listed out numerically, irrespective of their importance, at the end of the report. At the same time, the body examined, like the railways in this case, being permanent, has an upper hand over such transient committees. The solution is to back up the Estimates Committees with a competent independent secretariat of the Lok Sabha. Unless the Committee is so bolstered, we would have to remain content with verbiage.
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