NEW DELHI: Senior BJP leaders Murli Manohar Joshi and Shanta Kumar have been reappointed as chairmen of the Estimates Committee and the parliamentary panel on Public Undertakings, respectively for a fixed tenure of one year.
Joshi has been chairing the Estimates Committee from last three terms starting August 2014. Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan appointed him as the head of the panel on May 1.
Besides Joshi, there are 29 members in the panel. All the members, including the chairman, are selected from the sitting MPs of Lok Sabha.
The functions of the committee are to suggest alternative policies in order to bring about efficiency and economy in administration. (AGENCIES)
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