Following we are presenting the topic ” Major Commissions and Committees of Modern India” from the General Study section. It may help candidates, who are preparing for SSC CGL, SSC MATRIC LEVEL, BANKING, and UPSSSC Exams.
Commission/committee | Year | Governor General | Related Facts |
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Davies Commission | 1858 | Lord Canning | This commission was related to the Department of Agriculture |
Campbell Commission | 1860 | Lord Canning | it was a famine commission Its function was to obtain information about the famine in Orissa |
State Commission | 1880 | Lord Lytton | It was related to the implementation of the recommendations of the Campbell Committee |
Strachey Commission | 1880 | Lord Lytton | it was the famine commission Based on this, the Famine Code was formed in 1883 |
Loyal commission | 1880 | Lord Lytton | it was the famine commission |
MacDonnell Commission | 1901 | Lord Curzon | it was the famine commission It was formed to review the Strachey Commission |
Irrigation Commission | 1901 | Lord Curzon | Its president is Sir Wolwyn Scott Moncrieff |
Woodhead Commission | 1943 | LordWavell | it was a famine inquiry commission Its task was to investigate the causes of the famine in Bengal |
Linlithgow Commission | 1928 | Lord Irwin | it was related to agriculture |
Opium Commission | 1893 | Lansdowne | Its function was to investigate the ill effects of opium on health |
Imperial Commission | 1907 | Lord Minto II | It was related to the decentralization of finance |
Meston Committee | 1918 | Lord Chelmsford | It was related to the decentralization of finance |
Narendra Mandal | 1921 | Lord Chelmsford | It was related to the subject of princely states labour |
Butler Committee | 1927 | Lord Irwin | It was related to the subject of princely states |
First Factory Commission | 1875 | Lord Northbrook | it was related to child labour |
Second Factory Commission | 1884 | Lord Ripon | In this, the working hours were fixed for women and children. It also recommended a weekly holiday |
Wheatley Commission | 1929 | Lord Irwin | Its chairman was Sir Henry Whitley it was related to labor |
Peel Commission | 1858 | Lord Canning | It was related to the reorganization of the army |
Fraser Commission | 1902 | Lord Curzon | It was related to the reform of the police system |
Skin Commission | 1925 | Lord Reading | It was related to the Indianization of the army |
Chatfield Committee | 1939 | Lord Linlithgow | It was related to the modernization of the army |
Inam Commission | 1852 | Lord Dalhousie | It was related to the manors |
Muddiman Committee | 1919 | Lord Chelmsford | It was formed to review the investigation of reforms |
Fowler Committee | 1898 | Lord Elgin | it was related to currency |
Herschell Committee | 1893 | Lord Lansdowne | it was related to currency |
McLaughlin Committee | 1914 | Lord Harding | it was related to finance |
Delimitation Commission | 1935 | Willington | Its chairman was Sir Lawrie Helmets. |
Acworth Committee | 1925 | Lord Reading | It belonged to the railway department |