to hear the Secretary, Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances (DAR&PG) on the subject 'Strengthening of Grievance Redressal Mechanism of Government of India' along with brief introduction of the working of DAR&PG.

Briefing by representatives of the Ministry of Power on the subject - Development of Coal Blocks allocated to Power-Sector Companies.

(i) Consideration and adoption of the draft report on the subject : Passenger Amenities including Modernization of Railway Stations’. (ii) Evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) on the subject : Expansion of Rail Network.

Members are informed that the next meeting of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth & Sports will be held on Thursday, the 21st January, 2021, at 200 P.M. in Committee Room 'A', Ground Floor, Parliament House Annexe, New Delhi

Discussion with the Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy along with representatives of NCERT & CBSE on the Subject"- 1. Reforms in the contents and designs of Text Books: a. Removing references to un-historical facts and distortions about our national heroes from the text books. b. Ensuring equal or proportionate references to all periods of Indian history. c. Highlighting the role of great historic women heroes, including Gargi, Maitreyi, or rulers like Rani of Jhanshi, Rani Channamma, Chand Bibi, Zalkari Bai etc.

To hear the views of Secretary, Department of Health & Family Welfare and Secretary, Department of Health Research on Examination of the subject "Vaccine Development, Distribution Management and Mitigation of Pandemic Covid-19”.

Discussion with the Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy along with representatives of CBSE, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan and Education Secretaries of the State Governments of Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and U.T of Jammu & Kashmir on the subject: "Plans for bridging the learning gap caused due to school lockdown as well as Review of Online and Offline Instructions, Examinations and plans for reopening schools."

Evidence of non-official witnesses/experts on the subject ‘India’s Neighbourhood First Policy’.

Evidence of non-official witnesses/experts on the subject ‘India and Bilateral Investment Treaties’.

(i) Consideration and adoption of draft report on “Factoring Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2020” (ii)Oral evidence of the representatives of Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) and Punjab National Bank (PNB) on the subject ‘Implementation of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code- Pitfalls and Solutions’.

(i) Briefing by the representatives of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on the subject Review of functioning of Unique Identification Authority of India (ii)Briefing by the representatives of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and CBFC on the subject Review of functioning of Central Board of Film Certification

(i) hear the views of the representatives of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Central Pollution Control Board and Department of Health & Family Welfare on the subject “Contaminated and Hazardous Sites in the Country, their public health impacts and remedial action” and (ii) consider the draft report on “The DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill, 2019”.

To hear the views of following on the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Bill, 2020 (i) Representatives of Centre for Social Research, New Delhi; (ii) Representatives of SAMA Resopurce froup for Women and Health, Delhi; (iii) Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development; and (iv) Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs.

Consideration and Adoption of draft Report on ‘The Anti-Maritime Piracy Bill, 2019’.

Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of P&NG/PSUs on the subject "Contract Management and Transparency in Procurement Procedures in Oil PSUs with specific reference to IOCL, BPCL & HPCL”.

(i) Consideration and Adoption of Draft Reports. (ii) Evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying (Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying) in connection with the Examination of the Subject "Status of Veterinary Services and Availability of Animal Vaccine in the Country".

Briefing by the Ministry of External Affairs on the subject Welfare of Indian Diaspora Policies Schemes.

To hear the representatives of some public sector banks/financial institutions on lending aspects of road sector and hospitality sector.

To have briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (Department of Consumer Affairs) on the subject “BIS – Hallmarking & Jewellery”.

(i) Consideration and adoption of draft Reports on the following subjects:- 1. Airports Authority of India (AAI) 2. Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) 3. Food Corporation of India (FCI) 4. Hindustan Antibiotics Limited (HAL) 5. NBCC (India) Limited 6. Action taken by the Government on the Observations/Recommendations contained in the Twenty-second Report (16th LS) of the Committee on Public Undertakings on Financing of Renewable Energy Projects by Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited (based on Performance Audit Report No. 12 of 2015). 7. Action taken by the Government on the Observations/Recommendations contained in the Twenty-fourth Report (16th LS) of the Committee on Public Undertakings on Review of Loss Making CPSUs. (ii) Evidence of the representatives of National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Limited in connection with its comprehensive examination.