To hear the views of witnesses on the functioning of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)

To hear views of Department of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Law and Justice National Law University (NLU), Delhi Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource and Development and University Grants Commission on the subject ‘Promotion of Legal Education and Research under the Advocates Act, 1961’

Evidence of the representatives of Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation on the subject ‘Indigenous and Modern forms of Water Conservation – Techniques and Practices’.

To hear the views of the representatives of Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited and Chairman and Managing Director, India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited on the subject Industrial Policy in the Changing Global Scenario 

Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (Department of Pharmaceuticals) on the subject Cluster Development Programme for Pharma Sector (CDP-PS)

Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Power, the ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Coal on the subject Pricing of Imported Coal - Its Impact on Power Tariff, CERC/APTEL Orders and Findings of DRI

To hear the representatives of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Ministry Railways and National Highways Authority of India on ‘Management of Elephant Corridors’. The Committee will also hear some experts namely, Shri Ajay Desai, Shri V.S. Krupakar and Shri K. Senani Hegde on the subject

To consider and adopt the draft 285th, 286th and 287th reports of the Committee on ‘Effects of Tobacco Curing on Environment and Health’ ‘Environmental issues specific to Pench Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh and Nagpur’ and ‘Environmental issues of Bengaluru/Karnataka and Goa’, respectively

Consideration and adoption of the draft Demands for Grants (2016-17) Reports and Committee on ‘Effects of Tobacco Curing on Environment and Health’ ‘Environmental issues specific to Pench Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh and Nagpur’ and ‘Environmental issues of Bengaluru/Karnataka and Goa’, respectively.

Consideration and adoption of the draft 278th, 279th, 280th , 281st, 282nd, 283rd and 284th Reports of the Committee on Demands for Grants (2016-17) of the Ministries/Departments of Biotechnology, Space, Scientific and Industrial Research, Science & Technology, Atomic Energy, Environment, Forests & Climate Change and Earth Sciences, respectively

To consider and adopt the draft reports on Demands for Grants (2016-17) of the Ministries of Culture, Road Transport and Highways and Shipping

To consider and adopt draft One Hundred and Twenty Fourth Report, One Hundred and Twenty Fifth Report and One Hundred and Twenty Sixth Report 

Consideration and adoption of Draft Reports on Demands for Grants of the Ministries/Departments for the year 2016-17.

(I) Consideration and adoption of draft reports on examination of Demands for Grants of the Ministry of Defence for the year 2016-17. (II) Consideration and adoption of draft report on Action taken by the Government on the observations / recommendations contained in the Seventh Report of the Committee (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) on Demands for Grants(2015-16) of the Ministry of Defence on Army (Demand No. 23).

For taking further evidence of the representative of the (i) Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (Department of Consumer Affairs) and (ii) Ministry of Civil Aviation on the subject Programmes for Consumer Protection with particular reference to recent steep hike in Airfares for passengers traveling to Haryana /Punjab and other Sectors in the wake of Jat Agitation in Haryana demanding reservations

Consideration and adoption of the following draft Reports of the Committee :- (i) Twenty-seventh Report on Demands for Grants (2016-17) of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (Department of Social Justice and Empowerment). (ii) Twenty-eighth Report on Demands for Grants (2016-17) of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities). (iii) Twenty-ninth Report on Demands for Grants (2016-17) of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. (iv) Thirtieth Report on Demands for Grants (2016-17) of the Ministry of Minority Affairs.

Consideration and adoption of Draft Reports on Demands for Grants of the Ministries/Departments for the year 2016-17.

Interact with the delegation of the Cambodian Senate’s Commission on Investigation, Clearance and Anti-Corruption

To consider and adopt the draft 93rd and 94th reports of the Committee on Demands for Grants of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

To consider and adopt Draft 276th , 277th , 278th , 279th, 280th reports on DFGs 2016-17