Interaction of Members of Public Accounts Committee, Parliament of South Africa with the Members of Public Accounts Committee, Parliament of India.

i) Consideration of Memorandum No. 2 for selection of subjects for examination during the year 2022-23 (ii)Consideration and Adoption of draft Reports

Briefing/Oral Evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry - (i) Department for Promotion of Industry & Internal Trade with reference to Acts mentioned at Sl. Nos. 03, 10, 13, 18, 30 and 31; and (ii) Department of Commerce with reference to Acts mentioned at Sl. Nos. 08, 12, 19 and 23, of the Schedule to the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2022. The Representatives of the Ministry of Law and Justice (Legislative Department and Department of Legal Affairs) will also remain present in the meeting.

Briefing by the Representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare) on the Subject ‘Promotion of Climate Resilient Farming’.

To have discussion with the delegation of German-Indian Parliamentary Group of the German Parliament

To hear the Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation and Secretary, Department of Legal Affairs (Ministry of Law and Justice) on the subject 'Development of Greenfield and Brownfield Airports and Issues Pertaining to Civil Enclaves in Defence Airports'.

Oral evidence of the representatives of Ministry of Culture on the subject, “Schemes for Promotion and Preservation of Cultural Heritage (Para 6.1), Poor cash management and irregular parking of funds outside Government Account (Para 6.2), Excess contribution to employees’ provident fund (Para 6.3) and Avoidable payment on electricity charges (Para 6.4)” based on Chapter VI of C&AG Report No. 4 of 2018.

Oral hearing of representatives of the Ministry of Power, Grid Controller of India Limited, Power Grid Corporation of India Limited and NTPC Limited on the provisions of the ‘Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2022’.

(i) Consideration of Memorandum No. 2 for selection of subjects for examination during the year 2022-23. (ii) Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying on the subject ‘Performance Review of Dairy Processing And Infrastructure Development Fund (DIDF) Scheme’.

To hear the views of Secretaries, Department of School Education & Literacy, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education and representatives of Ministry of Corporate Affairs

Briefing by the Representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare) on the Subject ‘Promotion of Climate Resilient Farming’.

(i) Briefing by representatives of the Ministry of External Affairs. (ii) Meeting with the Chairperson and Members of the Norwegian Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy and Environment.

To hear the views of Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on the subject “Challenges and approaches for sustainable development of National Parks, Sanctuaries, Biosphere Reserves and protection of Marine Bio-diversity” and consider adopt the following draft reports.

To hear the views of the Ministry of Home Affairs and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on the ‘Functioning of CRPF’ under the subject ‘Challenges to Internal Security and India’s Preparedness’

Taking Oral Evidence of the representatives of Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs on the subject, Evaluation of Implementation of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban).

Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Jal Shakti (Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation) on the subject "Water Use efficiency in India”.

Promotion of Electric Vehicles in the Country

Agenda for the meeting will be intimated shortly.

(i) Hearing of views of experts and National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP) on the subject ‘Pension liabilities for Centre and States’. (ii) Briefing by representatives of Ministry of Finance (Department of Expenditure), Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) on the subject ‘Pension liabilities for Centre and States’.

Evidence of the representatives of the Ministries of External Affairs and Environment, Forest and Climate Change on the subject ‘India’s Position in the Ongoing Climate Change Negotiations’.