In the first COVID-19 wave mostly urban areas were affected, but this time a large number of cases are being reported from rural areas and some villages have registered over 25 per cent positivity rate, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said on Friday. He also called for establishing a healthcare network at the village level so that a person suffering from the coronavirus disease can be provided adequate medical care near his house. It is a catastrophic situation that asks us to stay alert and cautious as the slightest of carelessness is likely to result into a cause of great trouble, Birla told people of his Kota-Bundi constituency in Rajasthan during an interaction through video conferencing.
NEW DELHI: Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has asked Speaker Om Birla to allow a meeting of Parliament s Public Accounts Committee(PAC) to deliberate upon the government’s vaccination policy, citing the importance of the issue in view of the raging pandemic.
Chowdhury, chairman of the committee, sent a letter to the speaker saying that meetings of the parliamentary panels have stopped because of the pandemic but vaccination policy is an urgent issue that should be discussed by the PAC. Today, the Policy towards Vaccinating the people for tackling the Covid-19 pandemic has become central and of utmost importance. As the lives and livelihood of the people of the Country as a whole are dependent on an effective ”Vaccination Policy”, I would request you to kindly permit the Public Accounts Committee to meet and deliberate upon this subject matter with the representatives of the Government i.e, the Ministry of Health, ICMR and others concerned (By any mode e
It should be allowed to discuss matters of larger concern, he tells Speaker Om Birla.
Congress leader in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, who is also the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), on Thursday wrote a letter to Speaker Om Birla, seeking his permission to take up the issue of vaccination.
The PAC usually examines reports submitted by the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) to Parliament and other important issues related to public accounts.
Mr. Chowdhury strongly argued that the committee should be allowed to discuss matters of larger concern so that the government can act on its recommendations.
NEW DELHI: The Trinamool Congress has written to Rajya Sabha chairman M Venkaiah Naidu and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, urging them to let parliamentary committee meetings be held virtually to enable them to address issues of public interest amidst the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
This is the TMC s third letter on the issue, the party said, adding that the first letter was written in July, 2020 and the second letter in August, 2020. India has reported more than 3 lakh new Covid-19 cases per day for the past two weeks. In light of the prevailing circumstances, I urge your good offices to reconsider our request for conducting virtual meetings of parliamentary committees, including departmentally related standing committees, consultative committees and select committees, the letter from RS MP and the party s national spokesperson Derek O Brien said.
TMC writes to RS chairman, LS speaker requesting parliamentary panel meetings be held virtually
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This is the TMC s third letter on the issue, the party said, adding that the first letter was written in July, 2020 and the second letter in August, 2020.
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The Trinamool Congress has written to Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, urging them to let parliamentary committee meetings be held virtually to enable them to address issues of public interest amidst the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
This is the TMC s third letter on the issue, the party said, adding that the first letter was written in July, 2020 and the second letter in August, 2020.