Parliamentary Panel

The standing committees under the first NDA govt met for 145.5 hours less than the ones under the preceding UPA government

The demand is to spend an additional Rs 2.36 trillion in FY21

This should apply to investments made through collective investment vehicles such as angel funds, alternate investment funds and investment LLPs

A Parliamentary panel looking into alleged misuse of social media platforms has decided to continue its "discussion" with representatives of global giant Facebook, Tharoor said

BJP MPs alleged that those who follow Left ideology, or have worked with the Congress are dominating the third party firms which do fact checking for Facebook

A fresh round of political slugfest started on Monday with Rahul Gandhi claiming that the international media has "exposed" Facebook and WhatsApp's "brazen assault" on India's democracy

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour is not very enthused over the progress made on two schemes to provide food and rental housing to migrants

The panel is set to ask the government to specifically mention the source of the social security fund it has proposed for workers in the unorganised sector

The panel adopted its draft report in a meeting held on Wednesday, a member of the panel said on the condition of anonymity.

Cutting across party lines, the committee members questioned why expensive medicines were often being recommended for Covid-19 treatment

Under the insurance scheme, employees earning up to Rs 21,000 a month can contribute 1.75 per cent towards ESI while the employer contributes 4.75 per cent

The Rajya Sabha has eight Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committees of the House, of which two are chaired by Congress leaders Anand Sharma and Jairam Ramesh.

In view of the Covid-19 outbreak, chairpersons of various panels had requested both Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu for holding virtual meetings

Monsoon session of Parliament likely to be on schedule, though social distancing challenges remain

The Standing Committee has suggested that the government allow bigger companies to retrench workers, without the need to seek official nod from the government

t has been stated that though expansion projects in revised estimate (RE) stage, the target has been retained at Rs 402 crore

The Standing Committee on Finance, headed by Jayant Sinha, in a report noted that a scrutiny of the budget of the Ministry of Planning reveals under-utilisation of funds in important areas.

The panel also took note of high vacancies at the Competition Commission of India (CCI)

In a report tabled in Parliament on Wednesday, the parliamentary standing committee on commerce said this trimming of funds would hurt trade promotion and export augmentation

The panel which comprises 31 members of various parties from both houses of Parliament is planning to visit Northeastern states, including Assam