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{{short description|Indian Legislative committee}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox
| title = Committee on Public Undertakings
| abovestyle = border-top: 2px solid #015843; border-bottom: 2px solid #015843; font-size: small;
| above = [[Punjab Legislative Assembly#Committees|Committee of the House]]
| headerstyle = border-top: 2px solid #015843; border-bottom: 2px solid #015843;
| header = [[16th Punjab Assembly]]
| labelstyle =
| datastyle =
| data2 =
| subheader = '''<big>[[16th Punjab Assembly]]</big>'''
| label3 = [[Date of establishment|Founded]]
| data3 = 
| label4 = State
| data4 = Punjab
| header5 = Leadership
| label6 = Chaiperson
| data6 = [[Budh Ram]]
| label7 = Chairperson party
| data7 = [[Aam Aadmi Party]]
| label8 = Appointer
| data8 = [[List of speakers of the Punjab Legislative Assembly|Punjab Assembly speaker]]
| header9 = Structure
| data10= {{Infobox | decat = yes | child = yes
|image = [[File:India_Punjab_Assembly Committee on Public Undertakings_2022.svg|200px|alt=India Punjab Committee on Public Undertakings 2022.svg]]
|caption =
| title =
| label10 = Seats
| data10 = 12
| label11 = Political Parties
| data11 ={{legend2|{{party color|Aam Aadmi Party}}|[[Aam Aadmi Party|AAP]] (10)|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}<br />
{{legend2|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|[[Indian National Congress|INC]] (2)|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
}}
| label12 = Election criteria
| data12 = The members are elected every year from amongst its members of house according to the principle of proportional representation.
| label13 = Tenure
| data13 = 1 Year
| header14 = Jurisdiction
| label15 = Purpose
| data15 = Legislative oversight of Public Undertakings
| header16 =
| data17 =
| header18 = Rules & Procedure
| label20 = Applicable rules
| data20 = Article 208 of the [[Constitution of India]]<br />section 32 of the [[States Reorganisation Act, 1956]]<br />Rules 232(1) and 2(b) of Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Punjab Legislative Assembly
}}
'''Punjab Assembly Committee on Public Undertakings''' of [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]] is constituted annually for a one-year period from among the members of the Assembly.<ref name="Committee on Public Undertakings" /><ref>{{cite journal |last1=BATRA |first1=G.S. |last2=BHATIA |first2=B.S. |title=Accountability of Public Enterprises in India |journal=Pakistan Economic and Social Review |date=1993 |volume=31 |issue=1 |pages=76–101 |jstor=25825091 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25825091 |access-date=12 June 2022 |issn=1011-002X |archive-date=12 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220612133722/https://www.jstor.org/stable/25825091 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Punjab: Despite Red Flags, Successive Govts Leased 300 Acres To Bharti and Del Monte Firm at Dirt Cheap Rate |url=https://thewire.in/political-economy/punjab-land-lease-del-monte-bharti-violation-auditor |access-date=12 June 2022 |work=The Wire |archive-date=3 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203155906/https://thewire.in/political-economy/punjab-land-lease-del-monte-bharti-violation-auditor |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Sep 26 |first1=TIMESOFINDIA COM / Updated |title=punjab: 15 ministers, 7 new faces: Punjab CM Channi's new cabinet {{!}} India News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/punjab-cabinet-expansion-15-congress-mlas-take-oath-as-ministers/articleshow/86529347.cms |access-date=12 June 2022 |work=The Times of India |language=en |archive-date=26 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926121011/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/punjab-cabinet-expansion-15-congress-mlas-take-oath-as-ministers/articleshow/86529347.cms |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=3 Punjab Cong. MLAs quit panels after being 'ignored' |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/3-punjab-cong-mlas-quit-panels-after-being-ignored/article23885406.ece |access-date=12 June 2022 |work=The Hindu |date=14 May 2018 |language=en-IN |archive-date=9 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109032311/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/3-punjab-cong-mlas-quit-panels-after-being-ignored/article23885406.ece |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Functions==
The functions of the Committee on Public Undertakings is:<ref name="Committee on Public Undertakings" /><ref>{{cite book |last1=Grover |first1=Verinder |title=Legislative Council in State Legislatures |date=1989 |publisher=Deep & Deep Publications |isbn=978-81-7100-193-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fRqrO0Hx0Y0C&dq=%22Punjab%22+%2B+%22Committee+on+Privileges%22&pg=PA165 |access-date=12 June 2022 |language=en |archive-date=12 June 2022 |archive-url=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 |url-status=live }}</ref>

{{blockquote|
:(a) To examine the reports and accounts of the Public undertakings specified in Schedule II and of such other Public Undertakings as may be referred to the Committee by the Speaker for examination;
:(b) To examine the reports, if any, of the Comptroller and Auditor-General on the public undertakings;
:(c) To examine in the context of the autonomy and efficiency of public undertakings, whether the affairs of the public undertakings are being managed in accordance with sound business principles and prudent commercial practices; and
:(d) To exercise such other functions vested in the Committee on Public Accounts and the Committee on Estimates in relation to the Public undertakings mentioned above as are not covered by clauses (a), (b) and (c) above and as may be allotted to the Committee by the Speaker from time to time :

Provided that the Committee shall not examine and investigate any of the following, namely:-
:(i) Matters of major Government policy as distinct from business or commercial functions of the public undertakings;
:(ii) Matters of day-to-day administration;
:(iii) Matters for the consideration of which machinery is established by any special statue under which a particular public undertaking is established
}}

==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.<ref name="Punjab Government Gazette 2021">{{cite web |title=Punjab Government Gazette Extraordinary, 4 March 2021 |url=https://www.punjabassembly.nic.in/images/docs/punjab%20govt%20gaz.pdf |publisher=Government of Punjab |access-date=22 June 2022}}</ref>

==Members==
For the 1-year period starting May 2022, the Committee on Public Undertakings of [[16th Punjab Assembly#Committees|16th Punjab Assembly]] had following members:<ref name="Committee on Public Undertakings">{{cite web |title=vidhan Sabha |url=http://punjabassembly.nic.in/index.php/component/content/article?id=36&Itemid=119 |website=punjabassembly.nic.in |access-date=2022-06-12 |archive-date=2021-05-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514035012/http://punjabassembly.nic.in/index.php/component/content/article?id=36&Itemid=119 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="HT Appointment 22">{{cite news |title=Punjab speaker appoints heads of House committees |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/punjab-speaker-appoints-heads-of-house-committees-101653170285870.html |access-date=11 June 2022 |work=Hindustan Times |date=22 May 2022 |language=en |archive-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522184912/https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/punjab-speaker-appoints-heads-of-house-committees-101653170285870.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+Committee on Public Undertakings (2022–23)
!Sr. No.
!Name
!Post
! colspan="2" |Party
|- align="center"
|1. || [[Budh Ram]] || Chairperson
|{{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|- align="center"
|2. || [[Amarpal Singh]] || Member
|{{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|- align="center"
|3. || [[Amrinder Singh Raja Warring]] || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|4. || [[Avtar Singh Junior]] || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|5. || [[Fauja Singh Sarari]] || Member
|{{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|- align="center"
|6. || [[Gurdit Singh Sekhon]] || Member
|{{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|- align="center"
|7. || [[Gurlal Ghanaur]] || Member
|{{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|- align="center"
|8. || [[Jai Krishan Singh]] || Member
|{{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|- align="center"
|9. || [[Jasbir Singh Sandhu]] || Member
|{{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|- align="center"
|10. ||[[Manjinder Singh Lalpura]] || Member
|{{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|- align="center"
|11. || [[Manwinder Singh Giaspura]] || Member
|{{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|- align="center"
|12. ||[[Sarvan Singh Dhun]] || Member
|{{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|}

== Chairpersons ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Tenure
!Terms
!Name
! colspan="2" |Political party
|- align="center"
| [[15th Punjab Assembly#2021-2022|2017-18]]
|1
|[[Om Parkash Soni]]<ref name="Soni September 2021">{{cite news |last1=Sehgal |first1=Manjeet |title=Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, OP Soni sworn in as Deputy CMs of Punjab |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/sukhjinder-singh-randhawa-brahm-mohindra-likely-to-be-punjab-deputy-cms-1854696-2021-09-20 |access-date=14 June 2022|date=20 September 2021 |work=India Today |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Capture date 29 Sep 2017">{{cite web |title=vidhanSabha |url=http://punjabassembly.nic.in/index.php/component/content/article?id=36&Itemid=119 |access-date=15 June 2022 |date=29 September 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929215332/http://punjabassembly.nic.in/index.php/component/content/article?id=36&Itemid=119 | archive-date=2017-09-29 }}</ref>
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
| [[15th Punjab Assembly#2021-2022|2018-19]]
|1
|[[Rakesh Pandey (Punjab politician)|Rakesh Pandey]]<ref name="Capture date 18 November 2018">{{cite web |title=vidhanSabha |url=http://punjabassembly.nic.in/index.php/component/content/article?id=36&Itemid=119 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118155916/http://punjabassembly.nic.in/index.php/component/content/article?id=36&Itemid=119 |access-date=15 June 2022| archive-date=2018-11-18 }}</ref>
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
| [[15th Punjab Assembly#2021-2022|2019-21]]
|2
|[[Kuljit Singh Nagra]]<ref name="jkjk">{{cite web |title=vidhanSabha |url=http://punjabassembly.nic.in/index.php/component/content/article?id=36&Itemid=119 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805165851/http://punjabassembly.nic.in/index.php/component/content/article?id=36&Itemid=119 |access-date=15 June 2022| archive-date=2020-08-05 }}</ref><ref name="Capture 2020">{{cite web |title=vidhanSabha |url=http://punjabassembly.nic.in/index.php/component/content/article?id=36&Itemid=119 |access-date=15 June 2022 |date=5 August 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805165851/http://punjabassembly.nic.in/index.php/component/content/article?id=36&Itemid=119 | archive-date=2020-08-05 }}</ref>
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
| [[15th Punjab Assembly#2021-2022|2021-22]]
|1
|[[Navtej Singh Cheema]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Punjab Vidhan Sabha speaker nominates various committees of House for year 2021-22 |url=https://www.punjabnewsexpress.com/punjab/news/punjab-vidhan-sabha-speaker-nominates-various-committees-of-house-for-year-2021-22-136750 |access-date=15 June 2022 |work=punjabnewsexpress.com |date=28 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker nominates various committees of House for year 2021-22 – TheFactNews |date=29 April 2021|url=https://thefactnews.in/punjab-vidhan-sabha-speaker-nominates-various-committees-of-house-for-year-2021-22/ |access-date=15 June 2022}}</ref>
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
| 2022–23
|1
|[[Budh Ram]]<ref name="HT Appointment 22" />
| {{Full party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|}

==Previous members==
For the one-year period before May 2022, the Committee on Public Undertakings of [[15th Punjab Assembly#Committees|15th Punjab Assembly]] had following members:

===2021–22===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Committee on Public Undertakings (2021–22)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-14 |title=vidhanSabha |url=http://punjabassembly.nic.in/index.php/component/content/article?id=36&Itemid=119 |access-date=2022-07-26 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514035012/http://punjabassembly.nic.in/index.php/component/content/article?id=36&Itemid=119 |archive-date=14 May 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
!Sr. No.
!Name
!Post
! colspan="2" |Party
|- align="center"
|1. || Sardar Navtej Singh Cheema || Chairperson
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|2. || Shri Aman Arora || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|3. || Shri Arun Dogra || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|4. || Sardar Bikram Singh Majithia || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|5. || Shri Dalvir Singh Goldy || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|6. || Shri Darshan Lal || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|7. || Shri N.K. Sharma || Member
|{{Party name with color| Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|8. || Sardar Rajinder Singh || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|9. || Sardar Sangat Singh Gilzian || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|10. || Shri Sanjeev Talwar || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|11. || Smt. Sarvjit Kaur Manuke || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|12. || Sardar Sukhwinder Singh Danny || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|13.
|Chaudhary Surinder Singh
|Member
|
|
|}

===2020–21===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Committee on Public Undertakings (2020–21)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-01-15 |title=vidhanSabha |url=http://punjabassembly.nic.in/index.php/component/content/article?id=36&Itemid=119 |access-date=2022-07-26 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115183451/http://punjabassembly.nic.in/index.php/component/content/article?id=36&Itemid=119 |archive-date=15 January 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
!Sr. No.
!Name
!Post
! colspan="2" |Party
|- align="center"
|1. || Sardar Kuljit Singh Nagra || Chairperson
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|2. || Shri Aman Arora || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|3. || Sardar Rajinder Singh || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|4. || Shri Arun Dogra || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|5. || Sardar Bikram Singh Majithia || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|6. || Shri Dalvir Singh Goldy || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|7. || Shri N.K. Sharma || Member
|{{Party name with color| Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|8. || Sardar Sukhwinder Singh Danny || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|9. || Sardar Ramanjeet Singh Sikki || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|10. || Sardar Sangat Singh Gilzian || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|11. || Smt. Sarvjit Kaur Manuke || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|12. || Shri Sanjeev Talwar || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|13.
|Chaudhary Surinder Singh
|Member
|
|
|}

===2019–20===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Committee on Public Undertakings (2019–20)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-12-30 |title=vidhanSabha |url=http://punjabassembly.nic.in/index.php/component/content/article?id=36&Itemid=119 |access-date=2022-07-26 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230202848/http://punjabassembly.nic.in/index.php/component/content/article?id=36&Itemid=119 |archive-date=30 December 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
!Sr. No.
!Name
!Post
! colspan="2" |Party
|- align="center"
|1. || Sardar Kuljit Singh Nagra || Chairperson
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|2. || Shri Aman Arora || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|3. || Sardar Amrinder Singh Raja warring || Member
|{{Party name with color| Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|4. || Sardar Darshan Singh Brar || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|5. || Sardar Davinder Singh Ghubaya || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|6. || Sardar Dilraj Singh Bhunder || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|7. || Sardar Kanwar Sandhu || Member
|{{Party name with color| Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|8. || Shri Pawan Kumar Adia || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|9. || Shri Pawan Kumar Tinu || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|10. || Shri Rajinder Beri || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|11. || Shmt Indu Bala || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|12. || Sardar Santokh Singh || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|13.
|Sardar Sukhwinder Singh Danny Bandala
|Member
|
|
|}

===2018–19===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Committee on Public Undertakings (2018–19)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-11-18 |title=vidhanSabha |url=http://punjabassembly.nic.in/index.php/component/content/article?id=36&Itemid=119 |access-date=2022-07-26 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118155916/http://punjabassembly.nic.in/index.php/component/content/article?id=36&Itemid=119 |archive-date=18 November 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
!Sr. No.
!Name
!Post
! colspan="2" |Party
|- align="center"
|1. || Sh. Rakesh Panday || Chairperson
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|2. || Sardar Amarjit Singh Sandoa || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|3. || Sardar Angad Singh || Member
|{{Party name with color| Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|4. || Sardar Harinder Pal Singh Chandumajra || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|5. || Sardar Kultar Singh Sandhwan || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|6. || Sardar Nirmal Singh || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|7. || Sardar Pargat Singh Powar || Member
|{{Party name with color| Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|8. || Sardar Parminder Singh Dhindsa || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|9. || Sardar Randeep Singh Nabha || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|10. || Dr. Raj Kumar Chabbewal || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|11. || Smt. Satkar Kaur || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|12. || Sh. Surinder Kumar Dawar || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|13.
|Dr. Harjot Kamal Singh
|Member
|
|
|}

===2017–18===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Committee on Public Undertakings (2017–18)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-09-29 |title=vidhanSabha |url=http://punjabassembly.nic.in/index.php/component/content/article?id=36&Itemid=119 |access-date=2022-07-26 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929215332/http://punjabassembly.nic.in/index.php/component/content/article?id=36&Itemid=119 |archive-date=29 September 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
!Sr. No.
!Name
!Post
! colspan="2" |Party
|- align="center"
|1. || Sh. Om Parkash Soni || Chairperson
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|2. || Sardar Ajit Singh Kohar || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|3. || Sh. Arun Dogra || Member
|{{Party name with color| Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|4. || Sardar Bikram Singh Majithia || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|5. || Sardar Gurpreet Singh Kangar || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|6. || Sardar Gurmeet Singh Meet Haher || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|7. || Sardar Gurkirat Singh Kotli || Member
|{{Party name with color| Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|8. || Sardar Lakhvir Singh Lakha || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|9. || Sardar Navtej Singh Cheema || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|10. || Sardar Parminder Singh Pinki || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|11. || Sardar Pargat Singh Powar || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|12. || Sardar Sukhpal Singh Khaira || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|13.
|Sardar Sukhpal Singh Bhullar
|Member
|
|
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Punjab Legislative Assembly|state=expanded}}

[[Category:Committees of the Punjab Legislative Assembly]]

Punjab Assembly Committee on Public Undertakings - Revision history

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