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Wednesday, November 19, 2025
TopicParliamentary Committees

Topic: Parliamentary Committees

Parliamentary panel recommends increase in MGNREGS wages, linking it to an inflation index

Nearly a year after the government made the Aadhaar-Based Payment System mandatory to settle wages, the committee says alternative mechanisms should always operate side by side.

Offence of bribery ‘independent of vote or speech’ — what SC said in order on legislative immunity

Parliament or legislatures, and committees under them, are not 'islands which act as enclaves shielding those inside from application of ordinary laws', it asserts.

‘Spine of key panels broken’ — Why Congress & TMC are angry about parliamentary committees rejig

While Congress retained chairmanship of one committee, TMC got none. BJP and allies now hold six major committees, including Home Affairs, Defence, External Affairs and Finance.

Rajya Sabha Chairman Naidu urges 8 parliamentary committees to ensure over 50% attendance

M. Venkaiah Naidu Wednesday also asked the chairpersons of the committees to target a minimum of 2.5 hours in each meeting given the efforts and costs in holding such meetings

Swatantra Party had a lot to say on China after 1962. If only Nehru had heard them

The reaction of Swatantra Party leaders C. Rajagopalachari, Minoo Masani, K.M. Munshi and N.G. Ranga during the 1962 War should be emulated today.

Just 15% women in committee on surrogacy isn’t an anomaly. The problem is our Parliament

The abysmal number of women in India’s parliamentary committees on surrogacy, sexual harassment and indecent representation is a symptom of a larger bias.

On Camera

India has to move on now. Engage with ‘Nooton Bangladesh’

Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has, in a sense, tasted her own medicine. The International Crimes Tribunal, the special court she instituted for...

The day Dharmendra ‘died’

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

Drone manufacturer ideaForge wins orders worth over Rs 100 crore from Army

ideaForge has formed a joint venture to manufacture and market UAVs in the US. Its Q6 UAV is now included in NATO and allied procurement systems.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.