Evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of External Affairs on the subject - India s Neighbourhood First Policy.

(i) Consideration and adoption of the Three Draft ATRs 27th, 28th and 29th on Demands for Grants (2021-22) (ii) Oral Evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (Department of Social Justice and Empowerment) on the subject ‘Drug abuse among young persons – problems & solutions’ by the Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment 2021-2022.

Evidence of the representatives of Ministry of Steel on the Audit Report No. 5 of 2019 relating to Operational Performance of NMDC Limited.

Evidence of the representatives NMDC on Audit Report No. 5 of 2019 relating to Operational Performance of NMDC Limited.

Evidence of representatives of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA), Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) and National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE) on the subject ‘Evaluation of Wind Energy in India’.

Evidence of the representatives of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on the subject Safeguarding citizens’ rights and prevention of misuse of social/online news media platforms including special emphasis on women security in the digital space.

Consideration and Adoption of the following Draft Reports on: i) Action taken by the Government on the Observations/ Recommendations of the Committee contained in their Seventeenth Report (Seventeenth Lok Sabha) on Demands for Grants (2021-22) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment ii) Action taken by the Government on the Observations/ Recommendations of the Committee contained in their Eighteenth Report (Seventeenth Lok Sabha) on Demands for Grants (2021-22) of the Ministry of Textiles iii) Action taken by the Government on the Observations/Recommendations of the Committee contained in their Nineteenth Report (Seventeenth Lok Sabha) on Demands for Grants (2021-22) of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and iv) Action taken by the Government on the Observations/Recommendations of the Committee contained in their Twentieth Report (Seventeenth Lok Sabha) on Functioning of National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT).

Briefing by the representatives of the Department of Pharmaceuticals on the subject ‘Promotion of Medical Device Industry’

To hear the views of Secretaries, Department of Health and Family Welfare and Department of Health Research on the ''Challenges posed by Omicron variant of Covid-19, the strategy adopted and measures taken to combat the same'', as part of examination of the subject, 'Vaccine Development, Distribution Management and Mitigation of Pandemic COVID 19'.

(i) Oral evidence of the representatives of State Bank of India (SBI), Punjab National Bank (PNB), Axis Bank & HDFC Bank on the subject ‘How to provide better credit flow to the MSME sector’. (ii) Oral evidence of representatives of Non-Banking Finance Companies (NBFCs) on the subject ‘How to provide better credit flow to the MSME sector’.

To hear the views of Ministry of Culture and domain experts on the subjects ‘Functioning of Central Libraries in the country’ and ‘Creation of Regulatory Framework for protection of Historical Sites and Monuments’.

Briefing by the representatives of C&AG on Audit Para No. 5.2 of Report No. 18 of 2020 regarding Avoidable loss due to extension of loan in terminated projects relating to India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited.

Briefing by the representatives of C&AG on Audit Para No. 5.1 of Report No. 18 of 2020 regarding Review of Loans to Road Projects relating to India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited.

Briefing by the representatives of the Department of Fertilizers on the subject ‘Nano-fertilizers for sustainable crop production and maintaining soil health’.

Adoption of 4 Reports and to hear Secretaries, Department of Personnel &Training (DoPT) and Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievance (DAR&PG) on the subject 'Civil Services Reforms and Capacity Building’.

Evidence of the representatives of the Ministries of External Affairs and Health and Family Welfare on ‘The current global / domestic status of Covid-19 pandemic and impact of control measures including vaccination’ in connection with examination of the subject ‘COVID-19 Pandemic - Global Response, India’s Contribution and the way forward.’

To consider and adopt Draft 235th and 236th Reports of the Committee

Consideration and adoption of the draft Report of the Committee on 'Action Taken by the Government on the Recommendations/ Observations of the Committee contained in its 290th Report of the Demands for Grants (2021-22) of Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways'.

To consider and adopt draft 165th and draft 166th Reports.

Briefing by the representatives of Department of Public Enterprises, Ministry of Finance on the subject Review of Administrative Mechanism for resolution of CPSUs disputes especially related to merged CPSUs.