A year later, same stand: no virtual meetings of House panels
The Hindu
Rules were not amended as physical meetings resumed, when it was believed pandemic was on the decline
The parliamentary panels cannot meet virtually till the necessary rules are amended by both Houses of Parliament, the Rajya Sabha secretariat said in reply to a on Friday. The , which are non-partisan platforms to analyse the functioning of the government, have not met since the onset of the . More than a year after the demands were first raised by the panels’ chairpersons, the necessary changes in the rules have not been amended since their physical meetings were held for a few months when it was believed that was on the wane.More Related News

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