Punjab Assembly Committee on Estimates explained

Committee on Estimates

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Committee of the House

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16th Punjab Assembly

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16th Punjab Assembly

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Founded

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State

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Punjab

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Leadership

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Chaiperson

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Aman Arora

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Chairperson party

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Aam Aadmi Party

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Appointer

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Punjab Assembly speaker

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Structure

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Election criteria

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The members are elected every year from amongst its members of house according to the principle of proportional representation.

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Tenure

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1 Year

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Jurisdiction

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Purpose

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Legislative oversight of the government estimates

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Rules & Procedure

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Applicable rules

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Article 208 of the Constitution of India
section 32 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956
Rules 232(1) and 2(b) of Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Punjab Legislative Assembly

Punjab Assembly Committee on Estimates of Punjab Legislative Assembly is constituted annually for a one year period from among the members of the Assembly.^[1]

Functions

The functions of the Committee on Estimates is:

Appointment

The speaker appoints the committee and its members every year for a one year term according to the powers conferred by Article 208 of the Constitution of India read with section 32 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 (37 of 1956), and in pursuance of Rules 232(1) and 2(b) of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Punjab Legislative Assembly.^[2]

Members

For the 1 year period starting May 2022, the Committee on Estimates of 16th Punjab Assembly had following members:^[3] ^[4]

Party
1.		Chairperson
2.		Member
3.		Member
4.		Member
5.		Member
6.		Member
7.		Member
8.		Member
9.		Member
10.		Member
11.		Member
12.		Member
13.		Member

Chairpersons

Tenure	Terms	Name	Political party
2021-22	1	Hardial Singh Kamboj^[5] ^[6]
2022-23	1	Aman Arora

Previous members

For the one year period before May 2022, the Committee on Estimates of 15th Punjab Assembly had following members:

2021–22

Party
1.	Sardar Hardial Singh Kamboj	Chairperson
2.	Sardar Amrinder Singh Raja Warring	Member
3.	Sardar Angad Singh	Member
4.	Sardar Dilraj Singh Bhunder	Member
5.	Sardar Gurpartap Singh Wadala	Member
6.	Sardar Kanwar Sandhu	Member
7.	Shri Madan Lal Jalalpur	Member
8.	Sardar Nirmal Singh	Member
9.	Shri Rakesh Pandey	Member
10.	Sardar Randeep Singh Nabha	Member
11.	Sardar Sukhpal Singh Bhullar	Member
12.	Sardar Sukhpal Singh Khaira	Member
13.	Shri Surinder Kumar Dawar	Member

2020–21

Party
1.	Sardar Hardial Singh Kamboj	Chairperson
2.	Sardar Amrinder Singh Raja Warring	Member
3.	Sardar Angad Singh	Member
4.	Shri Amit Vij	Member
5.	Sardar Kanwar Sandhu	Member
6.	Shri Madan Lal Jalalpur	Member
7.	Sardar Navtej Singh Chemma	Member
8.	Sardar Nirmal Singh	Member
9.	Sardar Gurpartap Singh Wadala	Member
10.	Shri Pawan Kumar Tinu	Member
11.	Sardar Santokh Singh	Member
12.	Sardar Sukhpal Singh Bhullar	Member
13.	Sardar Sukhpal Singh Khaira	Member

2019–20

Party
1.	Sardar Hardial Singh Kamboj	Chairperson
2.	Sh. Arun Dogra	Member
3.	Sardar Bikram Singh Majithia	Member
4.	Sh. Dalvir Singh Khangura	Member
5.	Dr. Dharambir Agnihotri	Member
6.	Sardar Harinder Pal Singh Chandumajra	Member
7.	Sardar Harjot Kamal Singh	Member
8.	Sh. Jai Krishan Singh Rodi	Member
9.	Sh. Joginder Pal	Member
10.	Sh. Madan Lal Jalalpur	Member
11.	Smt. Sarvjit Kaur Manuke	Member
12.	Sh. Sunil Dutti	Member
13.	Sh. Sushil Kumar Rinku	Member

2018–19

Party
1.	Sardar Hardial Singh Kamboj	Chairperson
2.	Sh. Arun Dogra	Member
3.	Sardar Bikram Singh Majithia	Member
4.	Dr. Dharambir Agnihotri	Member
5.	Sardar Harminder Singh Gill	Member
6.	Sh. Jai Krishan Singh	Member
7.	Sh. Joginder Pal	Member
8.	Sardar Lakhbir Singh Lodhinangal	Member
9.	Sh. Madan Lal Jalalpur	Member
10.	S. Pirmal Singh Dhaula	Member
11.	Sardar Pritam Singh Kotbhai	Member
12.	Sardar Sukhjit Singh	Member
13.	Chaudhary Surinder Singh	Member

2017–18

Party
1.	Sardar Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria	Chairperson
2.	Sh. Aman Arora	Member
3.	Dr. Dharambir Agnihotri	Member
4.	Sardar Hardial Singh Kamboj	Member
5.	Sardar Harminder Singh Gill	Member
6.	Sardar Harinderpal Singh Chandumajra	Member
7.	Sardar Inderbeer Singh Bolaria	Member
8.	Sardar Kushaldeep Singh Kiki Dhillon	Member
9.	Sh. Pawan Kumar Adia	Member
10.	Dr. Raj Kumar Chabewal	Member
11.	Sardar Sharanjit Singh Dhillon	Member
12.	Sardar Sukhpal Singh Khaira	Member
13.	Sh. Vijay Inder Singla	Member

Notes and References

Book: Grover . Verinder . Legislative Council in State Legislatures . 1989 . Deep & Deep Publications . 978-81-7100-193-4 . 12 June 2022 . en . 12 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220612133550/https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Legislative_Council_in_State_Legislature/fRqrO0Hx0Y0C?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Punjab%22+%2B+%22Committee+on+Privileges%22&pg=PA165&printsec=frontcover . live .
Web site: Punjab Government Gazette Extraordinary, 4 March 2021 . Government of Punjab . 22 June 2022.
Web site: vidhan Sabha . punjabassembly.nic.in . 2022-06-12 . 2021-05-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210514051737/http://punjabassembly.nic.in/index.php/component/content/article?id=30&Itemid=119 . live .
News: Punjab speaker appoints heads of House committees . 11 June 2022 . Hindustan Times . 22 May 2022 . en . 22 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220522184912/https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/punjab-speaker-appoints-heads-of-house-committees-101653170285870.html . live .
News: Punjab Vidhan Sabha speaker nominates various committees of House for year 2021-22 . 15 June 2022 . punjabnewsexpress.com . 28 April 2021.
News: Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker nominates various committees of House for year 2021-22 – TheFactNews . 29 April 2021. 15 June 2022.