Joint Parliamentary Committee News

The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the 'One Nation, One Election' Bill is scheduled to meet on July 30, with noted economist N K Singh set to depose before the panel. Singh is a former Rajya Sabha Member, Chairman of the Fifteenth Finance Commission of India, former Member of the Planning Commission, former Revenue Secretary, and Secretary to the former Prime Minister.

The opposition MPs also sought adequate time to prepare their responses regarding the proposals under discussion.

Opposition fiercely surrounded central government regarding Adani issue and Rahul Gandhi during budget session today. The proceedings of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha have been adjourned amid the uproar.

Budget Session's Second phase saw huge ruckus today. Opposition raised slogans of 'We want GPC' over JPC demand of Adani issue.

JPC adopted the draft report of Data Protection Bill The Bill will be tabled in winter session of Parliament

Congress spokesperson dubbed Rafale aircraft deal as 'Defence scam' referring to the French investigative portal Mediapart's revelations The report claimed that commissions were paid between 2007 and 2012

Social media giants like Facebook, Twitter, Google and others are being probed into issues of data protection and privacy. Amazon refused to depose before Parliamentary panel, a breach of privilege motion can be moved against the US-based website. The joint committee is led by BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi and has 30 members from both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.

The push to have the price in the public domain smacks of vested interest that does not bother about what is good for India.

In a bitter jibe, Rahul taunted saying he hoped that Jaitley was busy convincing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Anil Ambani about "why they should listen to you & approve this".

New Delhi: A Parliamentary Committee has sought comments from the stakeholders on a bill to amend the debt recovery laws with an overall objective of improving the ease of doing business.

The Congress on Wednesday demanded that alleged financial irregularities during Arun Jaitley`s tenure as chief of the Delhi and Districts Cricket Association (DDCA) should be probed by a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC).

Union Minister Chaudhary Birender Singh on Saturday attacked Congress for putting hurdles in country's progress by opposing NDA's land bill and said the government will not "hesitate" to go ahead with the legislation again if the committee, formed to look into the amended bill, favours it.