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{{Short description|Indian parliamentary committee scrutinizing government expenses}}
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{{Infobox
| title = Estimates Committee
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| above = Financial Standing Committee
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| subheader = '''<big>[[16th Lok Sabha]]</big>'''
| label3 = [[Date of establishment|Founded]]
| data3 = {{start date and age|df=yes|1950}}
| label4 = Country
| data4 = {{flag|India}}
| header5 = Leadership
| label6 = Chairperson
| data6 = [[Vacant]]
| label7 = Chairperson party
| data7 = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| label8 = Appointer
| data8 = [[Speaker of the Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha Speaker]]
| header9 = Structure
| label10 = Seats
| data10 = 30; all from [[Lok Sabha]]
| label11 = Political parties
| data11 ={{legend2|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] (16)|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}} 
{{legend2|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|[[Indian National Congress|INC]] (2)|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}} 
{{legend2|{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]] (2)|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}} 
{{legend2|{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}|[[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]] (2)|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}} 
{{legend2|{{party color|Telugu Desam Party}}|[[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]] (1)|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}} 
{{legend2|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|[[Biju Janata Dal|BJD]] (1)|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}} 
{{legend2|{{party color|Shiv Sena}}|[[Shiv Sena|SS]] (1)|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}} 
{{legend2|{{party color|Telangana Rashtra Samithi}}|[[Bharat Rashtra Samithi|BRS]] (1)|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}} 
{{legend2|{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] (1)|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}} 
{{legend2|{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}|[[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]] (1)|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}} 
{{legend2|{{party color|Indian National Lok Dal}}|[[Indian National Lok Dal|INLD]] (1)|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}} 
{{legend2|{{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}|[[Janata Dal (United)|JDU]] (1)|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
| label12 = Election criteria
| data12 = The members are elected every year from amongst its members according to the principle of proportional representation.
| label13 = Tenure
| data13 = 1 year
| header14 = Jurisdiction
| label15 = Purpose
| data15 = {{bulleted list|Scrutinizing the functioning of government ministries and departments in terms of expenditure and utilization of funds}}
{{bulleted list|Suggest alternative policies in order to bring about efficiency and economy in administration}}
| header16 = Sub-committees
| data17 = {{bulleted list|list_style=text-align:left|Drought situation in the country pertaining to the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare}}
{{bulleted list|list_style=text-align:left|Education with special reference to the recent development regarding autonomy in Education}}
| header18 = Rules and Procedures
| data19= {{bulleted list|list_style=text-align:left|[http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/rules/RULES-2010-P-FINAL_1.pdf Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha 2014]}}
| label20 = Applicable rules
| data20 = Rule 310,311 & 312 (page 114 - 115)
}}
{{Politics of India}}

The '''Estimates Committee (India)''' is a committee of selected [[Member of parliament (India)|members of parliament]], constituted by the [[Parliament of India]] (the Lok Sabha), for the purpose of scrutinising the functioning of government ministries and departments in terms of expenditure and utilisation of funds. It also suggests alternative policies in order to bring about efficiency and economy in administration. It also examines whether the finances are laid out within the limits of the policy implied in the estimates and also to suggest the form in which the estimates shall be presented to Parliament.<ref name="The Economic Times">{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/murli-manohar-joshi-to-head-estimates-committee-shanta-kumar-is-copu-chief/articleshow/40689189.cms|title=Murli Manohar Joshi to head Estimates Committee; Shanta Kumar is COPU chief|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2018-10-13}}</ref> This committee along with the [[Public Accounts Committee (India)|Public Accounts committee]](PAC) and [[Committee on Public Undertakings (India)|Committee on Public Undertakings]] (COPU) are the three [[Parliamentary Committees of India|financial standing committees]] of the [[Parliament of India]].

The committee consists of thirty members, all elected from [[Lok Sabha]], the [[lower house]] of the [[Parliament of India]]. The members are elected every year from amongst its members of the [[Lok Sabha]], according to the principle of [[proportional representation]] by means of [[single transferable vote]]. The chairperson is appointed by the [[Speaker of the Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha speaker]]. The term of office of the members is one year. A minister is not eligible to become a member of the committee or continue to serve after appointment as a minister. There are no members from [[Rajya Sabha]]<ref name=":1" />

Currently the committee is headed by [[Girish Bapat]] from the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<ref name="The Economic Times"/><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2017/may/04/m-m-joshi-shanta-kumar-reappointed-chiefs-of-parliamentary-panel-1601111.html|title=M M Joshi, Shanta Kumar reappointed chiefs of parliamentary panel|work=The New Indian Express|access-date=2018-10-13}}</ref>

== History ==
Although the committee existed pre-independence, post independence, it was established following directives by [[John Mathai]]. In his [https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/bspeech/bs195051.pdf speech presenting the budget of 1950–51], Mathai outlined the role that had been envisaged, saying

{{Blockquote|text=As you, Sir, announced earlier in the session, we propose to ask the House to set up an Estimates Committee to scrutinize the expenditure of each Department of Government and of the Government as a whole. Personally I am looking forward to the work of the Estimates Committee when it is set up because I think in two directions it is going to exert a healthy influence upon the course of public expenditure. In the first place, the suggestions and criticisms which may be made by the Estimates Committee would, in my judgement, give a useful direction and guidance to the Government in the matter of regulating expenditure. Secondly I think the knowledge that the expenditure of Government and of the various Departments of Government would be examined in detail by an independent authority set up by the House would act as a deterrent to extravagance in public expenditure.|sign=[[John Mathai]]|source=}}

Initially the membership of the committee was limited to 25 members, however, in 1956, the membership was expanded to 30 members.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bw7Ik01GvHIC&pg=PA38|title=Parliament of India, the Ninth Lok Sabha, 1989-1991: A Study|last=Secretariat|first=Lok Sabha|publisher=Northern Book Centre|year=1993|isbn=978-81-7211-019-2|pages=38}}</ref>

== Scope and working ==
The functions of the committee as enshrined in Rule 310 of [http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/rules/RULES-2010-P-FINAL_1.pdf Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha] are:

* To report what economies, improvements in organisation, efficiency or administrative reform, consistent with the policy underlying the estimates may be effected
* To suggest alternative policies in order to bring about efficiency and economy in administration
* To examine whether the money is well laid out within the limits of the policy implied in the estimates
* To suggest the form in which the estimates shall be presented to Parliament.

The committee from time to time selects the estimates pertaining to a ministry or department of the central government or such of the statutory and other bodies of the central government as may seem fit to the committee. The committee also examines matters of special interest which may arise in the course of its work or which are specially referred to it by the house or by the speaker.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nvzcy7o4sgAC&pg=516|title=Indian Public Administration: Institutions and Issues|last=Arora|first=Ramesh Kumar|publisher=New Age International|year=1995|isbn=9788173280689|pages=516}}</ref> The committee calls for preliminary materials from the relevant bodies in regard to the subjects selected for examination and also comments from non-officials connected with the subjects for the use of the members of the committee.

The committee does not exercise its functions in relation to such [[Public sector undertakings in India|public sector undertakings]] as are allotted to the [[Committee on Public Undertakings (India)|Committee on Public Undertakings]] by the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business of Lok Sabha or by the speaker.

== Current composition ==
'''Keys:''' {{legend2|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] (16)|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}} {{legend2|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|[[Indian National Congress|INC]] (2)|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}} {{legend2|{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]] (2)|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}} {{legend2|{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}|[[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]] (2)|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}} {{legend2|{{party color|Telugu Desam Party}}|[[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]] (1)|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}} {{legend2|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|[[Biju Janata Dal|BJD]] (1)|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}} {{legend2|{{party color|Shiv Sena}}|[[Shiv Sena|SS]] (1)|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}} {{legend2|{{party color|Telangana Rashtra Samithi}}|[[Telangana Rashtra Samithi|TRS]] (1)|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}} {{legend2|{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] (1)|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}} {{legend2|{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}|[[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]] (1)|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}} {{legend2|{{party color|Indian National Lok Dal}}|[[Indian National Lok Dal|INLD]] (1)|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}} {{legend2|{{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}|[[Janata Dal (United)|JDU]] (1)|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}} = 30 members{{Pie chart|caption=Party-wise membership of Public Accounts Committee|other=|label1=CPI(M)|value1=3.33|label2=AIDMK|value2=6.66|label3=AITC|value3=6.66|label4=TDP|value4=3.33|label5=TRS|value5=3.33|label6=INC|label7=SS|value6=6.66|value7=3.33|label8=BJP|value8=53.33|label9=BJD|label10=INLD|value11=3.33|label12=RJD|value9=3.33|value10=3.33|value12=3.33|label11=JDU}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+30 members from [[16th Lok Sabha]]; tenure – May 2018-19<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Committee/CommitteeInformation.aspx?comm_code=10&tab=0|title=Committee homepage}}</ref>
!Sr. No.
!Portrait
!Name
!Constituency, state
! colspan="2" |Party
|- align="center"
|1
|
|[[Girish Bapat]]
|[[Pune, Maharashtra|Pune Lok Sabha constituency]]
| rowspan="16" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" rowspan=16|
|- align="center"
|2
|
|[[Ashok Kumar Rawat]]
|[[Misrikh Lok Sabha constituency]]
|- align="center"
|3
|
|[[Dharmendra Kashyap]]
|[[Aonla Lok Sabha constituency]]
|- align="center"
|4
|
|[[Francisco Sardinha]]
|[[South Goa Lok Sabha constituency]]
|- align="center"
|5
|
|[[Harish Chandra Alias Harish Dwivedi|Harish Dwivedi]]
|[[Basti Lok Sabha constituency]]
|- align="center"
|6
|
|[[Jugal Kishore Sharma]]
|[[Jammu Lok Sabha constituency]]
|- align="center"
|7
|
|[[Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre]]
|[[Akola (Lok Sabha constituency)|Akola, Maharashtra]]
|- align="center"
|8
|
|[[Nishikant Dubey]]
|[[Godda|Godda, Jharkhand]]
|- align="center"
|9
|
|[[P. C. Gaddigoudar|Parvatagouda C Gaddigoudar]]
|[[Bagalkot (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bagalkot, Karnataka]]
|- align="center"
|10
|
|[[Raksha Khadase|Raksha Khadse]]
|[[Raver (Lok Sabha constituency)|Raver, Maharashtra]]
|- align="center"
|11
|
|[[Sanjay Jaiswal|Dr. Sanjay Jaiswal]]
|[[Paschim Champaran (Lok Sabha constituency)|Paschim Champaran, Bihar]]
|- align="center"
|12
|
|[[Rajesh Pandey]]
|[[Kushi Nagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh]]
|- align="center"
|13
|
|[[Ravindra Kumar Pandey]]
|[[Giridih (Lok Sabha constituency)|Giridih, Jharkhand]]
|- align="center"
|14
|
|[[Bhagirath Prasad]]
|[[Bhind (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bhind, Madhya Pradesh]]
|- align="center"
|15
|
|[[Rajiv Pratap Rudy]]
|[[Saran (Lok Sabha constituency)|Saran, Bihar]]
|- align="center"
|16
|
|[[Jugal Kishore Sharma]]
|[[Jammu (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jammu, J&K]]
|- align="center"
|17
|
|[[Ranjeet Ranjan]]
|[[Supaul (Lok Sabha constituency)|Supaul]], [[Bihar]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=2|
|- align="center"
|18
|
|[[Prakash Babanna Hukkeri]]
|[[Chikkodi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chikkodi, Karnataka]]
|- align="center"
|19
|
|[[A. Arunmozhithevan]]
|[[Cuddalore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu]]
| rowspan="2" |[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIDMK]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" rowspan=2|
|- align="center"
|20
|
|[[P Kumar]]
|[[Tiruchirappalli (Lok Sabha constituency)|Trichy, Tamil Nadu]]
|- align="center"
|21
|
|[[Kalyan Banerjee (politician)|Kalyan Banerjee]]
|[[Serampore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Serampore, West Bengal]]
| rowspan="2" |[[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}" rowspan=2|
|- align="center"
|22
|
|[[Ratna De]]
|[[Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hooghly, West Bengal]]
|- align="center"
|23
|
|[[K. Kavitha|Kavitha Kalvakuntla]]
|[[Nizamabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nizamabad]], [[Telangana]]
|[[Telangana Rashtra Samithi|TRS]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Telangana Rashtra Samithi}}" |
|- align="center"
|24
|
|[[Kaushalendra Kumar]]
|[[Nalanda (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nalanda, Bihar]]
|[[Janata Dal (United)|JDU]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" |
|- align="center"
|25
|
|[[Dushyant Chautala]]
|[[Hisar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hisar, Haryana]]
|[[Indian National Lok Dal|INLD]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Lok Dal}}" |
|- align="center"
|26
|
|[[Kristappa Nimmala]]
|[[Hindupur|Hindupur, Andhra Pradesh]]
|[[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Telugu Desam Party}}" |
|- align="center"
|27
|
|[[Mohammed Salim (politician)|Mohammed Salim]]
|[[Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency)|Raiganj, West Bengal]]
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
|- align="center"
|28
|
|[[Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo]]
|[[Bolangir (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bolangir, Odisha]]
|[[Biju Janata Dal|BJD]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}" |
|- align="center"
|29
|
|[[Arvind Sawant|Arvind Ganpat Sawant]]
|[[Mumbai South (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mumbai South, Maharashtra]]
|[[Shiv Sena|SS]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Shiv Sena}}" |
|- align="center"
|30
|
|[[Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav]]
|[[Banka (Lok Sabha constituency)|Banka, Bihar]]
|[[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}" |
|- align="center"
! colspan="6" |Notes
|-
| colspan="6" |
<references group="lower-alpha"></references>
|}

=== Sub-committees ===
Currently there are two sub-committees within the estimates committee. They are as follows:
{| class="wikitable"
|+Sub-Committees of Public Accounts Committee India
!<abbr>Sr. No.</abbr>
!Sub-committee
!Date constituted
!Portrait
!Convener
!Portrait
!Alternate convener
|-
|1
|'''Sub-Committee – I'''
Drought situation in the country pertaining to the Ministry of Agriculture

and Farmers Welfare
|25 June 2018
|
|[[Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre]]
|
|[[Bhagirath Prasad]]
|-
|2
|'''Sub-Committee - II'''
Education with special reference to the recent development

regarding autonomy in Education
|25 June 2018
|
|[[Rajesh Pandey]]
|
|[[Arvind Sawant|Arvind Ganpat Sawant]]
|}

== Current subjects of examination ==
By the press release circulated on 17 May 2018, the committee released the subjects that it has selected for examination during the year 2018-19<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://164.100.47.193/lsscommittee/Estimates/pr_files/Press%20Release%20-%20selection%20of%20subjects%2018-19.pdf|title=Press Release - Selection of Subjects (2018-19)}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="3" |Subjects selected for examination by the committee for the year 2018-19 <ref name=":0" />
|-
|
* Import of Uranium for Nuclear Plants
* Subsidising of Fertilizers
* Mining Activities and Environment
* Budgetary Reforms
* Archives - Museums
* PNG Network
* Public Distribution System
* Education
*
* Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana
* Drought situation in the Country
* Impact of Mega Projects on Ecology
* Botanical Survey of India and Botanical Gardens
* Preparedness of Armed Forces – Defence Production and Procurement
* Employment Generation and Role of MSME
* Promotion of Yoga and Naturopathy
*Rural Housing Fund
|
* Amenities/Facilities at Public Places for persons with disabilities and Senior Citizens
* Estimates and Functioning of National Highways
* Estimates and Policy Aspects of the Department of Space
* Estimates and Policy Aspects of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region
* Estimates and Policy Aspects of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries
* Estimates and Policy Aspects of the Ministry of Earth Sciences
* Review of Major and Medium Ports 23. Estimates and Review of Tourism Ministry
* Management and Protection of Bird Sanctuaries and National Parks
* Performance of the National Action Plan for Climate Change (NAPCC)
* All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)
* Minority Affairs
|
* Collection and Utilisation of various kinds of Cess
* Formulation of Standards for Edible Oil
* Upgradation of Indian Post Offices
* Enforcement Directorate and Recovery of Black Money
* Swantantrata Sainik Samman Pension Scheme, 1980
* Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojna
* Need for alternate cropping patterns in drought affected areas in India
* Measuring Growth, Employment and Incomes
* Review of Imports, Exports and Balance of Payments
* Redevelopment Plan of Government Colonies
* Review of Functioning of CGHS
* Real Estate Regulatory Mechanism
* Encroachment of Public Land for Commercial Activities
* Electrification of Trains
* Review of Infrastructural Projects in various Holy Cities
* Land Policy for Non-Agricultural Lands 46. Border Area Development Programme
|}

== Probes in recent years ==

=== Ganga rejuvenation (2016) ===
{{Further|National Mission for clean Ganga|National Ganga River Basin Authority}}The committee noted in its May 2016 report that the river [[Ganges|Ganga]] has been declared one of the ten most polluted rivers of the world. The committee outlined the gist of numerous recommendations as

<blockquote>In view of the incalculable damage caused to the "Nirmalta" and "Aviralta" of the river due to continued emptying of untreated sewage and industrial pollutants into the Ganga despite the efforts made under Ganga Action Plan –I&II; excessive use of chemical fertilizers in the Ganga basin leading to disposal of high levels of nitrogen and phosphorus which eventually drains into surface and subsurface water which is part of the Ganga river system and the multiplicity of authorities wanting in synergy, the Committee recommend that an overarching and empowered authority be set up for securing the 'nirmalta' and 'aviralta' and rejuvenation of the Ganga without further delay.</blockquote>

Indian activist [[G. D. Agrawal]] passed away at the age of 86, following a 15-week hunger strike aimed at protesting the state of the Ganges river. He was a former professor of environmental engineering at [[IIT Kanpur]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/10/11/indian-activist-dies-eight-week-hunger-strike-state-ganges-river/|title=Indian activist dies after 15 week hunger strike over state of the Ganges River|last=Ray|first=Saptarshi|work=The Telegraph|access-date=2018-10-14|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref>

=== Banking sector NPAs (2018) ===
{{Further|Non-performing asset}}

The supreme court in 2016 took ''[[suo muto]]'' cognisance of reports of bad debts asking RBI to share publicly names of all defaulters who owe over {{INRConvert|500|c|lk=on|year=2018}}, since in 2015 the top ten public sector banks had written off {{INRConvert|40000|c|lk=on|year=2018}}.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/bank-defaulter-bad-debts-rbi-gives-supreme-court-defaulter-list-with-confidentiality-rider/|title=Bad debts: RBI gives Supreme Court defaulter list, with confidentiality rider|work=The Indian Express|access-date=2018-10-14|language=en-US}}</ref> As of December 2017, this toxic debt problem worsened as it touched {{INRConvert|899000|c|lk=on|year=2018}} with [[Public sector banks in India|public sector banks(PSBs)]] accounting for over 86% of the pie roughly {{INRConvert|777000|c|lk=on|year=2018}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businesstoday.in/sectors/banks/murli-manohar-joshi-headed-committee-wants-raghuram-rajan-insights-on-the-npa-crisis/story/281499.html|title=Murli Manohar Joshi headed committee wants Raghuram Rajan's insights on the NPA crisis|website=www.businesstoday.in|access-date=2018-10-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/business/cea-arvind-subramanian-praises-raghuram-rajan-for-identifying-npa-problem-5255509/|title=CEA Arvind Subramanian praises Raghuram Rajan for identifying NPA problem|work=The Indian Express|access-date=2018-10-14|language=en-US}}</ref> In September 2018, the Joshi led committee sent notices to the coal and power ministries asking for explanations on mounting NPAs in the sectors.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/npas-estimates-committee-of-parliament-murli-manohar-joshi-1347784-2018-09-24|title=Murli Manohar Joshi-led panel slams govt over NPAs|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2018-10-14}}</ref>

=== GDP norms issue (2018) ===
The committee noted in its report titled "Measuring growth, employment and income" that there are several parameters that need to be factored into the calculation of the GDP, like indicators to gauge the environmental resource decay and replenishment efforts made to compensate the loss concluding that - ''" The committee strongly recommends the government to have mechanisms by coming up with new measures of GDP estimation and statistical measurement of other socio-economic factors "''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/estimates-panel-wants-gdp-norms-changed/article25208100.ece|title=Estimates panel wants GDP norms changed|last1=Raghavan|first1=T. c a Sharad|work=The Hindu|access-date=2018-10-14|last2=Nair|first2=Sobhana K.|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bjp-mps-block-murli-manohar-joshis-pitch-for-review-of-gdp-mechanism/articleshow/66172740.cms|title=BJP MPs block Murli Manohar Joshi's pitch for review of GDP mechanism|last=Manoj|first=C. L.|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2018-10-14}}</ref>

== Chairpersons ==

=== Chairpersons of the committee (1950–present) ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Sr. No.
!Name
!Term of office
!Terms
! colspan="2" |Political party
(Alliance)
|- align="center"
|1
|[[M. A. Ayyangar]]
|1950-54
|4
| rowspan="10" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| rowspan="10" width="px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|- align="center"
|2
|[[Balwantrai Mehta|Balwantray G. Mehta]]
|1954-59
|5
|- align="center"
|3
|[[H. C. Dasappa|H.C. Dasappa]]
|1959-63
|4
|- align="center"
|4
|[[Arun Chandra Guha|Arun C. Guha]]
|1963-67
|4
|- align="center"
|5
|[[Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah|P. Venkatasubbaiah]]
|1967-69
|2
|- align="center"
|6
|[[Mosalikanti Thirumala Rao|M. Thirumala Rao]]
|1969-71
|2
|- align="center"
|7
|Kamal Nath Tewari
|1971-74
|3
|- align="center"
|8
|[[Ram Krishna Sinha|R K. Sinha]]
|1974-76
|2
|- align="center"
|9
|[[Bhagwat Jha Azad]]
|1976-77
|1
|- align="center"
|10
|[[Satyendra Narayan Sinha]]
|1977-79
|2
|- align="center"
|11
|[[Baldev Prakash]]
|1979
|partial
|[[Janata Party|JP]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party}}" |
|- align="center"
|12
|S.B.P. Pattabhi Rama Rao
|1980-82
|2
| rowspan="5" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| rowspan="5" width="px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|- align="center"
|13
|[[Bansi Lal]]
|1982-85
|3
|- align="center"
|14
|[[Chintamani Panigrahi]]
|1985-86
|1
|- align="center"
|15
|[[Chandra Tripathi]]
|1987-88
|1
|- align="center"
|16
|[[Asutosh Laha]]
|1988-89
|1
|- align="center"
|17
|[[Jaswant Singh]]
|1990-91
|1
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|- align="center"
|18
|[[Manoranjan Bhakta]]
|1991-93
|2
| rowspan="3" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| rowspan="3" width="px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|- align="center"
|19
|[[Krupasindhu Bhoi]]
|1993-95
|2
|- align="center"
|20
|[[Sidnal Shanmukhappa Basappa|S.B. Sidnal]]
|1995-96
|1
|- align="center"
|21
|[[Rupchand Pal]]
|1996-98
|2
| rowspan="1" |[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|
|- align="center"
|22
|[[Madhukar Sarpotdar]]
|1998-99
|1
|[[Shiv Sena|SS]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Shiv Sena}}"|
|- align="center"
|23
|[[Ummareddy Venkateswarlu]]
|1999-2004
|5
| rowspan="1" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|- align="center"
|24
|[[C. Kuppusami|C. Kuppuswami]]
|2004-09
|5
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
|- align="center"
|25
|[[Francisco Sardinha]]
|2009-14
|5
| rowspan="1" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|- align="center"
|26
|[[Murli Manohar Joshi]]
|2014-19
|5
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|- align="center"
|27
|[[Girish Bapat]]
|2019-24
|5
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|}

=== Longest serving chairpersons of committee on estimates ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Sr. No.
!Name
!Terms
!Years
! colspan="2" |Party
|- align="center"
|1
|[[Balwantrai Mehta|Balwantray G. Mehta]]
|1954-59
|5
| rowspan="2" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| rowspan="2" width="px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|- align="center"
|2
|[[Ummareddy Venkateswarlu]]
|1999-2004
|5
|- align="center"
|3
|[[C. Kuppusami|C. Kuppuswami]]
|2004-09
|5
| rowspan="1" |[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
|- align="center"
|4
|[[Francisco Sardinha]]
|2009-14
|5
| rowspan="1" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|- align="center"
|5
|[[Murli Manohar Joshi]]
|2014-2019
|5
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|- align="center"
|6
|[[M. A. Ayyangar]]
|1950-54
|4
| rowspan="1" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|}

== Reports published ==
As part of its oversight process the committee has published quite a number of reports over the course of its existence. The committee has published a total of 1118 reports from 1950 to 2018. Out of these, 624 are the original reports and 494 are reports on action taken by the government on corresponding reports of the committee.

== See also ==
{{portal|India}}
* [[17th Lok Sabha]]
* [[Committee on Public Undertakings]]
* [[Public Accounts Committee (India)]]
* [[Standing Committee on Defence (India)]]
* [[Standing Committee on Finance]]
* [[List of Indian parliamentary committees]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/rules/RULES-2010-P-FINAL_1.pdf Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha 2014]
* [http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Committee/CommitteeInformation.aspx?comm_code=10&tab=0 Lok Sabha - Estimates committee homepage]
* [http://164.100.47.193/lsscommittee/Estimates/pr_files/Press%20Release%20-%20selection%20of%20subjects%2018-19.pdf Selected subjects for examination during 2018–19]
* [http://164.100.47.193/lsscommittee/Estimates/pr_files/Press%20Release%2015%20Ganga%2005.5.16.pdf Press release - Ganga Rejuvenation report 2016]

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