Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology

The Committee on IT was constituted in April 1993 (then the Committee on Communications).
It has jurisdiction over subject matters dealt with by the Ministry of Communications including the Department of Posts, Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Electronics & IT, and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
- Standing Committees are permanent regular committees which are constituted from time to time in pursuance of the provisions of an Act of Parliament or Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha.
- They are appointed or elected by the House or nominated by the Lok Sabha Speaker or Rajya Sabha Chairman.
Parliamentary Committees are considered an extension of Parliament.
They do a good deal of legislative business as both Houses of Parliament have limited time.
Parliamentary Committee works under the direction of the Speaker/Chairman.
Parliamentary committees draw their authority from Article 105 (on privileges of Parliament members) and Article 118 (on Parliament’s authority to make rules for regulating its procedure and conduct of business).