The panel’s focus will be on ways to financially assist street vendors and providing vending spaces near their homes
2 min read1 Dec 2020The joint parliamentary committee examining the Personal Data Protection Bill will propose to expand its scope to focus on overall data protection Apart from personal data, the Bill will also include non-personal data with sub-heads about sensitive data and critical data
3 min read24 Nov 2020The standing committee on chemicals and fertilizers will on Monday outline the criteria to decide on the issues related to vaccine production to be discussed by the panelThe panel’s remit could increase with representatives from pharma companies likely to appear before its members
3 min read22 Nov 2020Twitter CEO and other top officials on Saturday refused to appear before the Parliamentary Committee on IT, which had summoned them over the issue of safeguarding citizens’ rights on social media platforms, sources said. Twitter cited "short notice of the hearing" as the reason, despite being given 10 days to travel. The panel had issued a summon to Twitter via an official letter dated 1 February.
9 Feb 2019Parliamentary panel says such stringent norms stipulated by the RBI for banks ... is unrealistic and unwarranted
2 min read3 Jan 2019Issues related to demonetisation, reforms in the RBI, NPAs in the banking system, and state of the economy were listed as agenda items of the 31-member Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance
1 min read27 Nov 2018Narendra Modi’s six top infrastructure initiatives, including the Smart Cities project, spent on average just 21% of the $5.6 billion allocated, says a parliamentary committee
2 min read20 Mar 2018The parliamentary standing committee on health, in its review of the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill 2016, recommended fixed prices for surrogacy instead of bargaining
2 min read14 Aug 2017There is a genuine case for live broadcasting of the testimonials of important public officials before parliamentary committees
4 min read18 Jul 2017The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared