Punjab Assembly Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes

Punjab Assembly Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes of Punjab Legislative Assembly is constituted annually for a one-year period from among the members of the Assembly. The committee focuses on the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Class of Punjab population.

Functions The functions of the committee are:

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.

Members For the 1-year period starting May 2022, the Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes of 16th Punjab Assembly had following members:

+Committee on Welfare of SC, ST and OBC (2022–23)Sr. No.NamePost Party 1 Manjit Singh Bilaspur Chairperson2 Aruna Choudhary Member3 Dalbir Singh Tong Member4 ADC Jaswinder Singh Ramdas Member5 Jiwan Singh Sangowal Member6 Jagsir Singh Member7 Kulwant Singh Bazigar Member8 Labh Singh Ugoke Member9 Dr Nacchatar Pal Member10 Rupinder Singh Member11 Rajnish Kumar Dahiya Member12 Sheetal Angural Member13 Sukhwinder Singh Kotli Member

Chairpersons TenureTerms Name Political party 14th Punjab Assembly1 Nirmal Singh 2017-20181 Raj Kumar Verka 2018-2022 4Nathu Ram 2022–231Manjit Singh Bilaspur

Previous members For the 1-year period before May 2022, the Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes of 15th Punjab Assembly had following members:

2021-2022 +Committee on Welfare of SC, ST and OBC (2021–22)Sr. No.NamePost Party 1 Nathu Ram Chairperson2 Balwinder Singh Member3 Balwinder Singh Dhaliwal Member4 Baldev Singh Khera Member5 Gurpreet Singh Member6 Joginder Pal Member7 Kulwant Singh Pandori Member8 Lakhavir Singh Lakha Member9 Manjit Singh Member10 Dr.Raj kumar Chabbewal Member11 Surjit Singh Dhiman Member12 Sukhwinder Kumar Member13 Santokh Singh Member

2020-2021 +Committee on Welfare of SC, ST and OBC (2020–21)Sr. No.NamePost Party 1 Nathu Ram Chairperson2 Balwinder Singh Member3 Balwinder Singh Dhaliwal Member4 Gurpreet Singh Member5 Joginder Pal Member6 Lakhavir Singh Lakha Member7 Manjit Singh Member8 Pawan Kumar Tinu Member9 Dr.Raj kumar Chabbewal Member10 Smt Rupinder Kaur Rubi Member11 Sukhwinder Kumar Member12 Santokh Singh Member13 Surjit Singh Dhiman Member

2019-2020 +Committee on Welfare of SC, ST and OBC (2019–20)Sr. No.NamePost Party 1 Nathu Ram Chairperson2 Baldev Singh Khaira Member3 Joginder Pal Member4 Kulwant Singh Pandori Member5 Nirmal Singh Member6 Pawan Kumar Adia Member7 Dr. Raj Kumar Chabewal Member8 S.Santokh Singh Member9 Smt .Sarvjit Kaur Manuke Member10 Smt Satkar Kaur Member11 Sukhwinder Kumar Member12 Ch. Surinder Singh Member13 Surjit Singh Dhiman Member

2018-2019 +Committee on Welfare of SC, ST and OBC (2018–19)Sr. No.NamePost Party 1 Nathu Ram Chairperson2 Baldev Singh Khaira Member3 Balwinder Singh Member4 Darshan Lal Member5 Surjit Singh Dhiman Member6 Kulwant Singh Pandori Member7 Manjit Singh Member8 Nirmal Singh Member9 Pawan Kumar Adia Member10 Dr. Raj Kumar Chabewal Member11 Sukhwinder Singh Danny Bandala Member12 Sukhwinder Singh Member13 Tarsem Singh D.C. Member

2017-2018 +Committee on Welfare of SC, ST and OBC (2017–17)Sr. No.NamePost Party 1 Dr. Raj Kumar Verka Chairperson2 Baldev Singh Khaira Member3 Harpal Singh Cheema Member4 Joginder Pal Member5 Manjit Singh Member6 Nathu Ram Member7 Nirmal Singh Member8 Santokh Singh Member9 Sukhwinder Singh Danny Bandala Member10 Ch . Surinder Singh Member11 Surjit Singh Dhiman Member12 Sushil Kumar Rinku Member13 Sukhwinder Kumar Member

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