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Govt concedes Cong demand on Standing Committees; gives in four out of 24
By IndianMandarins- 18 Sep 2024
1096New Delhi (18.09.2024): The Congress will chair four of the total 24 Parliamentary Standing Committees in the 18th Lok Sabha including crucial ones on External Affairs and Agriculture. Out of 24 standing committees, 16 are served by the Lok Sabha while eight by the Rajya Sabha. Of the Lok Sabha’s 16 panels, the Congress will chair External Affairs, Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Food Processing and Rural Development and Panchayati Raj. Out of the Rajya Sabha’s eight Committees, it will chair the panel on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports. Samajwadi Party, Trinamool Congress and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) could also get to chair one parliamentary panel each. With only 54 MPs in the 17th Lok Sabha, the Congress had the chairmanship of only one of the 16 Standing Committees of the LS but it chaired two of the eight Upper House panels in Rajya Sabha. The BJP headed 16 of the 24 panels and its allies Janata Dal (United) and Shiv Sena headed one each in the two Houses during the tenure of the 17th Lok Sabha. Department-related standing committees scrutinise the budgetary allocations of Union ministries and bills introduced in Parliament, review policies and recommend changes. Each panel has 31 members, including the chairperson. Parliament has three financial committees. Congress’ KC Venugopal is the chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee that by rule goes to opposition, while the BJP’s Sanjay Jaiswal and Baijayant Panda head the Estimates Committee and Public Undertakings Committee, respectively.
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Govt concedes Cong demand on Standing Committees; gives in four out of 24
By IndianMandarins - 2024-09-18 12:57:00
New Delhi (18.09.2024): The Congress will chair four of the total 24 Parliamentary Standing Committees in the 18th Lok Sabha including crucial ones on External Affairs and Agriculture. Out of 24 standing committees, 16 are served by the Lok Sabha while eight by the Rajya Sabha.
Of the Lok Sabha’s 16 panels, the Congress will chair External Affairs, Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Food Processing and Rural Development and Panchayati Raj. Out of the Rajya Sabha’s eight Committees, it will chair the panel on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports.
Samajwadi Party, Trinamool Congress and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) could also get to chair one parliamentary panel each. With only 54 MPs in the 17th Lok Sabha, the Congress had the chairmanship of only one of the 16 Standing Committees of the LS but it chaired two of the eight Upper House panels in Rajya Sabha.
The BJP headed 16 of the 24 panels and its allies Janata Dal (United) and Shiv Sena headed one each in the two Houses during the tenure of the 17th Lok Sabha. Department-related standing committees scrutinise the budgetary allocations of Union ministries and bills introduced in Parliament, review policies and recommend changes. Each panel has 31 members, including the chairperson.
Parliament has three financial committees. Congress’ KC Venugopal is the chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee that by rule goes to opposition, while the BJP’s Sanjay Jaiswal and Baijayant Panda head the Estimates Committee and Public Undertakings Committee, respectively.
