Interaction with the Members of Standing Committee on Appropriations of the Parliament of South Africa.

Meeting with the delegation of the Standing Committee on Appropriations of the Parliament of South Africa.

(i) To consider and adopt draft reports of the following:- (a) Action Taken Report (ATR) on 375th Report on Demands for Grants (2025-26) of Ministry of Civil Aviation. (b) Action Taken Report (ATR) on 376th Report on Demands for Grants (2025-26) of Ministry of Culture. (c) Action Taken Report (ATR) on 377th Report on Demands for Grants (2025-26) of Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways. (d) Action Taken Report (ATR) on 378th Report on Demands for Grants (2025-26) of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways; and (e) Action Taken Report (ATR) on 379th Report on Demands for Grants (2025-26) of Ministry of Tourism. (ii) To hear the Secretary, Ministry of Tourism on the subject “Holistic Development of India’s Tourism Sector through Formal Skill Development, University-Level Courses and Professional Training for Guides, Hospitality and Eco-Tourism.”

Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Rural Development (Department of Land Resources) on the subject “Implementation of Digital India Land Records Modernization Programme (DILRMP)”

Interaction with the Members of Standing Committee on Appropriations of the Parliament of South Africa.

Interaction with Members of Standing Committee on Appropriations of the Parliament of South Africa.

Oral evidence of the representatives of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) on the Bill ‘The Securities Markets Code, 2025’.

Briefing by the representatives of Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs on the subject ‘Revenue Mobilization and Budget Management in Urban Local Bodies’.

Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of External Affairs, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) on the subject ‘India’s role in Global Tech diplomacy, Digital governance, Outer Space diplomacy, Al and emerging innovations’

1. Briefing by the representatives of Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (Ministry of Commerce and Industry) on the additional provisions identified for decriminalization in various Central Acts. 2. Examination of proposal of decriminalization of the following Acts: - (i) Copyright Act, 1957 (ii) Patents Act, 1970 with the representatives of Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (Ministry of Commerce and Industry).

Examination of proposal of decriminalization of the following Acts: - (i) Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Act, 1985 (APEDA Act) (ii) Marine Products Export Development Authority Act, 1972 (MPEDA Act) with the representatives of the Department of Commerce (Ministry of Commerce and Industry).

Examination of proposal of decriminalization of the following Acts: - (i) Guardians and Wards Act, 1890; (ii) Administrators-General Act, 1963; (iii) Indian Succession Act, 1925; (iv) Presidency Small Causes Courts Act, 1882 with the representatives of the Ministry of Law and Justice

Examination of proposal of decriminalization of the following Acts: - (i) Electricity Act, 2003 (ii) Damodar Valley Corporation Act, 1948 with the representatives of the Ministry of Power.

Evidence by the representatives of Airport Authority of India (AAI) in connection with the horizontal examination of the subject ‘Review of Performance of Civil Aviation Sector CPSUs’.

Briefing by the representatives of Ministry of Civil Aviation in connection with the horizontal examination of the subject ‘Review of Performance of Civil Aviation Sector CPSUs’.

Evidence by the representatives of Pawan Hans Limited in connection with the horizontal examination of the subject ‘Review of Performance of Civil Aviation Sector CPSUs’.

Evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY); Ministry of Civil Aviation and DGCA; Ministry of Corporate Affairs and SFIO; Department of Revenue, Directorate of Enforcement, Central Board of Direct Taxes and Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (MoF); Department of Personnel and Training, Central Bureau of Investigation (M/o Personnel, Public Grievance and Pensions) on the Subject ‘Impact of emergence of Artificial Intelligence and related issues’ relating to Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.

Evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying (Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying), Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (Department of Consumer Affairs), Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) and Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) on the subject “Evaluation of Quality Control in Dairy Products” and Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare) on the subject “Agriculture Labour Welfare: Inclusion of Agriculture Labourers in Welfare Schemes; Social Security, Health and Insurance Coverage.”

Briefing by Audit followed by Oral evidence of representatives of Ministry of Housing Urban Affairs on the subject “Non-Compliance in timely submission of Action Taken Notes on non-selected audit paragraphs and excess expenditure”.

Briefing on The Constitution (One Hundred and Thirtieth Amendment) Bill, 2025; The Jammu & Kashmir Reorganization (Amendment) Bill, 2025; and The Government of Union Territories (Amendment) Bill, 2025 by the following: (i) Representatives of Vidhi Centre for Legal policy; (ii) Representatives of National Law University Odisha (Cuttack); and (iii) Representatives of National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata (NUJS)