singh Khaira Member INC
13. Sardar Sukhpal Singh Bhullar Member

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