Committees are one of the favorite tools of any government, irrespective of the party in power. Governments form committees for a variety of purposes. In some cases, it may be to get genuine policy perspectives, but it is also often to get a specific outcome that validates the government's position. Sometimes governments also form committees headed by renowned personalities to contain criticism on an issue that may have sparked public outrage.
But what do these committees achieve? How many of them really submit reports and if they do, how many are genuinely implemented by the government?
In this piece, we will look at five issues on which the Union government formed high level committees and what came out of each of them.