Parliamentary Standing Committee

Opposition parties have urged the chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on agriculture to speak to PM Narendra Modi to make changes in farm lawsThe move is interesting because while it is outside the ambit of a parliament committee to demand such amendments

Lok Sabha speaker and Rajya Sabha chairman have asked political parties to suggest names for leading parliamentary committeesIt is an established procedure that after the first year of government, all standing committees get extended automatically

The idea of a non-lapsable defence fund has been mooted by a Parliamentary Standing CommitteeThis, because defence procurement and acquisition involves long gestation periods and funds allocated for capital acquisition in a particular fiscal are returned if not exhausted in that year

A constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra says the SC could take on record a parliamentary standing committee's report but independent adjudication would rest with the court itself

Parliamentary Standing Committee member K.C. Venugopal says the panel will seek an explanation from Air India as to on what basis the airline has banned non-veg in flights

Chidambaram should be relieved as chairman of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs as he is being 'investigated' by the CBI, says BJP's Swamy

The parliamentary standing committee is scheduled to meet on Tuesday when it will be briefed on Indo-Pak relations with specific reference to recent surgical strikes

Finance ministry said advancing Budget presentation date assumes significance as the GST would be implemented from the start of the new financial year from 1 April 2017

The report's final version will be submitted to Rajya Sabha early next month

Panel questions need for online services Bill