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An mean of 53% of members were contiguous successful the meetings of 16 department-related Standing Committees and the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament to deliberate connected assorted important subjects since their reconstitution past September, according to information connected the Lok Sabha website.
During this period, 5 meetings of these parliamentary committees were postponed owed to a deficiency of quorum. A minimum of 11 members indispensable beryllium contiguous to execute a quorum.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been raising the contented of ensuring that MPs be parliamentary committees.
According to the data, a gathering of the Standing Committee connected Communications and Information Technology, scheduled to sermon ‘Self-reliance successful telecom manufacturing sector’, was postponed owed to a deficiency of quorum.
On January 5, 2026, the gathering of the Standing Committee connected Water Resources was adjourned owed to a deficiency of quorum. It was scheduled to sermon ‘An overview of the functioning of WAPCOS Limited and NPCC Limited and their wide coordination successful h2o absorption nether PMKSY and different irrigation and flood power schemes’.
According to the data, the gathering of the Standing Committee connected Water Resources was adjourned connected November 10 owed to a deficiency of quorum.
It was scheduled to sermon conservation, development, absorption and abatement of contamination successful the Ganga and its tributaries nether Namami Gange Programme with peculiar notation to task timelines arsenic good arsenic show of State governments; and an overview of the National River Conservation Plan-Other Basins.
On April 22, the gathering of the Standing Committee of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj was besides postponed. In this meeting, representatives from the Department of Land Resources (Ministry of Rural Development), the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, and the Ministry of Mines were scheduled to little the committee.
Also, the gathering of the Standing Committee of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj was postponed connected April 8 owed to a deficiency of quorum.
A Standing Committee of Parliament consists of 31 members — 21 from Lok Sabha and 10 from Rajya Sabha.
The country’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has a full of 22 members consisting of 15 MPs from Lok Sabha and 7 MPs from Rajya Sabha.
High absentees
On average, astir 47% of members were absent from the meetings of 16 Standing Committees, including those for the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Consumer Affairs, Chemicals & Fertilisers, Energy, Social Justice and Empowerment, the information showed.
According to statistics, members’ attendance was amended successful the meetings of the Standing Committees connected Railways, Petroleum and Natural Gas, External Affairs and Finance.
In the gathering of the Standing Committee connected External Affairs held connected February 10 this year, 28 members were present.
In this meeting, the representatives of the Ministry of External Affairs and the Ministry of Commerce & Industry (Department of Commerce) briefed the committee connected 'Current overseas argumentation developments', including India-U.S. commercialized agreement, India-EU FTA, India-Bangladesh relations, etc.
Only 13 members participated successful the gathering of the Parliamentary Committee connected External Affairs held connected October 29, 2025, and 11 members participated successful the gathering held connected October 30.
Only 12 members were contiguous astatine the gathering of the Parliamentary Standing Committee connected Agriculture held connected April 10.
Important subjects discussed successful assorted lasting committee meetings see oral grounds from the representatives of the Ministry of Defence connected the taxable ‘Review of moving of Border Roads Organisation (BRO) successful creating infrastructure successful strategical locations and borderline areas’.
It included a briefing by representatives of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy connected the taxable ‘Research and Technology improvement successful renewable vigor ector’.
During this period, subjects specified arsenic ‘India-Sri Lanka relations and the mode ahead’ were discussed.
It included a briefing by the Foreign Secretary connected ‘Recent Developments including the Iran War and Indo-U.S. Relations’.
Also, the representatives of the Ministry of External Affairs briefed members astir the safety, information and repatriation of the diaspora during the ongoing struggle successful West Asia.
There was besides a briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and cardinal nationalist assemblage enterprises connected the taxable ‘Marketing and proviso of petroleum products’.
During this period, representatives from the Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) gave oral grounds connected the taxable ‘Improvement of nationalist facilities astatine railway stations’. It included information and adoption of the draught Report connected Demands for Grants (2026-27) of the Ministry of Railways.
