Committees of the Constituent Assembly

To perform the various tasks in framing the Indian Constitution, several committees were set up.

Following is the list of major and minor committees –

Major Committee

Sr. No.	Committee Name	Presided by
1	Union Powers committee	J LNehru
2	Union Constitution committee	J LNehru
3	Provincial constitution committee	S Patel
4	Drafting committee	Dr BR Ambedkar
5	Advisory committee on Fundamental Rights, minorities and Tribal and excluded areas- It had following sub-committees:	S Patel
6	FR sub-committee	JB Kripalani
7	Minorities sub-committee	HC Mukherjee
8	North-East frontier Tribal Areas and Assam excluded and partially excluded areas sub-committee	Gopinath Bardoloi
9	Excluded and partially excluded areas sub-committee	AV Thakkar
10	Rule procedure committee	Dr Rajendra Prasad
11	States committee for negotiating with states	J LNehru
12	Steering committee	Dr Rajendra Prasad

Minor Committee

Sr. No.	Committee Name	Presided by
1	Committee on the functions of the constituent Assembly	GV Mavalankar
2	Order of Business committee	Dr KM Munshi
3	House committee	B Pattabhi Sitaramayya
4	Ad-hoc committee on the National flag	Dr Rajendra Prasad
5	Special committee to examine the draft constitution	Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar