15 Ministries/Departments without consultative committees

New Delhi, May 15 (UNI) As many as fifteen Ministries/Departments do not have any parliamentary consultative committees as they failed to fulfill the statutory requirements for that purpose, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs B K Handique said As per the guidelines, membership of a consultative committee is voluntary and a member can be nominated to one consultative committee only, he told the Lok Sabha in a written reply today.

A minimum of ten members are required for a consultative committee. Preferences from required number of members of Parliament have not been received, as a result of which, the consultative committee of these Ministries have not been constituted.

Mr Handique said no specific time frame could be announced for constituting these consultative committees.

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