Punjab Assembly Committee on Estimates

Committee on Estimates

Committee of the House
16th Punjab Assembly
State	Punjab
Leadership
Chaiperson	Aman Arora
Chairperson party	Aam Aadmi Party
Appointer	Punjab Assembly speaker
Structure
Seats	13
Political Parties	AAP (11)   INC (2)
Election criteria	The members are elected every year from amongst its members of house according to the principle of proportional representation.
Tenure	1 Year
Jurisdiction
Purpose	Legislative oversight of the government estimates
Rules & Procedure
Applicable rules	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][2][3]

Functions

The functions of the Committee on Estimates is:[1]

1. to report what economics, improvements in organizations, efficiency or administrative reform, consistent with the policy underlying the estimates, may be effected;
2. to suggest alternative policies in order to bring about efficiency and economy in administration;
3. to examine whether the money is well laid out within the limits of the policy implied in the estimates; and
4. to suggest the form in which the estimates shall be presented to the House; Provided that the Committee shall not exercise its functions in relation to such public undertakings as are allotted to the Committee on public undertakings by these Rules or by the Speaker.

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.[4]

Members

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

Committee on Estimates (2022–23)

Sr. No.	Name	Post	Party
1.	Aman Arora	Chairperson		AAP
2.	Amansher Singh (Shery kalsi)	Member		AAP
3.	Amolak Singh	Member		AAP
4.	Balkar Singh Sidhu	Member		AAP
5.	Barindermeet Singh Pahra	Member		INC
6.	Gurpreet Bassi Gogi	Member		AAP
7.	Harmit Singh Pathanmajra	Member		AAP
8.	Jagtar Singh Diyalpura	Member		AAP
9.	Kashmir Singh Sohal	Member		AAP
10.	Kulwant Singh Sidhu	Member		AAP
11.	Raman Arora	Member		AAP
12.	Santosh Kumari Kataria	Member		AAP
13.	Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa	Member		INC

Chairpersons

Tenure	Terms	Name	Political party
2021-22	1	Hardial Singh Kamboj[5][6]		Indian National Congress
2022-23	1	Aman Arora[3]		Aam Aadmi Party

Previous members

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

2021–22

Committee on Estimates (2021–22)[7]

Sr. No.	Name	Post	Party
1.	Sardar Hardial Singh Kamboj	Chairperson		INC
2.	Sardar Amrinder Singh Raja Warring	Member		INC
3.	Sardar Angad Singh	Member		INC
4.	Sardar Dilraj Singh Bhunder	Member		INC
5.	Sardar Gurpartap Singh Wadala	Member		INC
6.	Sardar Kanwar Sandhu	Member		INC
7.	Shri Madan Lal Jalalpur	Member		INC
8.	Sardar Nirmal Singh	Member		INC
9.	Shri Rakesh Pandey	Member		INC
10.	Sardar Randeep Singh Nabha	Member		INC
11.	Sardar Sukhpal Singh Bhullar	Member		INC
12.	Sardar Sukhpal Singh Khaira	Member		INC
13.	Shri Surinder Kumar Dawar	Member

2020–21

Committee on Estimates (2020–21)[8]

Sr. No.	Name	Post	Party
1.	Sardar Hardial Singh Kamboj	Chairperson		INC
2.	Sardar Amrinder Singh Raja Warring	Member		INC
3.	Sardar Angad Singh	Member		INC
4.	Shri Amit Vij	Member		INC
5.	Sardar Kanwar Sandhu	Member		INC
6.	Shri Madan Lal Jalalpur	Member		INC
7.	Sardar Navtej Singh Chemma	Member		INC
8.	Sardar Nirmal Singh	Member		INC
9.	Sardar Gurpartap Singh Wadala	Member		INC
10.	Shri Pawan Kumar Tinu	Member		INC
11.	Sardar Santokh Singh	Member		INC
12.	Sardar Sukhpal Singh Bhullar	Member		INC
13.	Sardar Sukhpal Singh Khaira	Member

2019–20

Committee on Estimates (2019–20)[9]

Sr. No.	Name	Post	Party
1.	Sardar Hardial Singh Kamboj	Chairperson		INC
2.	Sh. Arun Dogra	Member		INC
3.	Sardar Bikram Singh Majithia	Member		INC
4.	Sh. Dalvir Singh Khangura	Member		INC
5.	Dr. Dharambir Agnihotri	Member		INC
6.	Sardar Harinder Pal Singh Chandumajra	Member		INC
7.	Sardar Harjot Kamal Singh	Member		INC
8.	Sh. Jai Krishan Singh Rodi	Member		INC
9.	Sh. Joginder Pal	Member		INC
10.	Sh. Madan Lal Jalalpur	Member		INC
11.	Smt. Sarvjit Kaur Manuke	Member		INC
12.	Sh. Sunil Dutti	Member		INC
13.	Sh. Sushil Kumar Rinku	Member

2018–19

Committee on Estimates (2018–19)[10]

Sr. No.	Name	Post	Party
1.	Sardar Hardial Singh Kamboj	Chairperson		INC
2.	Sh. Arun Dogra	Member		INC
3.	Sardar Bikram Singh Majithia	Member		INC
4.	Dr. Dharambir Agnihotri	Member		INC
5.	Sardar Harminder Singh Gill	Member		INC
6.	Sh. Jai Krishan Singh	Member		INC
7.	Sh. Joginder Pal	Member		INC
8.	Sardar Lakhbir Singh Lodhinangal	Member		INC
9.	Sh. Madan Lal Jalalpur	Member		INC
10.	S. Pirmal Singh Dhaula	Member		INC
11.	Sardar Pritam Singh Kotbhai	Member		INC
12.	Sardar Sukhjit Singh	Member		INC
13.	Chaudhary Surinder Singh	Member

2017–18

Committee on Estimates (2017–18)[11]

Sr. No.	Name	Post	Party
1.	Sardar Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria	Chairperson		INC
2.	Sh. Aman Arora	Member		INC
3.	Dr. Dharambir Agnihotri	Member		INC
4.	Sardar Hardial Singh Kamboj	Member		INC
5.	Sardar Harminder Singh Gill	Member		INC
6.	Sardar Harinderpal Singh Chandumajra	Member		INC
7.	Sardar Inderbeer Singh Bolaria	Member		INC
8.	Sardar Kushaldeep Singh Kiki Dhillon	Member		INC
9.	Sh. Pawan Kumar Adia	Member		INC
10.	Dr. Raj Kumar Chabewal	Member		INC
11.	Sardar Sharanjit Singh Dhillon	Member		INC
12.	Sardar Sukhpal Singh Khaira	Member		INC
13.	Sh. Vijay Inder Singla	Member

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