scorecardresearch
Add as a preferred source on Google
Saturday, October 25, 2025
TopicParliamentary panel

Topic: Parliamentary panel

House panel pushes for 18 yrs as minimum age for contesting polls — ‘can be reliable, responsible’

Currently, candidates must be at least 25 years old. Panel also recommends harsher punishment for making false declarations from six-month jail to a maximum of two years & fine.

House panel cautions Modi govt on proposed common voter list — ‘avoid stepping into states’ domain’

Parliamentary committee led by BJP Rajya Sabha member Sushil Modi observed in its report that implementing common electoral roll currently outside scope of Article 325 of Constitution. 

House panel flags low SC/ST representation in top govt posts — ‘as low as 4.8% against 22.5% quota’

Of 928 posts at level of director & above, 120 are SC/STs against mandated 208, says report by committee on welfare of SCs/STs. Representation 4.8% among secys.

The award ‘wapsi’ saga & perks of global ‘boiling’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Parliament panel flags ‘disparity, non-increase’ in MGNREGS wages, calls for revision

Standing Committee on Rural Development & Panchayati Raj recommends exploring possibility of uniform MGNREGS wages across country, highlights issue of pending payments to states.

Parliamentary panel suggests recipient consent to discourage return of awards for ‘political reasons’

The panel said that awards like the Sahitya Akademi are 'apolitical organisations' and returning them is a 'disgrace to the country'.

Parliamentary panel flags ‘imbalance’ in points of call for Indian carriers, lack of global transit hubs

The standing committee found a serious imbalance in favour of foreign airlines due to the past bilateral policy and recommended steps to develop a global transit hub in India.

Parliament panel pulls up MEA for delay in implementing scheme for distressed Indian women abroad

Nearly 2 years after announcement, MEA has not opened one-stop centres abroad despite finalising guidelines & conveying to missions abroad where centres are to be opened, finds panel.

‘Misguiding public’: House panel flags ‘predatory pricing’ by domestic airlines, seeks cap on fares

Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism & Culture, headed by a YSRCP MP, said balance must be maintained between commercial interests of pvt airlines & passengers' interests.

Disinvestment in profitable Shipping Corporation of India ‘irrational’, says parliamentary panel

The standing committee on transport, tourism, and culture tabled its report last week. It said a balance had to be struck with ‘national strategic interests’.    

On Camera

Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.