Briefing by Audit on the following subjects: i. “Delay in production of electronically upgraded 155mm/45 Calibre Gun System “DHANUSH” based on Para No. 3.4 of C&AG Report No. 13 of 2018; ii. “Loss of Rs. 62.10 crore on Replacement of defective ammunition to Army by Ordnance Factory, Badmal” based on Para No. 3.5 of C&AG Report No. 15 of 2019; iii. “Management of Defence Offsets” based on C&AG Report No. 20 of 2019; and iv. “Production of Small Arms in Ordnance Factories” based on C&AG Report 5 of 2023.

Briefing by Audit and representatives of Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) on “Performance Audit on Search and Seizure Assessments in Income Tax Department” based on C&AG Report No. 14 of 2020.

Briefing by the representatives of the Department of Pharmaceuticals on the subject “Issues pertaining to promotion, production and manufacture of the Medical Devices by the Medical Devices Industry in India - A Review”

Briefing by the representatives of the Department of Pharmaceuticals on the subject “Review of Role, functions and duties of National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) with specific reference to increase in prices of medicines in the Country”

Oral Evidence of the Representatives of the Vidhi (Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy) and Society of Insolvency Practitioners of India (SIPI).

Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj on the subject “Review of Panchayat Extension to Scheduled Areas (PESA) Act, 1996”

Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Rural Development (Department of Rural Development) on the subject “Rural Skilling and Migration: Impact Study of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY), Deendayal Antyodaya Yojna-National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) and Rural Self Employment Training Institutes (RSETIs)”

Evidence by the representatives of Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution in connection with the examination of the subject ‘Performance Audit Report No. 20 of 2023 on Storage Management and Movement of Foodgrains by Food Corporation of India’.

Evidence by the representatives of Food Corporation of India in connection with the examination of the subject ‘Performance Audit Report No. 20 of 2023 on Storage Management and Movement of Foodgrains by Food Corporation of India’.

Oral Evidence of the Representatives of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI).

First Meeting of the Committee.

Briefing by Audit followed by Oral Evidence of the representatives of Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) on the following subjects: (i) “Undue favour in award of contract: IRCON International Limited” based on Para 3.1 of C&AG Report No. 4 of 2024; and (ii) “Unsanctioned Expenditure” based on Para 2.8 of C&AG Report No. 9 of 2025.

Consideration and adoption of Memorandum No. 1 regarding selection of subjects for examination by the Standing Committee on Railways during the year 2025-26 and to chalk out future programme of the Committee.

Oral Evidence of the Representatives of the State Bank of India (SBI) and ICICI Bank.

Oral Evidence of the Representatives of the Federation of Indian Micro and Small & Medium Enterprises (FISME), and Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT).

Briefing by the Representatives of the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment) on the subject ‘New age Software innovations for empowerment of visually challenged and other Divyangjan’.

Briefing by the representatives of the (i) Ministry of Communications (Department of Telecommunications), (ii) Ministry of Defence and (iii)Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) on the Subject ‘Spectrum Management and its Role in Digital Growth.’

Will be intimated in due course

Briefing by the representatives of Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) on the subjects: (i) GST Reforms 2.0; and (ii) Indirect Tax Reforms: Simplification, Rationalisation and Ease of Compliance.

To hear the views of the Secretary, Department of Biotechnology.