Tripura
Legislative Assembly
Tripura
was a Princely State till 14 October 1949. A Regency Council was
formed in the State for a short period before Independence which was
dissolved with the signing of an Agreement of merger of Tripura with the
Indian Union in September 1949. It became a Part `C’ State in October
1949. As a result of the reorganisation of States, effected in November
1956, Tripura became a Union Territory with an Advisory Committee to advise
the Chief Commissioner. A Territorial Council was formed on 15 August 1957
with 30 members to be elected on the basis of adult franchise and two to be
nominated by the Government of India. On 1 July 1963, the Tripura
Territorial Council was dissolved after forming a Council of Ministers and a
Legislative Assembly with the existing members of the Territorial Council.
On
21 January 1972, Tripura became a full-fledged State through an Act of
Parliament titled as the North Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971. The
State Legislature is a unicameral body with a Legislative Assembly
consisting of 60 members. The tenure of the Assembly is five years unless
sooner dissolved. The present House is the Tenth Legislative Assembly.
Normally the Assembly holds
three Sessions in a year. There
are 17 Committees in the Assembly. These are:
| Sl.No. |
Name of Committee |
Name of Chairman (2010-2011) |
| 1 |
Committee on Public Accounts |
Shri Sudip Roy barman |
| 2 |
Committee on Estimates |
Shri Madhab Chandra Saha |
| 3 |
Committee on Public Undertakings |
Shri Pabitra Kar |
| 4 |
Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes, O.B.C. &
Minorities |
Shri Sudhan Das |
| 5 |
Committee on Welfare of scheduled Tribes |
Shri Narayan Rupini |
| 6 |
Business Advisory Committee |
Shri Ramendra Chandra Debnath
Hon'ble Speaker, Ex-Officio |
| 7 |
Rules Committee |
Shri Ramendra Chandra Debnath
Hon'ble Speaker, Ex-Officio |
| 8 |
Committee on Privileges |
Shri Basudev Majumder |
| 9 |
Library Committee |
Shri Rajendra Reang |
| 10 |
Committee on Delegated Legislation |
Shri Sukukumar Barman |
| 11 |
Committee on Government Assurances |
Shri Pranab Deb Barma |
| 12 |
Committee on Petitions |
Shri Bindu Bhusan Malakar |
| 13 |
Committee on Absence of Members from the Sittings of the
House |
Shri Niranjan Deb Barma |
| 14 |
House Committee |
Shri Prasanta Deb Barma |
| 15 |
Ethics committee |
Shri Ramendra Chandra Debnath
Hon'ble Speaker, Ex-Officio |