The Groups have, however, the option of including officials from Government, Reserve Bank of India, SEBI, etc., as special invitees. Such officials help in providing inputs on the understanding of extant position relating to the relevant standards and codes and also the steps under way towards improvements.
This arrangement keeps the Advisory Groups outside the sphere of official influence and allows them to make critical assessment of relevance as well as state of compliance with standards and codes and give unbiased recommendations with regard to the feasibility of compliance and the necessity of achieving best practices in the areas covered by them.