Lok Sabha Question No. 2897 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-10
Subject: New Committees
Ministry: PRIME MINISTER
Asked by: Sudheer Gupta, Gajanan Chandrakant Kirtikar, Bidyut Baran Mahato

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA CABINET SECRETARIAT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2897

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 2019 / ASHADHA 19, 1941 (SAKA)

## New Committees

2897.

SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA: SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR: SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to set up new committees, one on investment and growth and other on employment and skill development;
- (b) if so, the details of agenda likely to be forwarded by setting such committees;
- (c) the issues likely to be addressed by the said committees; and
- (d) the details of the composition of such committees?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION; MINISTER OF STATE IN THE PRIME MINISTER'S  OFFICE;  MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS; MINISTER OF STATE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY; AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF SPACE (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

- (a): Yes, Sir. The 'Cabinet Committee on Investment and Growth' and the 'Cabinet Committee on Employment and Skill Development' have been constituted on 06.06.2019.
- (b) & (c):  The Standing Committees of the Cabinet, and their functions are set out in the First  Schedule  to  the  Government  of  India  (Transaction  of  Business)  Rules, 1961  (ToB  Rules).  The  said  Committees  will  address  issues  relating  to Investment and Growth and Employment and Skill Development respectively.
- (d): Extant composition of the two Committees is annexed.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  OF  PART  (d)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2897  FOR  10.07.2019  RAISED  BY  SHRI  SUDHEER GUPTA, SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR AND SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO REGARDING NEW COMMITTEES.

## Cabinet Committee on Investment and Growth

## Composition

Prime Minister. Shri Raj Nath Singh, Minister of Defence. Shri Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs. Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways; and Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs. Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways; and Minister of Commerce and Industry.

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## Cabinet Committee on Employment and Skill Development

## Composition

Prime Minister. Shri Raj Nath Singh, Minister of Defence. Shri Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs. Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs. Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; Minister of Rural Development; and Minister of Panchayati Raj. Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank', Minister of Human Resource Development. Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways; and Minister of Commerce and Industry. Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of Steel. Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey, Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. Shri  Santosh  Kumar  Gangwar,  Minister  of  State  (Independent  Charge)  of  the Ministry of Labour and Employment.

Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Housing  and  Urban  Affairs;  Minister  of  State  (Independent  Charge)  of  the Ministry of Civil Aviation; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

## Special Invitees

Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways; and Minister of

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Minister of Food Processing Industries. Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, Minister of Women and Child Development; and Minister of Textiles. Shri Prahalad Singh Patel, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Culture;  and  Minister  of  State  (Independent  Charge)  of  the  Ministry  of

Tourism.

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