The Committee on Assurances of the Parliament of India is an instrument of

The Committee on Government Assurances scrutinises the assurances, promises and undertakings given by ministers on the floor of the House and reports how far they have been carried out. It is one of the ways Parliament holds the executive to account, so it is a means of legislative control. It is made up of members of the House, so it is not an executive, judicial or civil-society check.