The committees for the small scale sector were formed in the following chronological order: IV. Karve Committee (Village and Small Scale Industries Committee) - Appointed in 1955. I. Nayak Committee (Committee on flow of credit to SSI sector) - Appointed in 1991. II. Abid Hussain Committee (Committee on Policy and Programmes for Development of Small Scale Industries) - Appointed in 1997. III. S.S. Kohli Committee (Committee on Rehabilitation of Sick SSIs) - Appointed by RBI in 2000. The chronological order is thus IV, I, II, III.