Committee on Empowerment of Women
Topic: Parliamentary Procedure, Committees and Privileges · NCERT: Beyond NCERT
Meaning
The Committee on Empowerment of Women is a joint committee of Parliament, which means it has members from both Houses. It has 30 members and was set up in 1997. It studies how government policies and programmes affect women. It checks the steps being taken to give women equal status and dignity in all fields. It also considers the reports of the National Commission for Women. It then recommends improvements to the government.
Example
The committee may examine how well a central scheme for women's safety or health is working. It can call ministry officials to explain any gaps and then suggest changes in its report.
Don't confuse with
- National Commission for Women: a statutory body outside Parliament that looks into women's issues. The parliamentary committee is made up of MPs and examines the government's work, including the commission's reports.
Related concepts
- Departmentally related standing committee
- Joint Parliamentary Committee
- Business Advisory Committee
- Committee on Private Members' Bills and Resolutions
- Committee on Petitions
- Committee on Government Assurances
- Committee on Subordinate Legislation
- Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
- Joint Committee on Offices of Profit
- Consultative committees