# Punjab Assembly Committee on Public Undertakings

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.

## Functions

The functions of the Committee on Public Undertakings is:
       (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.

## Members

For the 1 year period starting May 2022, the Committee on Public Undertakings of 16th Punjab Assembly had following members:
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 | Indian National Congress |
| 2018-19 | 1 | Rakesh Pandey | Indian National Congress |
| 2019-21 | 2 | Kuljit Singh Nagra | Indian National Congress |
| 2021-22 | 1 | Navtej Singh Cheema | Indian National Congress |
| 2022-23 | 1 | Budh Ram | 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) :
| 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) :
| 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) :
| 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) :
| 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) :
| 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 | |