List of Indian commissions

Commissions are constituted by the Government of India either in ad hoc or permanent basis, to guide, advice or provide solutions to various issues coming under the concerned ministry.

List of commissions

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Permanent commissions

No.	Commission	Formed	Objectives	Ministry	Website
1	Atomic Energy Commission of India	3 August 1948	Plan and implement various measures on sound technical and economic principles and free from all non-essential restrictions or needlessly elastic rules in the field of atomic energy	Department of Atomic Energy	aec.gov.in
2	Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices	1965	Stabilize agricultural prices Meaningful real income levels to farmers Essential agricultural commodities at reasonable prices	Ministry of Agriculture (India)	cacp.dacner.nic.in
3	National Commission for Backward Classes	14 August 1993	Consider inclusions in and exclusions from the lists of castes notified as backward for the purpose of job reservations Advice to the Central Government on such matters	Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment	ncdc.nic.in
4	National Commission on Cattle	2002	Suggest ways of improving the condition of cattle	Ministry of Agriculture (India)	dahd.nic.in
5	Competition Commission of India	14 October 2003	Enforce The Competition Act, 2002 throughout India Prevent activities that have an adverse effect on competition in India.		cci.gov.in
6	National Statistical Commission	1 June 2005	Reduce the problems faced by statistical agencies in the country in relation to collection of data. Special emphasis on ensuring collection of unbiased data so as to restore public trust in the figures released by the Government.	Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation	mospi.nic.in
7	Telecom Commission	1989	responsible for policy formulation, licensing, wireless spectrum management, administrative monitoring of PSUs, research and development and standardization/validation of equipment etc.	Ministry of Communications and Information Technology	dot.gov.in
8	Election Commission	25 January 1950	Constitutional Autonomous Body conducts the elections to the offices of the President and Vice-President of India,parliament,State Legislative assemblies and legislative councils		eci.nic.in
9	Chief Labour Commissioner	1945	Prevention and settlement of industrial disputes through conciliation/mediation. Enforcement of Labour Laws and Rules made there under in Central Sphere. Quasi-Judicial functions. Verification of Trade Union membership etc.		clc.gov.in
10	Planning Commission	1950	Formulates India's Five-Year Plans, among other functions		planningcommission.nic.in / planningcommission.org
11	Law Commission	1955	Reforming the Law For Maximising Justice in Society and Promoting Good Governance under the Rule of Law	Ministry of Law & Justice	lawcommissionofindia.nic.in
12	Finance Commission	22 November 1951		Autonomous Constitutional Body	fincomindia.nic.in
13	Human Rights Commission	12 October 1993		Autonomous Constitutional Body	nhrc.nic.in
14	University Grants Commission	28 December 1953	Coordination, determination and maintenance of standards of university education. It provides recognition to universities in India, and disburses funds to such recognized universities and college.	Ministry of Human Resource Development	ugc.ac.in
15	Vigilance Commission (CVC)	February 1964	To address governmental corruption		cvc.nic.in
16	Knowledge Commission	13 June 2005			knowledgecommission.gov.in
17	National Commission for Women	1992	* protecting and promoting the interests of women in India		ncw.nic.in
18	Scheduled Tribes Commission	19 February 2004	* protection, welfare and development & advancement of the Scheduled Tribes		ncst.nic.in
19	Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganized Sector	2004		Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises	nceuis.nic.in
20	Census Commission	1872	Ministry of Home Affairs
21	Central Forestry Commission	1965
22	Central Water Commission	1945	Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation	[1]
23	Electronics Commission	1971
24	Commission for Additional Sources of Energy	21 March 1981
25	Rashtriya Barh Ayog (National Flood Commission)	1976	Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
26	Indo-Bangladesh Joint Rivers Commission	1972
27	Khadi and Village Industries Commission	1957		MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL & MEDIUM ENTERPRISES	[2]
28	Space Commission	1962			[3]
29	Staff Selection Commission	1 July 1976		Department of Personnel and Training	[4]
30	National judicial appointments commission		Transferring of judges to higher judiciary

Ad hoc commissions

No.	Commission	Year	Objectives
1	States Reorganisation Commission	1955	Recommend the reorganization of state boundaries
2	Kothari Commission	1964	To formulate the general principles and guidelines for the development of education at all levels To advise the government on a standardized national pattern of education in India
3	Kapur Commission	1966	To inquiry into the conspiracy that led to the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi
4	Khosla Commission	1970	Investigate the death of Subhas Chandra Bose in 1945
5	Mandal Commission	1980	Identified over 450 backward classes comprising 52% of the country's population Recommended 27% of the seats in academic institutions and jobs in Govt. organisations for these classes.
6	Sarkaria Commission	1983	To examine the balance of power between centre and state and suggest reforms Gave appropriate recommendations on appointment of Governor.
7	Mukherjee Commission	1999	Investigate the death of Subhas Chandra Bose in 1945
8	Nanavati Commission	2000	Investigate the 1984 anti-Sikh riots
9	Narendran Commission	2000	Study and report the representation of Backward Classes in the State public services.
10	National Commission to review the working of the Constitution	February 2000	Suggested changes in the electoral laws, setting up a national judicial commission for appointing judges and election of the Prime Minister by Lok Sabha.
11	Nanavati-Shah commission	2002	To probe the Godhra train burning incident and the post-Godhra carnage, 2002
12	Commission for Religious and Linguistic Minorities	2004

See also

• List of committees of the Indian government