Various Commities

(1) Yashpal Committee Report:-
It was set up in 2008 for higher education and research. It has suggested the scrapping of all higher education regulatory /monitoring bodies and creation of a super regulation.
It also recommended that the deemed university status be abandoned and that all deserving universities be either converted into full fledged universities or scrapped.

(2) National Rural Livelihood Mission:-
Ministry of rural development and panchyati raj proposed to restructure the existing swarnjayanti gram swarojgar yojna into rural livelihood mission to have a focused approach to rural poverty eradication in a time bound manner.
Objective is to reduce poverty among rural BPL by promoting diversified and gainful self employment and wage employment opportunities which would lead to an appreciable increase in sustainable basis.

(3) NREGA Renamed After Mahatma Gandhi:- On Oct 2, 2009.

(4) Chandra Sheker Panel:- on the recomandation of a committee headed
by cabinet secretary K.M Chandra shekhar. Centre had increased the pension for retired service man.

(5) Rajiv Awas Yojna :-
Ministry of housing and urban poverty alleviation had launched the housing project called the Rajiv awas yojna for slum dwellers and the urban poor. Aimed at making India slum free in the next five years.

(6) Government Gave 50% Women’s Quota: -
For women in urban local bodies from 33 % to 50 % by the 108th const. amendment act.

(7) B.K Chaturvedi panel to resolve the inter ministrial issues to speed up the ambitious national highways development project taken up by the road transport and highway ministry.

(8) Librahan Commission:- It was set up in dec 16 ,1992 by the Narashima Rao govt. to probe the demolition of Babri Mosque.The commission was initially asked to give a report in three months, however it could do so only after over 16 years that saw 39 sitting and 48
extensions, finally on June 30 2009 it gave the report.

(9) S.D. Tendulkar Committee :-
It is to estimate poverty in the country. It’s said that about 38% of the country’s population are living below poverty line. This figure is 10% higher than the present poverty estimate of 28.5 % by the planning commission.

(10) Moily Panel:- For administrative reform commission. it is the 2nd administrative reform commission.
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