Punjab Assembly Committee on Agriculture and its allied activities

Punjab Assembly Committee on Agriculture and its allied activities of Punjab Legislative Assembly is constituted annually for a one year period from among the members of the Assembly. This Committee consists of twelve members.^[1][2]

Committee on Agriculture and its allied activities

Committee of the House
16th Punjab Assembly
State	Punjab
Leadership
Chaiperson	Gurpreet Singh Banawali
Chairperson party	Aam Aadmi Party
Appointer	Punjab Assembly speaker
Structure
Seats	12
Political Parties	AAP (9)   INC (2)   SAD (1)
Election criteria	The members are elected every year from amongst its members of house according to the principle of proportional representation.
Tenure	1 Year
Jurisdiction
Purpose	Legislative oversight of the Agriculture and its allied activities
Rules & Procedure
Applicable rules	Article 208 of the Constitution of India section 32 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 Rules 232(1) and 2(b) of Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Punjab Legislative Assembly

Appointment

The speaker appoints the committee and its members every year for a one year term according to the powers conferred by Article 208 of the Constitution of India read with section 32 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 (37 of 1956), and in pursuance of Rules 232(1) and 2(b) of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Punjab Legislative Assembly.^[3]

Members

For the one year period starting May 2022, the Committee on Agriculture and its allied activities of 16th Punjab Assembly had following members:^[1][4]

Committee on Agriculture and its allied activities (2022–23)

Sr. No.	Name	Post	Party
1	Gurpreet Singh Banawali	Chairperson		AAP
2	Amritpal Singh Sukhanand	Member		AAP
3	Chetan Singh Jouramajra	Member		AAP
4	Dalbir Singh Tong	Member		AAP
5	Ganieve Kaur Majithia	Member		SAD
5	Rana Gurjeet Singh	Member		INC
6	Hardeep Singh Mundian	Member		AAP
7	Jasvir Singh Raja Gill	Member		AAP
8	Jaswant Singh Gajjanmajra	Member		AAP
9	Kulwant Singh Bazigar	Member		AAP
10	Neena Mittal	Member		AAP
11	Sandeep Jakhar	Member		INC
12	Sarvan Singh Dhun	Member		AAP

Chairpersons

Tenure	Terms	Name	Political party
2021-22	1	Ramanjit Singh Sikki[5][6]		Indian National Congress
2022-23	1	Gurpreet Singh Banawali[4]		Aam Aadmi Party

Previous members

2021–22

Committee on Agriculture and its allied activities (2021–22)^[7]

Sr. No.	Name	Post	Party
1.	Ramanjit Singh Sikki	Chairperson		INC
2.	Amarjit Singh Sandoa	Member		AAP
3.	Angad Singh	Member		INC
4.	Avtar Singh Junior	Member		INC
5.	Gurpartap Singh Wadala	Member		SAD
5.	Gurpreet Singh Kangar	Member		INC
6.	Kuljit Singh Nagra	Member		INC
7.	Madan Lal Jalalpur	Member		INC
8.	Nazar Singh Manshahia	Member		INC
9.	Parkash Singh Badal	Member		SAD
10.	Rajinder Singh	Member		INC
11.	Sadhu Singh Dharamsot	Member		INC
12.	Sukhjit Singh	Member		INC

References

1. "Vidhan Sabha". punjabassembly.nic.in.
2. Grover, Verinder (1989). Legislative Council in State Legislatures. Deep & Deep Publications. ISBN 978-81-7100-193-4. Archived from the original on 12 June 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
3. "Punjab Government Gazette Extraordinary, 4 March 2021" (PDF). Government of Punjab. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 June 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
4. "Punjab speaker appoints heads of House committees". Hindustan Times. 22 May 2022. Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
5. "Punjab Vidhan Sabha speaker nominates various committees of House for year 2021-22". punjabnewsexpress.com. 28 April 2021. Archived from the original on 15 June 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
6. "Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker nominates various committees of House for year 2021-22 – TheFactNews". 29 April 2021. Archived from the original on 22 June 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
7. "COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND ITS ALLIED ACTIVITIES". Punjab Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022.