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Every state legislature in the United States is divided into a considerable number of standing committees. In spite of obvious advantages which seem to render it indispensable, the development of the committee system has been attended by great evils. Indeed, it is perhaps not too much to say that with the committee system the worst evils connected with legislative organization and procedure are intimately associated.It is the chief purpose of this paper to point out the principal weaknesses or defects of the committee system in connection with state legislatures generally, and particularly the defects which have appeared in the practical operation of the system in the Illinois legislature; and at the same time to discuss certain proposals designed to remedy these defects.These weaknesses and proposed remedies will be taken up in the following order:I. Defects in the methods of making committee assignments.II. Defects due to the number of standing committees.III. Defects due to the size of committees.IV. Defects due to the lack of a definite and fixed schedule of committee meetings.V. Defects due to the lack of publicity and to the irresponsibility surrounding committee proceedings.VI. Defects due to the insufficient control of each house over its committees.VII. Defects peculiar to the committee on rules and the conference committee.

MARCH 29, 1993, WAS A VERY IMPORTANT DAY IN THE HISTORY OF THE EVOLUTION AND STRENGTHENING OF INDIA'S PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM. ON THAT DAY, BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT APPROVED A REPORT RECOMMENDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF 17 NEW DEPARTMENTALLY-RELATED COMMITTEES. THE NEW PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES WILL BE CONCERNED WITH SUCH AREAS AS COMMERCE, HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS, TRANSPORT AND TOURISM, ENERGY, AND COMMUNICATIONS.