Geneva IPU President on seven-day visit to India from Sunday ANI | Updated: Mar 13, 2021 23:01 IST
New Delhi [India], March 13 (ANI): Duarte Pacheco, President of Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), Geneva, will be arriving in India on a seven-day visit on Sunday.
During his visit, he will attend a felicitation ceremony and address members under the auspices of the Indian Parliamentary Group (IPG) in the Central Hall of Parliament on March 16, according to a statement by the Lok Sabha secretariat.
Pacheco, a Member of Parliament of Portugal, was recently elected as the President of IPU, an international organization of national parliaments, for a three-year term from 2021 to 2023. He is visiting India at the invitation of the Parliament of India.
Various parliamentary committees scheduled to meet today ANI | Updated: Jan 11, 2021 12:03 IST
New Delhi [India], January 11 (ANI): Parliamentary committees of various ministries are scheduled to meet on Monday to discuss matters and issues related to their departments.
According to the official schedule of Lok Sabha, the parliamentary committee on agriculture is scheduled to meet on Monday to discuss the evidence of representatives of the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandary and Dairying in connection with the examination of the subject Status of veterinary services and availability of animal vaccine in the country .
The parliamentary committee on welfare of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe will also meet to discuss evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, University Grants Commission (UGC) and Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and P