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[[Government agency|Commissions]] are constituted by the [[Government of India]] either on an ad hoc or permanent basis, to guide, advise or provide solutions to various issues coming under the concerned ministry.

==List of commissions==
{{Expand list|date=May 2012}}

===Permanent commissions===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="text-align: left; background:#f0f0f0;"
! No.
! Commission
! Formed
! Description
! Ministry/Department
! Website
|-

| 1 || [[Atomic Energy Commission of India]] || 1948 ||
*Replaces the 'Indian Atomic Energy Commission' created on 3 August 1948 under the late Department of Scientific Research, July 1948<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dae.nic.in/sites/default/files/resolution.pdf|title=The resolution passed by Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India}}</ref>
*Plan and implement various measures on sound technical and economic principles and free from all non-essential restrictions or needlessly elastic rules in the field of atomic energy
|| [[Department of Atomic Energy]]
|| [http://www.aec.gov.in/ aec.gov.in]
|-
| 2 ||[[Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices]]|| 1965 ||
*Stabilize agricultural prices
*Meaningful real income levels to farmers
*Essential agricultural commodities at reasonable prices
||[[Ministry of Agriculture (India)]] || [http://cacp.dacnet.nic.in/ cacp.dacner.nic.in]
|-
| 3 || [[National Commission for Backward Classes]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://socialjustice.nic.in/commission.php |title=National Commissions under Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |access-date=28 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160503182839/http://socialjustice.nic.in/commission.php |archive-date=3 May 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> || 1993 ||
*Consider inclusions in and exclusions from the lists of castes notified as backward for the purpose of job reservations
*Advice to the Central Government on such matters
|| [[Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (India)|Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment]] || [http://www.ncbc.nic.in/ ncdc.nic.in]
|-
| 4 || [[National Commission on Cattle]] || 2002 ||
*Suggest ways of improving the condition of cattle
||[[Ministry of Agriculture (India)]]
|| [https://web.archive.org/web/20110926040956/http://www.dahd.nic.in/dahd/default.aspx dahd.nic.in]
|-
| 5 || [[Competition Commission of India]] ||2003 ||
*Enforce [[The Competition Act, 2002]] throughout India
*Prevent activities that have an adverse effect on competition in India.
|| || [http://www.cci.gov.in/ cci.gov.in]
|-
| 6 || [[National Statistical Commission]] ||2005 ||
*Reduce the problems faced by statistical agencies in the country in relation to collection of data.
*Special emphasis on ensuring collection of unbiased data so as to restore public trust in the figures released by the Government.
|| [[Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (India)|Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation]]
|| [https://web.archive.org/web/20120308182534/http://mospi.nic.in/Mospi_New/site/Home.aspx mospi.nic.in]
|-
| 7 || [[Telecom Commission]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dot.gov.in/objectives | title=Functions of DoT | publisher=Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communication, Government of India | date=30 October 2017 | accessdate=28 April 2018}}</ref> || 1989 ||
*responsible for policy formulation, licensing, wireless spectrum management, administrative monitoring of PSUs, research and development and standardization/validation of equipment etc.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dot.gov.in/about-us/profile | title=Profile | publisher=Department of Telecommunications | location=India | accessdate=14 September 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002225338/http://www.dot.gov.in/about-us/profile | archive-date=2 October 2013 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
||[[Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India)|Ministry of Communications and Information Technology]]<ref>[[Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India)]]</ref>
|| [http://www.dot.gov.in/ dot.gov.in]
|-
| 8 || [[Election Commission of India|Election Commission]] || 1950 ||Constitutional Autonomous Body
*conducts the elections to the offices of the President and Vice-President of India, parliament, State Legislative assemblies and legislative councils<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/election-machinery.aspx]</ref>
||||[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/index.aspx eci.nic.in]
|-
| 9 || [[Chief Labour Commissioner]] || 1945 ||
* Prevention and settlement of industrial disputes through conciliation/mediation.
* Enforcement of Labour Laws and Rules made there under in Central Sphere.
* Quasi-Judicial functions.
* Verification of Trade Union membership etc.<ref>[http://clc.gov.in/estb/shtm/functions.php]</ref>
|| || [http://clc.gov.in/welcome.php clc.gov.in]
|-
| 10 || [[Planning Commission (India)|Planning Commission]] || 1950 ||
* Formulates India's Five-Year Plans, among other functions<ref>[[Planning Commission (India)]]</ref>
|| || [https://web.archive.org/web/20110716024621/http://planningcommission.nic.in/ planningcommission.nic.in / planningcommission.org]
|-
| 11 || [[Law Commission of India|Law Commission]] || 1955 ||
* Reforming the Law For Maximising Justice in Society and Promoting Good Governance under the Rule of Law<ref>[http://lawcommissionofindia.nic.in/]</ref>
||[[Ministry of Law and Justice (India)]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://lawmin.nic.in/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=22 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180302035008/http://lawmin.nic.in/ |archive-date=2 March 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|| [http://lawcommissionofindia.nic.in/ lawcommissionofindia.nic.in]
|-
| 12 || [[Finance Commission of India|Finance Commission]] || 1951 || *Adjudicates on the sharing of resources between center and states || || [http://fincomindia.nic.in/ fincomindia.nic.in]
|-
| 13 || [[National Human Rights Commission of India]] || 1993 |||| Autonomous statutory body || [http://www.nhrc.nic.in/ nhrc.nic.in]
|-
| 14 || [[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission]] || 1953||
* Coordination, determination and maintenance of standards of university education.
* It provides recognition to universities in India, and disburses funds to such recognized universities and college.
|| [[Ministry of Human Resource Development (India)|Ministry of Human Resource Development]]
|| [https://web.archive.org/web/20120229140123/http://www.ugc.ac.in/studyindia/inst/manonmaniam.html ugc.ac.in]
|-
| 15 || [[Central Vigilance Commission|Vigilance Commission]] (CVC) || 1964 ||
*To address governmental corruption
|| || [http://www.cvc.nic.in/ cvc.nic.in]
|-
| 16 || [[National Knowledge Commission|Knowledge Commission]] || 2005 || || || [https://web.archive.org/web/20110322180557/http://www.knowledgecommission.gov.in/ knowledgecommission.gov.in]
|-
| 17 || [[National Commission for Women]] || 1992 ||* protecting and promoting the interests of women in India || || [http://ncw.nic.in/ ncw.nic.in]
|-
| 18 || [[National Commission for Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Tribes Commission]] || 2004 ||* protection, welfare and development & advancement of the Scheduled Tribes || || [http://ncst.nic.in/ ncst.nic.in]
|-
| 19 || [[National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganized Sector|Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganized Sector]] || 2004 || || [[Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises]]
|| [https://web.archive.org/web/20110721172820/http://nceuis.nic.in/ nceuis.nic.in]
|-
| 20 || Census Commission || 1872 ||Ministry of Home Affairs|| ||
|-
| 21 || Central Forestry Commission || 1965 || || ||
|-
| 22 || Central Water Commission || 1945 || Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation || || [http://www.cwc.gov.in]
|-
| 23 || Electronics Commission || 1971 || || ||
|-
| 24 || Commission for Additional Sources of Energy || 1981 || || ||
|-
| 25 || Rashtriya Barh Ayog (National Flood Commission) || 1976 ||Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation || ||
|-
| 26 || Indo-Bangladesh Joint Rivers Commission || 1972 || || ||
|-
| 27 || [[Khadi and Village Industries Commission]] || 1957 || || Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises ||[http://www.kvic.org.in/ kvic.org.in]
|-
| 28 || [[Indian National Committee for Space Research|Space Commission]] || 1962
|| || ||[https://www.isro.gov.in/about-isro isro.gov.in]
|-
| 29 || Staff Selection Commission || 1976 || ||Department of Personnel and Training|| [http://ssc.nic.in/ ssc.nic.in]
|-
| 30 || National judicial appointments commission || ||Transferring of judges to higher judiciary|| ||
|-
| 31 || [[Union Public Service Commission]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.upsc.gov.in/about-us/functions|title=Functions {{!}} UPSC|website=www.upsc.gov.in|access-date=2019-01-17}}</ref> || 1926 ||
* Conduct examinations for appointment to the services of the Union
* Direct recruitment by selection through interviews.
* Appointment of officers on promotion / deputation / absorption.
* Framing and amendment of Recruitment Rules for various services and posts under the Government.
* Disciplinary cases relating to different Civil Services.
* Advising the Government on any matter referred to the Commission by the President of India
|| || [http://www.upsc.gov.in/ upsc.gov.in]
|-
| 32 || Pay Commission || Pay Commission is set up by Government of India, and gives its recommendations regarding changes in salary structure of its employees
|}
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===Ad hoc commissions===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="text-align: left; background:#f0f0f0;"
! No.
! Commission
! Year
! Objectives
|-
| 1 || [[States Reorganisation Commission]] || 1955 ||
*Recommend the reorganization of state boundaries
|-
| 2 || [[Kothari Commission]] || 1964 ||
* To formulate the general principles and guidelines for the development of education at all levels
* To advise the government on a standardized national pattern of education in India
|-
| 3 || [[Kapur Commission]] || 1966 ||
* To inquiry into the conspiracy that led to the assassination of [[Mahatma Gandhi]]
|-
| 4 || [[Khosla Commission]] || 1970 ||
*Investigate the [[death of Subhas Chandra Bose]] in 1945
|-
| 5 || [[Mandal Commission]] || 1979 ||
* Identified over 450 backward classes comprising 52% of the country's population
*Recommended 27% of the seats in academic institutions and jobs in Govt. organisations for these classes.
|-
| 6 || [[Sarkaria Commission]] || 1983 ||
* To examine the balance of power between centre and state and suggest reforms
* Gave appropriate recommendations on appointment of Governor.
|-
| 7 || [[Mukherjee Commission]] || 2005 ||
*Investigate the [[death of Subhas Chandra Bose]] in 1945
|-
| 8 || [[Nanavati Commission]] || 2000 ||
*Investigate the [[1984 anti-Sikh riots]]
|-
| 9 || [[Narendran Commission]] || 2000 ||
*Study and report the representation of Backward Classes in the State public services.
|-
| 10 || [[National Commission to review the working of the Constitution]]
|| 2000 ||
* Suggested changes in the electoral laws, setting up a national judicial commission for appointing judges and election of the Prime Minister by Lok Sabha.
|-
| 11 || [[Nanavati-Shah commission]]|| 2002 ||
* To probe the Godhra train burning incident and the post-Godhra carnage, 2002
|-
| 12 || [[National Commission for Religious and Linguistic Minorities|Commission for Religious and Linguistic Minorities]] || 2004 ||
* To look into various issues related to Linguistic and Religious minorities in India
|-
|13
|[[Liberhan Commission]]
|1992
|To investigate the destruction of the disputed structure [[Babri Masjid]]
|-
|14
|[[Shah Commission]]
|1977
|To inquire into all the excesses committed during the [[Indian Emergency (1975 - 77)]].
|}

==See also==
* [[Standing committee (India)|Standing committees of India]]
* [[List of Indian parliamentary committees]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{cite web|title=Commissions/Committees|url=http://www.mha.nic.in/uniquepage.asp?Id_Pk=399|website=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India|accessdate=30 August 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130507014952/http://mha.nic.in/uniquepage.asp?Id_Pk=399|archivedate=7 May 2013}}

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