Parliamentary Standing Committee News
The parliamentary committee is headed by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor and is expected to focus on diplomatic, military, and regional implications following the Indian military’s Operation Sindoor.
Standing Committee of Parliament has recommended a ban on selling single cigarettes to curb the use of tobacco products.
The Standing Committee of Parliament argued that the sale of loose cigarettes is affecting the tobacco control campaign.
The committee also recommended doing away with the smoking zone from all airports in the country.
Shashi Tharoor recently had a visit to Hyderabad
There he met leading Tollywood actor Mahesh Babu at a five-star hotel here.
A panel chaired by senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily had met Tuesday where RBI governor Urjit Patel had made a presentation on the state of the economy.
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is a member of the committee headed by senior Congress leader and former Union Minister M Veerappa Moily.
The standing committee is also expected to disuss administrative reforms that should be implemented at the Central Bank.
The standing committee is also expected to disuss administrative reforms that should be implemented at the Central Bank.
A Parliamentary panel has recommended five years of compulsory military service for those seeking a subsequent job with the government.
The development comes shortly after India issued a statement saying that it expects that the Maldives government will not extend the state of emergency.
The Parliamentary Standing Committee said that airlines need to become passenger friendly and its staff should learn to say "please" and "Thank you".
Moving on fast-track, the RBI had in June identified 12 large loan defaulters who account for 25 percent of the total bad loans in the banking sector.
The term `eunuch` refers to only those people who wish to be treated as neither male nor female and embrace a lifestyle that is in conformity with their sexual divergence.
A parliamentary committee may postpone calling RBI governor Urjit Patel on the issue of demonetisation, as BJP members expressed their unavailability this month.
The Reserve Bank had "kept ready" a reasonable stock of new Rs 500 and Rs 2,000 notes before the announcement of demonetisation on November 8 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
BJP MP Subramanian Swamy on Tuesday demanded that senior Congress leader P Chidambaram should be relieved as Chairman of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs as he was being "investigated" by the CBI.
A parliamentary panel examining a bill which seeks to ban commercial surrogacy has invited suggestions on the legislation from all stakeholders.
A parliamentary panel has asked the labour ministry to conduct special inspection or audit of private EPF trusts that have been found to be investing their workers' retirement savings in own firms through mutual funds.
A Parliamentary panel has described the traffic situation in the national capital as "alarming" and said the Delhi Police has "failed" to improve it.
During the hearing, Manmohan Singh said that the central bank and the RBI Governor's position as an institution should be respected.
Congress leader and former Home Minister P Chidambaram, asked a team of top officials led by Union Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi the reasons for repeated terror attacks on security installations.
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