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DRAFT : Standing Committee on External Affairs (India)[edit]
| Department Related Standing Committee | |
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| 16th Lok Sabha | |
| Founded | April 1993 |
| Country | India |
| Leadership | |
| Chairperson | Veerappa Moily |
| Chairperson party |  Indian National Congress |
| Appointer | Speaker of the Lok Sabha |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 31 (Lok Sabha: 21) (Rajya Sabha: 10) |
| Political parties | BJP (13) INC (4) AITC (2) AIADMK (3) TDP (2) BJD (1) SS (2) CPI(M) (1) SDF (1) JDU (1) Nominated (1) |
| Election criteria | The members are elected every year from amongst its members of respective houses according to the principle of proportional representation. |
| Tenure | 1 year |
| Jurisdiction | |
| Purpose | Legislative oversight of the policies and decision making of the following ministries: |
| Rules and procedure | |
| Applicable rules | Rule 331 C through N (page 122 - 125) Fifth Schedule (page 158) |
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The Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs (SCOEA) is a department related standing committee (DRSC) constituted by the Parliament of India comprising selected members of parliament for the purpose of legislative oversight on the policies and decision making of the following four ministries:
- Ministry of Finance (MoF)
- Ministry of Corporate Affairs
- Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
- NITI Aayog (succeeding the Planning Commission)[1][2][3]
The committee consists of thirty-one members, twenty-one elected by Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament, and not more than ten members of Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament. The members are elected every year from amongst its members of respective houses according to the principle of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote. The chairperson is appointed by the Lok Sabha speaker. The term of office of the members is one year. A minister is not eligible to become a member of the committee. If a member after his election to the committee becomes a Minister, he ceases to be a member from the date of such appointment.[4]
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