5.1. Appointment of EGoM

Both EGoM as well as the GoM get appointed under the Government of India’s Transaction of Business Rules 1961, which provides that ‘Ad hoc Committees of Ministers including Group of

Ministers may be appointed by the Cabinet, the Standing Committees of the Cabinet or by the Prime Minister for investigating and reporting to the Cabinet on such matters as may be specified, and, if so authorised by the Cabinet, Standing Committees of the Cabinet or the Prime Minister, for taking decisions on such matters.’

Rule 6(6) of the Government of India’s Transaction of Business Rules 1961 additionally provides that ‘any decision taken by a Standing or Ad hoc Committee may be reviewed by the Cabinet’. Therefore decisions in a matter taken by EGoM remain subject to review by the Cabinet at the latter’s discretion.