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Friday, November 14, 2025
TopicParliamentary Committee

Topic: Parliamentary Committee

IT ministry gives no timeline for restoring 4G in J&K at Parliamentary panel meet

Panel members questioned IT ministry for failing to lay down protocols on internet shutdown 7 months after SC order. The ministry, meanwhile, said 5G will be rolled out by March 2021.

Migrant workers, freelancers must be under social security net, Parliamentary panel suggests

The panel on labour also recommended that pension and healthcare needs of these workers should be provided from the social security fund. 

Modi govt can’t put off monsoon session anymore. India needs its MPs in the House

Some 40 bills are awaiting deliberation and passage by one or both Houses. Out of these, five are pending before parliamentary committees.

Parliamentary panel flags black-marketing of remdesivir, govt says ‘taking action’

The standing committee on home affairs met Wednesday during which members also suggested revisiting the archaic Epidemic Disease Act, 1897.

Bring ‘specialised generalists’ into civil services, Parliamentary panel tells Modi govt

In its report, the panel also suggested grouping ministries into clusters and assigning civil servants with domain-specific knowledge to specific clusters.

Purpose of Central Administrative Tribunal far from being achieved: Parliamentary panel

In its report tabled in Rajya Sabha, panel says CAT was set up with objective to provide speedy justice but over 48,000 cases are still pending disposal.

Parliamentary panel to quiz Home Ministry, Delhi Police on JNU attack, crime in capital

Delhi Police's role on 5 January has come under the scanner following allegations it stood by at JNU's gates when masked mobs attacked students inside campus.

Pragya Thakur nominated to Defence Ministry’s Parliamentary Consultative Committee

Farooq Abdullah, Chhedi Paswan, Supriya Sule, Sharad Pawar and JP Nadda have also been nominated to the 21-member body that will be chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh

Question Hour for Modi: Why Parliament must fix a time for PM to answer questions

Time has come to amend parliamentary rules to ensure PM Modi answers members’ questions related to the ministries held by him.

In a rush to pass bills, 17th Lok Sabha is not scrutinising future laws enough

Narendra Modi government intends to get Parliament’s approval on 40 bills before the two houses adjourn on 26 July.

On Camera

From Virat & Anushka selling sarias to dentist ads, Bihar walls tell a ‘rurbanisation’ story

Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.

Wealth nears $99 trillion, still Asia’s rich don’t have succession plans

Much of this wealth is tied to founder-led businesses that employ millions and help anchor regional economies.

Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.