The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance has selected "A Study on Virtual Digital Assets (VDAs) and Way Forward" as a subject for detailed examination during the 2024-25 fiscal year.
Roopkumari Choudhary, BJP MP and Member of the Standing Committee on Coal Mines & Steel, on Thursday said that the bill boosts employment, improves states' rights, and improves the economy by allowing for more efficient use of mineral resources.
BJP Rajya Sabha MP Deepak Prakash, a member of the Standing Committee on Coal, Mines and Steel, on Wednesday said the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2025, will help India achieve its national critical minerals mission.
The panel will be briefed by the representatives of the Ministry of External Affairs and the Ministry of Commerce & Industry on the current developments in India's Foreign Policy with special reference to US-India trade negotiations and tariffs, they said.
"We have held 3-4 meetings on Bangladesh, and this was the last meeting where the Foreign Secretary has given us a briefing, and in this briefing, all the questions that the Members had to ask were discussed. The Foreign Secretary has answered all of them," Tharoor told ANI.
A delegation of Web3 leaders submitted what they called a forward-looking policy proposal to Bhartruhari Mahtab, Chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance, to support the growth of the Web3 ecosystem in India.
The panel has on its agenda to discuss the oral evidence of the representatives of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on the subject 'Review of working of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code and Emerging Issues'. The standing committee on Finance will also discuss the consideration and adoption o
Stating that he had a very "meaningful" discussion with the RBI Governor, Mahtab informed that a wide range of information on the economic situation and the financial system of the country was discussed during the meeting.
Meanwhile, the central government is likely to bring an amendment in the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) in the upcoming monsoon session of Parliament, sources told ANI.