Consideration and adoption of the draft Report on ‘Drug Abuse among young persons – problems & solutions’ pertaining to the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (Department of Social Justice and Empowerment).

To hear the Secretary, Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways and Chairperson, Inland Waterways Authority of India, on the subject “Development and Expansion of Existing and New National Inland Waterways".

Briefing by the Representatives of Central Warehousing Corporation on the subject ‘Functioning of Warehousing Development and Regulatory Authority’.

Consideration and Adoption of the following Reports of the Committee: (i) Draft Report on Bureau of Indian Standards – Hallmarking & Jewellery. (ii) Draft Report on Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) (iii) Draft Action Taken Report on the 24th Report on DFG (2023-24) pertaining to Department of Food and Public Distribution. (iv) Draft Action Taken Report on the 25th Report on DFG (2023-24) pertaining to Department of Consumer Affairs.

To consider and adopt draft 322nd and 323rd Action Taken Reports on DFG (2023-24).

Briefing by the representatives of Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs and National Buildings Construction Corporation Ltd on the subject, 'Review of functioning of NBCC'.

To consider and adopt the following draft Reports of the Committee:- (i) Review of functioning of Recruitment Organizations of Government of India (131st Report); (ii) Specific Aspects of Election Process and their Reforms (132nd Report); and (iii) Judicial Processes and their Reforms (133rd Report).

To consider and adopt draft 146th, 147th & 147th Report of the Committee; and to hear the view of various stakeholders on the subject “Quality of Medical Education”.

Briefing by representatives of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Department of Financial Services (Ministry of Finance), Reserve Bank of India (RBI), State Bank of India (SBI), Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) and Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) on the subject ‘Efficacy of Priority Sector Lending in financing Renewable Energy Sector’.

Consideration and adoption of Draft Action Taken Report on the recommendations contained in the 17th Report (17th Lok Sabha) on the subject Review of implementation of CBG (SATAT).

Consideration and adoption of the following Draft Reports: i. Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/ Recommendations contained in the 36th Report (17th Lok Sabha) on the subject “Skill Development in Steel Sector” relating to the Ministry of Steel; ii. Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/ Recommendations contained in the 37th Report (17th Lok Sabha) on the subject “Import of Coal – Trends and Issue of Self Reliance” relating to the Ministry of Coal; iii. Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/ Recommendations contained in the 38th Report (17th Lok Sabha) on Demands for Grants (2023-24) relating to the Ministry of Coal; iv. Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/ Recommendations contained in the 39th Report (17th Lok Sabha) on Demands for Grants (2023-24) relating to the Ministry of Mines; v. Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/ Recommendations contained in the 40th Report (17th Lok Sabha) on Demands for Grants (2023-24) relating to the Ministry of Steel;

Briefing by the representative of Ministry of Jal Shakti – Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation on the subject ‘Review of Upper Yamuna River Cleaning Project upto Delhi and River bed management in Delhi.

i) Oral evidence of the representatives of Ministry of Education (Department of School Education and Literacy) on “Implementation of Recommendations of PAC” contained in their 122nd Report (16th Lok Sabha) and 33rd Report (17th Lok Sabha) on "Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan and Gujarat Vidyapith"; and ii) Oral evidence of the representatives of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on the “Implementation of Recommendations of PAC” contained in their 21st Report (17th Lok Sabha) and 57th Report (17th Lok Sabha) on "Implementation of Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006".

To hear the views of the Bar Council of India (BCI) on the following subjects:- I. Strengthening Legal Education in view of Emerging Challenges before the Legal Profession; and II. Appointment of Notaries.

Evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of External Affairs on the subject India and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) - Contours of Cooperation.

(i) Oral evidence of the representatives of State Bank of India (Economic Research Department) on the subject ‘Performance review and regulation of Insurance Sector’. (ii) Oral evidence of the representatives of Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) on the subject ‘Performance review and regulation of Insurance Sector’.

To hear the views of State Governments of Bihar, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan on the subject ‘Prison - Conditions, Infrastructure and Reforms’.

Oral evidence of the representatives of Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) and Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) on the subjects “Effectiveness of Compliance Verification Mechanism under GST"; "Reliability of GST data maintained by Goods and Services Tax Network"; "Processing of Refund claims under GST" and "Transitional Credits under GST" based on Chapter III, IV, V and VI respectively of C&AG Report No. 5 of 2022.

To hear the Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, on the subject “Development of Niche Tourism (including Spiritual Tourism), Theme-based Tourist Circuits and Potential Tourist Spots".

Consideration and adoption of two draft Reports on the subject (i)”Citizens’ data security and privacy” related to Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology; and (ii)”Review of functioning of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC)” related to Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.