Important Standing Commitees of Parliament

Standing Committees of Parliament
Sl.	Name of Committee	No. of Members	Tenure	Members nominated or elected.
1	Estimates Committee	30	1 year	Elected by the Lok Sabha
2	Public Accounts Committee	22(15LS+7RS)	1 year	Elected by the two House(s).
3	Committee on Public Undertakings	22(15LS+7RS)	1 year	Elected by the two House(s).
4	Business Advisory Committee	15	Not fixed. Can continue in office till reconstituted.	Nominated by the Speaker, Lok Sabha
5	Committee of Privileges	15	Not fixed. Can continue in office till reconstituted.	Do
6	Committee on Absence of Members from the Sittings of the House.	15	1 year	Do
7	Committee on Empowerment of Women	30 ( 20 LS+ 10 RS)	1 year	Nominated by the Speaker, Lok Sabha and the Chairman, Rajya Sabha
8	Committee on Govt Assurances	15	1 year	Nominated by the Speaker, Lok Sabha
9	Committee on Papers Laid on the Table	15	1 year	Do
10	Committee on Petitions	15	Not fixed. Can continue in office till reconstituted.	Do
11	Committee on Private Members' Bills and Resolutions	15	1 year	Do
12	Committee on Subordinate legislation	15	1 year	Do
13	General Purposes Committee	Not fixed	Not fixed.	Membership is ex-officio.
14	House Committee	12	1 year	Nominated by the Speaker
15	Joint Committee on Offices of Profit.	15 (10 LS + 5 RS)	For the duration of one Lok Sabha	Elected by the two Houses.
16	Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of MPs.	15 ( 10 LS + 5 RS)	1 year	Nominated by the Speaker, Lok Sabha and the Chairman, Rajya Sabha.
17	Library Committee	9 (6 LS + 3 RS)	1 year	Do
18	Rules Committee	15	Not fixed. Can continue in office till reconstituted.	Nominated by the Speaker.
19	Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes	30 (20 LS + 10 RS)	1 year	Elected by the two House(s).