Committee on Public Undertakings

Committee of the House
16th Punjab Assembly
State	Punjab
Leadership
Chaiperson	Budh Ram
Chairperson party	Aam Aadmi Party
Appointer	Punjab Assembly speaker
Structure
Seats	12
Political Parties	AAP (10)   INC (2)
Election criteria	The members are elected every year from amongst its members of house according to the principle of proportional representation.
Tenure	1 Year
Jurisdiction
Purpose	Legislative oversight of Public Undertakings
Rules & Procedure
Applicable rules	Article 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]

Chairpersons

Previous members

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

References