There shall be a Committee on Estimates for the examination of such of the estimates as may deem fit to the Committee or are specially referred to it by the Assembly or the Speaker. The functions of the Committee shall be—

(a) to report what economies, improvements in organization, efficiency or administrative reform consistent with the policy underlying the estimates, may be effected ;
(b) to suggest alternative policies in order to bring about efficiency and economy in administration ;
(c) to examine whether the money is well laid out within the limits of the policy implied in the estimates ; and
(d) to suggest the form in which the estimates shall be presented to the Assembly :

Provided that the Committee shall not exercise the functions in relation to Public Undertakings specified in the Fourth Schedule and such other Public Undertakings as may be notified by the Government as such, from time to time.

The Committee shall consist of eleven members who shall be elected by the Assembly for a period of thirty months, from among its Members according to the principle of proportional representation by means of single transferable vote :

Provided that a Minister shall not be elected a member of the Committee and that if a Member, after his election to the Committee, is appointed a Minister he shall cease to be a member of the Committee from the date of such appointment.

The Committee may continue the examination of the estimates from time to time, throughout the financial year and report to the Assembly as its examination proceeds. It shall not be incumbent on the Committee to examine the entire estimates of any one year. The demands for grants may be finally voted notwithstanding the fact that the Committee has made no report.

OFFICERS
Smt. Shabana Anjum, Joint Secretary. 0471-2512325
Shri R. Shaji, Deputy Secretary. 0471-251 2164
Shri Vinod Kumar M.K, Under Secretary. 0471-251 2403

CONTACT
Phone: Estimates Committee 'A' Section - 0471-251 2413,
Estimates Committee 'B' Section - 0471-251 2414
Email: esta@niyamasabha.nic.in,
estb@niyamasabha.nic.in