| 📑 Committees & Commissions of India (Chronological Order) |
| Committee / Commission | Year | Details / Recommendations |
| SK Dhar Commission | 1948 | Recommended reorganization of states based on administrative convenience rather than language. |
| JPV Commission | 1950 | Similar recommendation as Dhar Commission, against linguistic states. |
| Karve Committee | 1955 | On village & small industries. |
| Fazl Ali Commission (SRC) | 1953 | Recommended linguistic reorganization of states. |
| Balwant Rai Mehta Committee | 1957 | Recommended 3-tier Panchayati Raj system. |
| Abdul Hussain Committee | 1961 | For development of Small-Scale Industries (SSIs). |
| S Dutt Committee | 1968 | On industrial licensing. |
| Administrative Reforms Commission | 1968 | Governor’s report on President’s rule must be objective. |
| Rajamannar Committee | 1969 | On Centre-State relations. |
| Ashok Mehta Committee | 1977 | Recommended district as first point of decentralization, Zila Parishad & Mandal Panchayat, Nyaya Panchayat. |
| LK Jha Committee | 1976 | Indirect tax reforms. |
| Swarn Singh Committee | 1976 | Recommended Fundamental Duties; later 42nd Amendment, 1976 added 11th duty. |
| Justice Shah Commission | 1977 | On misuse of Emergency (1975–77). |
| Ashok Mehta Committee (Panchayati Raj) | 1977 | Strengthened role of Zila Parishad; emphasized district planning. |
| Alagh Committee | 1979 | Poverty line based on nutrition needs. |
| Sarkaria Commission | 1983 | On Centre-State relations; Governor’s tenure should not be disturbed except in compelling cases. |
| Thakkar Commission | 1984 | On Indira Gandhi’s assassination, security lapses. |
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| B Sivaraman Committee | 1981 (→ NABARD) | Recommended setting up NABARD for rural finance. |
| GVK Rao Committee | 1985 | Rural development became over-bureaucratized; recommended district-level planning. |
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| P K Thungon Committee | 1988 | Recommended constitutional status to local bodies. |
| Gadgil Committee | 1988 | Congress policy & programme reforms. |
| Mandal Commission | 1990 | 27% OBC reservation in govt jobs. |
| Dinesh Goswami Committee | 1990 | On electoral reforms (170th report). |
| Narasimham Committee | 1991 | Banking & financial sector reforms. |
| Nayak Committee | 1991 | On credit needs of SSIs (RBI). |
| Raja Chelliah Committee | 1991 | Recommended Service Tax introduction. |
| RN Malhotra Committee | 1993 | Insurance reforms, led to IRDA. |
| Lakdawala Committee | 1993 | Poverty estimation; continued 1973-74 base year; state-specific poverty lines. |
| Bhandari Committee | 1994 | Restructuring of RRBs. |
| S Soundararajan Committee | 1994 | On petroleum sector reforms. |
| Malegam Committee | 1995 | To reform microfinance sector. |
| Venkatachaliah Commission | 2000 | Constitution review commission. |
| Punchhi Commission | 2007 | Centre-State relations; impeachment-like process for Governors. |
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| Justice V. Chelliah Commission | 2002 | On misuse of Article 356 (President’s Rule). |
| Tendulkar Committee | 2009 | New poverty estimation methodology. |
| Damodaran Committee | 2011 | Venture capital & private equity reforms. |
| Justice Verma Committee | 2012 | Post-Nirbhaya case, recommended Zero FIR, stricter anti-rape laws. |
| Rangarajan Committee | 2012 | Poverty line: ₹972 (rural), ₹1,407 (urban). |
| MBN Rao Committee | 2013 | Recommended India’s first women’s bank. |
| Shanta Kumar Committee | 2015 | On MSP, FCI reforms. |
| NK Singh Committee | 2016 | On FRBM Act (fiscal discipline). |
| Kasturi Rangan Committee | 2019 | Draft NEP 2020. |
| P K Mohanty Committee | 2020 | On corporate structure & ownership rules of private banks. |
| Rajiv Mehrishi Committee | 2020 | On Covid loan moratorium relief. |
| Arun Goel Committee | 2020 | To boost capital goods sector for $5 trillion economy. |
| GN Bajpai Committee | 2020 | To develop IFSC insurance/reinsurance. |
| Nilesh Shah Committee | 2020 | On investment funds in IFSC. |
| Justice Brojendra Katakey Panel | 2022 | On rat-hole mining environmental damage. |