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The COPU consists of 22 members, 15 elected by the Lok Sabha, and not more than 7 members by the upper house, the Rajya Sabha.[1] Committee members are elected annually from among members of both houses by means of proportional representation through the single transferable vote. The chairperson of the COPU is appointed by the Lok Sabha speaker. The term of the office of the members is one year. Ministers are not eligible to become a member of the committee. If a member, after being elected to the committee, becomes a Minister, the member ceases to be a member, from the date of such appointment.[1]
The first proposal for a separate public sector undertakings committee was made by Lanka Sundaram in December 1953, stating the inadequacies of both the Public Accounts Committee and the Estimates Committee regarding public undertakings.[2] In May 1956, Ashok Mehta also proposed a separate committee for public undertakings, however the then finance minister held the view that the PAC and the EC were sufficient to handle the work load. By 1957, the government had agreed to form a standing sub-committee of the EC on public undertakings. In 1958, the congress formed the V. K. Krishna Menon committee. which put forward a number of recommendations intended to reconcile the accountability of public undertakings to parliament while keeping their autonomy on one hand and also ensuring efficiency on the other.[3][dead link]
In September 1963, Minister of Commerce and Industry Nityanand Kanungo, put forward a motion in the Lok Sabha proposing the formation of a separate Parliamentary Committee on Public Undertakings. In pursuance of this motion, the Committee on Public Undertakings was formed in effect from May 1 1964.
Scope and Working
The responsibilities of the Committee on Public Undertakings are:[1]
To examine the reports and accounts of public undertakings specified in the fourth Schedule to the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha.
To examine, in the context of the autonomy and efficiency of the Public Undertakings whether the affairs of the Public Undertakings are being managed in accordance with sound business principles and prudent commercial practices.
The committee from time to time takes up for examination as such any PSU or subjects related to them as they may deem fit and which are within their terms of reference. The depth or Undertaking concerned is asked to furnish necessary material relating to those subjects for information of the Members of the Committee. The Committee may from time to time appoint one or more Study Groups for carrying out detailed examination of various subjects.[1]
The scope of COPU is limited to the undertakings specified in the fourth Schedule to the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha. They are as follows:
List of Public Undertakings specified in 2019 edition[4]
Every Government Company whose annual report is placed before the Houses of Parliament under sub-section (1) of Section 619A of the Companies Act, 1956
The Committee on Public Undertakings noted in its report: "The staff cost was about ₹ 13,406 crore in 2011-12, that is almost 50 per cent of its revenue, which is abnormally on the higher side as compared to private companies whose expenditure is stated to be in the range of 5-10 per cent."[5]
ONGC Videsh Ltd (2014)
Based on the performance audit done by C&AG presented in report no. 28 for the year 2010-11, the COPU had the following findings: "Due to unrealistic estimation of reserves/production, OVL has suffered a huge loss of Rs.1182.14 crore during the period 2008-09 and 2009-10. Since OVL did not chose to farm-out part of its stake to a local partner, the entire loss has been borne out by it,"[6] Following up in August 2015, COPU stated; "Except reiterating its earlier reply OVL has not offered any justification for its ill-conceived decision not to farm-out part of its stake in IEC to local Russian firms/ entities and its unrealistic estimation of oil reserves and production targets."[7]
Since the inception of the COPU, it has presented 604 reports till date. Of these, 301 are original reports, and 303 are reports on actions taken by the Government in response the original reports made by the COPU. Out of those 301 original reports, 37 are horizontal studies on various aspects of working of the public undertakings.[citation needed]
^Chairperson of the committee for the current year.
References
^ abcdeRULES OF PROCEDURE AND CONDUCT OF BUSINESS IN LOK SABHA(PDF) (16th ed.). New Delhi: M/s Jainco Art India. April 2019. pp. 150–151.
^Arora, Ramesh K; Goyal, Rajni (1996). Indian Public Administration: Institutions and Issues (Revised 2nd ed.). New Delhi: New Age International. p. 522. ISBN9788173280689.
^RULES OF PROCEDURE AND CONDUCT OF BUSINESS IN LOK SABHA(PDF) (16th ed.). New Delhi: M/s Jainco Art India. April 2019. pp. 195–196.
^"BSNL's salary outgo rises to ₹ 13,406 crore". NDTV. May 5, 2013. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
^"Parliamentary panel seeks review of ONGC Videsh's Imperial Energy acquisition". NDTV. February 7, 2014. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
^"Parliament Panel Raps OVL for Imperial Energy acquisition". NDTV. August 10, 2015. Retrieved June 4, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
External links
National Highway Authority of India report - Aug 2018
BSNL report - Apr 2014
ONGC Videsh Limited report - Feb 2014
August 21, 2023
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This article needs to be updated The reason given is Numbers and party composition are all from the previous election and the previous session the infobox in particular Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information June 2023 The Committee on Public Undertakings COPU is one of three financial standing committees within the Parliament of India composed of selected members of Parliament with the stated purpose of examining the reports and accounts of public sector undertakings PSUs The duties and responsibilities of the COPU are specified in the Fourth Schedule of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha 1 This committee alongside the Public Accounts Committee PAC and the Estimates Committee EC are the three financial standing committees of the Parliament of India Committee on Public UndertakingsFinancial Standing Committee16th Lok SabhaFounded1 May 1964 59 years ago 1964 05 01 Country IndiaLeadershipChaipersonSantosh GangwarChairperson partyBharatiya Janata PartyAppointerLok sabha SpeakerStructureSeats22 Lok Sabha 15 Rajya Sabha 7Party composition BJP 11 INC 2 AIADMK 2 TDP 2 BJD 2 SAD 1 BRS 1 AITC 1 Election criteriaThe members are elected every year from amongst its members of respective houses according to the principle of proportional representation Tenure1 YearJurisdictionPurposeExamining the reports and accounts of the Public sector undertakings PSUs Rules amp ProcedureRULES OF PROCEDURE AND CONDUCT OF BUSINESS IN LOK SABHA 1 Applicable rulesRule 312A amp 312B page 115 116 Fourth Schedule page 156 The COPU consists of 22 members 15 elected by the Lok Sabha and not more than 7 members by the upper house the Rajya Sabha 1 Committee members are elected annually from among members of both houses by means of proportional representation through the single transferable vote The chairperson of the COPU is appointed by the Lok Sabha speaker The term of the office of the members is one year Ministers are not eligible to become a member of the committee If a member after being elected to the committee becomes a Minister the member ceases to be a member from the date of such appointment 1 Contents 1 History 2 Scope and Working 3 Current composition needs update 4 List of Public Undertakings 5 Notable probes 2014 present 5 1 BSNL Salary ratio 2014 5 2 ONGC Videsh Ltd 2014 6 Chairpersons 6 1 Chairpersons of the committee till date citation needed 6 2 Longest serving chairpersons of COPU 7 Reports 8 See also 9 Notes 10 References 11 External linksHistory EditThe first proposal for a separate public sector undertakings committee was made by Lanka Sundaram in December 1953 stating the inadequacies of both the Public Accounts Committee and the Estimates Committee regarding public undertakings 2 In May 1956 Ashok Mehta also proposed a separate committee for public undertakings however the then finance minister held the view that the PAC and the EC were sufficient to handle the work load By 1957 the government had agreed to form a standing sub committee of the EC on public undertakings In 1958 the congress formed the V K Krishna Menon committee which put forward a number of recommendations intended to reconcile the accountability of public undertakings to parliament while keeping their autonomy on one hand and also ensuring efficiency on the other 3 dead link In September 1963 Minister of Commerce and Industry Nityanand Kanungo put forward a motion in the Lok Sabha proposing the formation of a separate Parliamentary Committee on Public Undertakings In pursuance of this motion the Committee on Public Undertakings was formed in effect from May 1 1964 Scope and Working EditThe responsibilities of the Committee on Public Undertakings are 1 To examine the reports and accounts of public undertakings specified in the fourth Schedule to the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha To examine the reports if any of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on the Public Undertakings To examine in the context of the autonomy and efficiency of the Public Undertakings whether the affairs of the Public Undertakings are being managed in accordance with sound business principles and prudent commercial practices The committee from time to time takes up for examination as such any PSU or subjects related to them as they may deem fit and which are within their terms of reference The depth or Undertaking concerned is asked to furnish necessary material relating to those subjects for information of the Members of the Committee The Committee may from time to time appoint one or more Study Groups for carrying out detailed examination of various subjects 1 Current composition needs update EditKey BJP 11 INC 2 AIADMK 2 TDP 2 BJD 2 SAD 1 TRS 1 AITC 1 22 membersComposition of the Committee on Public Undertakings by party BJD 9 09 AIADMK 9 09 AITC 4 55 TDP 9 09 TRS 4 55 INC 9 09 SAD 4 55 BJP 50 15 Members from 16th Lok Sabha tenure May 2018 19 Sr No Name Constituency state Party1 Shanta Kumar a Kangra Himachal Pradesh BJP2 Lal Krishna Advani Gandhinagar Gujarat3 Ramesh Bais Raipur Madhya Pradesh4 Haribabu Kambhampati Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh5 Ajay Nishad Muzaffarpur Bihar6 Prahlad Singh Patel Damoh Madhya Pradesh7 Narendra Keshav Sawaikar South Goa Goa8 Sushil Kumar Singh Aurangabad Bihar9 Rameshwar Teli Dibrugarh Assam10 Konakalla Narayana Rao Machilipatnam Andhra Pradesh TDP11 Saugata Roy Dum Dum West Bengal AITC12 G Hari Arakkonam Tamil Nadu AIADMK13 Ravneet Singh Ludhiana Punjab INC14 Vinod Kumar Boianapalli Karimnagar Telangana TRS15 Nagendra Pradhan Sambalpur Odisha BJD7 Members from the Rajya Sabha Sr No Name State Legislature Party1 Samsheer Singh Manhas Jammu amp Kashmir BJP2 Ramvichar Netam Chattishgarh3 Mohd Ali Khan Andhra Pradesh INC4 Pratap Keshari Deb Odisha BJD5 Naresh Gujral Punjab SAD6 C M Ramesh Andhra Pradesh TDP7 A K Selvaraj Tamil Nadu AIADMKList of Public Undertakings EditThe scope of COPU is limited to the undertakings specified in the fourth Schedule to the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha They are as follows List of Public Undertakings specified in 2019 edition 4 Part I Part II Part IIIPublic Undertakings established by Central Acts Damodar Valley Corporation Life Insurance Corporation of India Central Warehousing Corporation Food Corporation of India Airports Authority of India National Highways Authority of India Every Government Company whose annual report is placed before the Houses of Parliament under sub section 1 of Section 619A of the Companies Act 1956 Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd Bharat Electronics Ltd Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers LtdNotable probes 2014 present EditBSNL Salary ratio 2014 Edit The Committee on Public Undertakings noted in its report The staff cost was about 13 406 crore in 2011 12 that is almost 50 per cent of its revenue which is abnormally on the higher side as compared to private companies whose expenditure is stated to be in the range of 5 10 per cent 5 ONGC Videsh Ltd 2014 Edit Based on the performance audit done by C amp AG presented in report no 28 for the year 2010 11 the COPU had the following findings Due to unrealistic estimation of reserves production OVL has suffered a huge loss of Rs 1182 14 crore during the period 2008 09 and 2009 10 Since OVL did not chose to farm out part of its stake to a local partner the entire loss has been borne out by it 6 Following up in August 2015 COPU stated Except reiterating its earlier reply OVL has not offered any justification for its ill conceived decision not to farm out part of its stake in IEC to local Russian firms entities and its unrealistic estimation of oil reserves and production targets 7 Chairpersons EditChairpersons of the committee till date citation needed Edit Sr No Name Term of office Terms Political party Alliance 1 P Govinda Menon 1964 66 2 INC2 Dwarka N Tiwary 1966 67 1 JNP3 Surindra Nath Dwivedy 1967 68 1 PSP4 G S Dhillon 1968 69 1 INC5 Mansinhji Rana 1969 72 36 Subhadra Joshi 1972 73 17 Amrit Nahata 1973 lt 18 Nawal Kishore Sharma 1973 76 39 Darbara Singh 1976 77 110 Jyotirmoy Basu 1977 79 2 CPI M 11 Bapu Kaldate 1979 80 1 JD12 Bansi Lal 1980 82 2 INC13 Madhusudan Vairale 1982 85 314 Vazhappady K Ramamurthy 1985 87 215 Vakkom Purushothaman 1987 90 316 Basudeb Acharia 1990 91 1 CPI M 17 A R Antulay 1991 93 2 INC18 Vilas Muttemwar 1993 95 219 Kamal Chaudhary 1995 96 120 G Venkatswamy 1996 98 221 Manbendra Shah 1998 99 1 BJP22 Vijay Kumar Malhotra 1999 2004 523 Rupchand Pal 2004 09 5 CPI M 24 V Kishore Chandra Deo 2009 11 2 INC25 Jagdambika Pal 2011 14 326 Shanta Kumar 2014 19 5 BJP27 Meenakshi Lekhi 2019 21 628 Santosh Gangwar 2021 incumbent BJPLongest serving chairpersons of COPU Edit Sr No Name Terms Years Party1 Vijay Kumar Malhotra 5 1999 2004 BJP2 Rupchand Pal 5 2004 09 CPI M 3 Shanta Kumar 5 2014 19 BJPReports EditSince the inception of the COPU it has presented 604 reports till date Of these 301 are original reports and 303 are reports on actions taken by the Government in response the original reports made by the COPU Out of those 301 original reports 37 are horizontal studies on various aspects of working of the public undertakings citation needed See also Edit India portal17th Lok Sabha Estimates Committee Public Accounts Committee India Standing Committee on Defence India Standing Committee on Finance India List of Indian parliamentary committeesNotes Edit Chairperson of the committee for the current year References Edit a b c d e RULES OF PROCEDURE AND CONDUCT OF BUSINESS IN LOK SABHA PDF 16th ed New Delhi M s Jainco Art India April 2019 pp 150 151 Arora Ramesh K Goyal Rajni 1996 Indian Public Administration Institutions and Issues Revised 2nd ed New Delhi New Age International p 522 ISBN 9788173280689 A Committee is Born PDF RULES OF PROCEDURE AND CONDUCT OF BUSINESS IN LOK SABHA PDF 16th ed New Delhi M s Jainco Art India April 2019 pp 195 196 BSNL s salary outgo rises to 13 406 crore NDTV May 5 2013 Retrieved June 4 2023 Parliamentary panel seeks review of ONGC Videsh s Imperial Energy acquisition NDTV February 7 2014 Retrieved June 4 2023 Parliament Panel Raps OVL for Imperial Energy acquisition NDTV August 10 2015 Retrieved June 4 2023 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link External links EditNational Highway Authority of India report Aug 2018 BSNL report Apr 2014 ONGC Videsh Limited report Feb 2014 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Committee on Public Undertakings amp oldid 1162356889, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
