What is the role of Estimate committee?

The Estimates committee is one of the three financial committees. The members of this are drawn solely from Lok Sabha.

This committee works as the “continuous economy committee”. It examines the annual budget estimates in detail, in order to suggest sonhe remedial economic measures, administrative reforms etc. This committee is required to functionas like:

(i) Suggest any alternative policies to bring economy in country’s financial functioning.

(ii) To examine whether the money spent was appropriate or not, and also the channel through which it was spent was correct or not.

(iii) Suggest form of the presentation of estimates in the Parliament.
The estimates committee examines the working of the policy. It criticizes if the policy does not work properly and efficiently and leads to waste. It also suggests some alternative or curative measures.

It is the duty of the estimates committee to bring to the notice of the Parliament, the ineffectiveness of the policy and need for changes in policy.