Two New Committees in the Assembly

• 06 Sep 2021

Why in News

• Recently, the Committee on Rules of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly has recommended the formation of two new committees to the House.

Key Points

• The Rules Committee headed by Speaker Girish Gautam has recommended the formation of these committees for better work on the basis of experience and abundance of work in the Legislative Assembly.
• The first committee has been named 'Etiquette and Respect Maintenance Committee' of the members and the second committee has been named 'Backward Class Welfare Committee'.
• According to the committee on rules, it has been recommended to set up a 'Etiquette and respect maintenance committee' to monitor the matters related to the disrespectful behavior by the government officials as well as legislators.
• After examining the complaint of disrespectful behavior made by the MLA to the Speaker, the Speaker will hand it over to the Etiquette Committee for investigation. In case of a serious complaint, the Speaker can also refer it to the Committee of Privileges.
• The above new committee will be in addition to the already existing member facilitation committee to examine the related matters.
• The 'Backward Class Welfare Committee' constituted to look after the affairs of backward classes will be created by separating the already existing SC/ST and OBC Welfare Committee.