COMMITTEES OF THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY
The Constituent
Assembly appointed a number of committees to deal with different tasks of
constitution-making.
Out of these, eight were major committees and the others were minor
committees. The names of these
committees and their chairmen are given below :
Major Committees
1.
Union Powers Committee – Jawaharlal Nehru
2.
Union Constitution Committee – Jawaharlal Nehru
3.
Provincial Constitution Committee – Sardar Patel
4.
Drafting Committee – Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
5.
Advisory Committee on Fundamental Rights, Minorities and
Tribal and Excluded Areas –
Sardar Patel. This
committee had the following sub-committes:
(a)
Fundamental Rights Sub-Committee – J.B. Kripalani
(b)
Minorities Sub-Committee – H.C. Mukherjee
(c) North-East
Frontier Tribal Areas and Assam Excluded & Partially Excluded Areas Sub-
Committee –
Gopinath Bardoloi
(d) Excluded and
Partially Excluded Areas (Other than those in Assam) Sub-Committee – A.V.
Thakkar
6.
Rules of Procedure Committee – Dr. Rajendra Prasad
7.
States Committee (Committee for Negotiating with States)
– Jawaharlal Nehru
8.
Steering Committee
– Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Minor Committees
Committee on the Functions of the Constituent Assembly –
G.V. Mavalankar
Order of Business Committee – Dr. K.M. Munshi
House Committee – B. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
Ad-hoc Committee on the National Flag – Dr. Rajendra
Prasad
Special Committee to Examine the Draft Constitution –
Alladi Krishnaswamy Ayyar
Credentials Committee – Alladi Krishnaswamy Ayyar
Finance and Staff Committee – Dr. Rajendra Prasad.
Hindi Translation Committee
Urdu Translation Committee
Press Gallery Committee
Committee to Examine the Effect of Indian Independence
Act of 1947
Committee on Chief Commissioners’ Provinces – B. Pattabhi
Sitaramayya.
Commission on Linguistic Provinces
Expert Committee on Financial Provisions
Ad-hoc Committee on the Supreme Court – S. Varadachariar.
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