| Name of Committees | Set-up Year |
| Hutchins Commission | 1947 |
| S K Patil Committee | 1951 |
| Film Enquiry Committee | 1951 |
| Chanda Committee | December 1964 |
| Vidyalankar Committee | 1964 |
| Khosla Committee | 1969 |
| Kuldip Nayar Committee | March 1977 |
| Verghese Committee | August 1977 |
| MacBride Commission | 1977 |
| P C Joshi Committee | 1982 |
| Sarkariya Commission | 1983 |
| Vardana Committee | 1991 |
| Sengupta Committee | 1995 |
| Paswan Committee | 1996 |
| Sharad Pawar Committee | 1997 |
