To hear the views of (i) Prof. K. Vijay Raghavan, Principal Scientific Advisor to Government of India; and (ii) Dr. Randeep Guleria, Director, AIIMS, New Delhi on the "Vaccine Development, distribution management and Mitigation of Pandemic Covid-19".

Briefing by the representatives of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) in connection with its comprehensive examination

to have briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of P&NG/PSUs on the subject "Review of Ongoing Projects of Oil PSUs with specific reference to EIL”.

On 21.01.2021-Evidence of representatives of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and to hear the views of the representatives of Facebook and Twitter 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 On 22.01.2021-Consideration and Adoption of draft Report on the subject India s preparedness for 5G

To hear the views of Ministry of Home Affairs on the issues pertaining to Cyber Crimes involving women and children and also the State Governments of Haryana and West Bengal on the subject ‘Atrocities and Crimes against Women & Children’.

To hear the views of the stakeholders (MSME Associations) in connection with the examination of the subject "Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on MSME Sector & Mitigation Strategy adopted to counter it.

Evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Communications on the subject Review of Bharat Net Scheme and Broadband w.r.t. Last Mile Connectivity.

(i) Consideration and adoption of the draft Report on “The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens(Amendment) Bill, 2019.” (ii) Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Minority Affairs on the subject ‘Review of the functioning of the National Minorities Development and Finance Corporation (NMDFC).’

I. To hear the views of Secretary, Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance on lending aspects of Road sector and Hospitality sector; and II. To hear the Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways on the below mentioned subjects:- i. Role of Highways in Nation Building; ii. Review of issues discussed by the Multi Member Consultative Committee headed by him, which was appointed with the aim to evolve ways for increasing the use of alternate environment friendly fuel to achieve fuel efficiency and reduction of carbon emissions in order to meet the goals of Mission 2030 of Government of India; iii. Lending aspects of road sector; and iv. Issues raised by the Committee in its meetings held on 23rd October, 2019; 4th November, 2019; 7th October, 2020; and 13th October, 2020.

To hear the views of the Secretary, MSME in connection with the examination of the subject "Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on MSME Sector & Mitigation Strategy adopted to counter it.

Oral evidence of the representatives of (i) Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change; and (ii) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs on the subject - ‘Groundwater: A Valuable but Diminishing Resource’.

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’.