Tag: parliamentary committee

Om Birla writes to parliamentary committees urging not to take subjects for examination

A letter on August 25 has led to the debate that this new directive will set an unusual precedent.

August 29, 2020

Shashi Tharoor to head Parliamentary panel to take up WhatsApp snooping case

In a press conference held on Sunday, Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala accused the ruling BJP party of spying on journalists and politicians including Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, through cyber-attacks designed to secretly infiltrate their mobile phones.

November 6, 2019

Twitter CEO, top officials refuse to appear before parliamentary panel on IT: Report

Twitter cited 'short notice of the hearing' as the reason, despite being given 10 days to travel, the sources said.

February 9, 2019

Why is China ignoring India’s sovereignty concerns, asks Parliamentary Committee

Despite India’s strong objections, the CPEC was being openly trumpeted as a ‘gift to Pakistan’ by China, the Standing Committee on External Affairs said in its latest report on Sino-Indian relations.

September 13, 2018

Govt withdraws FRDI Bill on panel’s suggestion

The Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on 10 August last year and thereafter, was referred to the Joint Committee of Parliament, which was asked to submit its report on the Bill.

August 2, 2018

Army compelled to re-prioritise

After the furore created over the presentations of the vice chiefs of the three services to the Parliamentary Committee and their report on poor allocation of the defence capital budget, the army chief has been constantly seeking to convey that the army’s preparedness would not suffer despite lack of funds. In fact, in every interaction …

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April 3, 2018

Capping of air fares could raise prices: Government

The government on Saturday said that capping of air fares could “raise prices for the 98-99 per cent of the passengers”. The Ministry of Civil Aviation, in a statement, defended the domestic airline industry against the observations made by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport which pointed to airline staff’s misbehaviour and over-pricing of air …

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January 7, 2018

Parliamentary panel asks Rlys to speed up station redevelopment projects

A parliamentary committee has expressed concern that no land and airspace in and around the stations have so far been commercially developed as part of the station redevelopment programme. Railway Convention Committee (RCC) in its latest report has asked the Railways to look into the matter with a sense of urgency so as to ensure …

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April 3, 2017

Manmohan Singh saves Patel from grilling

Reserve Bank Governor Urjit Patel on Wednesday escaped possible grilling by a parliamentary committee over the demonetisation issue but for the intervention of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

January 18, 2017

Manmohan Singh saves Patel from grilling

Reserve Bank Governor Urjit Patel on Wednesday escaped possible grilling by a parliamentary committee over the demonetisation issue but for the intervention of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

January 18, 2017

RBI governor to brief Parliamentary panel on demonetisation

Reserve Bank Governor Urjit Patel will on December 22 brief the Parliamentary Committee on Finance about the demonetisation process and its impact. “Briefing by the Governor, RBI, on the subject ‘Demonetisation of Indian currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 and the impact thereof,'” said a schedule posted on the Parliament website. The briefing …

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December 18, 2016

RBI governor to brief Parliamentary panel on demonetisation

Reserve Bank Governor Urjit Patel will on December 22 brief the Parliamentary Committee on Finance about the demonetisation process and its impact. “Briefing by the Governor, RBI, on the subject ‘Demonetisation of Indian currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 and the impact thereof,'” said a schedule posted on the Parliament website. The briefing …

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December 18, 2016

RBI governor to brief Parliamentary panel on demonetisation

Reserve Bank Governor Urjit Patel will on December 22 brief the Parliamentary Committee on Finance about the demonetisation process and its impact. “Briefing by the Governor, RBI, on the subject ‘Demonetisation of Indian currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 and the impact thereof,'” said a schedule posted on the Parliament website. The briefing …

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December 18, 2016

SC seeks parliamentary committee report on Lokpal

The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Central government to place before it the report of the parliamentary committee that had examined the Lokpal and Lokayuktas (Amendment) Bill, 2014 as the government told the court that there were many issues that needed to ironed out before the law could be operationalised. The bench of Chief …

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December 7, 2016