Hearing the views of the representatives of MSME Associations on the subject ‘How to provide better credit flow to the MSME sector’.

Consideration and adoption of the draft Report on Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/Recommendations contained in the Twenty First Report of the Standing Committee on Coal and Steel (Seventeenth Lok Sabha) on “Safety Management and Practices in Steel PSUs” pertaining to the Ministry of Steel.

To hear the Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways on the subject ‘Review of Central Road and Infrastructure Fund (CRIF) Works’.

Briefing on the Subject Digitization of Gram Panchayats by the representatives of:- i. Ministry of Panchayati Raj ii. Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology iii. Ministry of Communications (Department of Communications).

Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Jal Shakti (Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation) on the subject- ‘Review of Upper Yamuna River Cleaning Project upto Delhi and River bed management in Delhi’.

Evidence of the representatives of Ministry of Coal on the ‘Audit Report No. 12 of 2019 relating to Assessment of Environmental Impact due to Mining Activities and its Mitigation in Coal India Limited and its Subsidiaries’.

Evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of External Affairs on the subject - India s Neighbourhood First Policy.

(i) Consideration and adoption of the Three Draft ATRs 27th, 28th and 29th on Demands for Grants (2021-22) (ii) Oral Evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (Department of Social Justice and Empowerment) on the subject ‘Drug abuse among young persons – problems & solutions’ by the Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment 2021-2022.

Agenda of the meeting will be communicated shortly.

Briefing by the representatives of the Department of Fertilizers on the subject ‘Nano-fertilizers for sustainable crop production and maintaining soil health’.

To hear the views of stakeholders on the subject ‘Progress made in implementation of Sagarmala Projects’.

Evidence of representatives of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA), Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) and National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE) on the subject ‘Evaluation of Wind Energy in India’.

Evidence of the representatives NMDC on Audit Report No. 5 of 2019 relating to Operational Performance of NMDC Limited.

Evidence of the representatives of Ministry of Steel on the Audit Report No. 5 of 2019 relating to Operational Performance of NMDC Limited.

Evidence of the representatives of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on the subject Safeguarding citizens’ rights and prevention of misuse of social/online news media platforms including special emphasis on women security in the digital space.

Consideration and Adoption of the following Draft Reports on: i) Action taken by the Government on the Observations/ Recommendations of the Committee contained in their Seventeenth Report (Seventeenth Lok Sabha) on Demands for Grants (2021-22) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment ii) Action taken by the Government on the Observations/ Recommendations of the Committee contained in their Eighteenth Report (Seventeenth Lok Sabha) on Demands for Grants (2021-22) of the Ministry of Textiles iii) Action taken by the Government on the Observations/Recommendations of the Committee contained in their Nineteenth Report (Seventeenth Lok Sabha) on Demands for Grants (2021-22) of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and iv) Action taken by the Government on the Observations/Recommendations of the Committee contained in their Twentieth Report (Seventeenth Lok Sabha) on Functioning of National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT).

(i) Oral evidence of the representatives of State Bank of India (SBI), Punjab National Bank (PNB), Axis Bank & HDFC Bank on the subject ‘How to provide better credit flow to the MSME sector’. (ii) Oral evidence of representatives of Non-Banking Finance Companies (NBFCs) on the subject ‘How to provide better credit flow to the MSME sector’.

To hear the views of Ministry of Culture and domain experts on the subjects ‘Functioning of Central Libraries in the country’ and ‘Creation of Regulatory Framework for protection of Historical Sites and Monuments’.

Briefing by the representatives of the Department of Pharmaceuticals on the subject ‘Promotion of Medical Device Industry’

To hear the views of Secretaries, Department of Health and Family Welfare and Department of Health Research on the ''Challenges posed by Omicron variant of Covid-19, the strategy adopted and measures taken to combat the same'', as part of examination of the subject, 'Vaccine Development, Distribution Management and Mitigation of Pandemic COVID 19'.