Evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Communications on the subject Review of Bharat Net Scheme and Broadband w.r.t. Last Mile Connectivity.

(i) Consideration and adoption of the draft Report on “The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens(Amendment) Bill, 2019.” (ii) Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Minority Affairs on the subject ‘Review of the functioning of the National Minorities Development and Finance Corporation (NMDFC).’

I. To hear the views of Secretary, Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance on lending aspects of Road sector and Hospitality sector; and II. To hear the Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways on the below mentioned subjects:- i. Role of Highways in Nation Building; ii. Review of issues discussed by the Multi Member Consultative Committee headed by him, which was appointed with the aim to evolve ways for increasing the use of alternate environment friendly fuel to achieve fuel efficiency and reduction of carbon emissions in order to meet the goals of Mission 2030 of Government of India; iii. Lending aspects of road sector; and iv. Issues raised by the Committee in its meetings held on 23rd October, 2019; 4th November, 2019; 7th October, 2020; and 13th October, 2020.

to hear the Secretary, Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances (DAR&PG) on the subject 'Strengthening of Grievance Redressal Mechanism of Government of India' along with brief introduction of the working of DAR&PG.

Oral evidence of the representatives of (i) Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change; and (ii) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs on the subject - ‘Groundwater: A Valuable but Diminishing Resource’.

To hear the views of the Secretary, MSME in connection with the examination of the subject "Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on MSME Sector & Mitigation Strategy adopted to counter it.

(i) Consideration and adoption of the draft report on the subject : Passenger Amenities including Modernization of Railway Stations’. (ii) Evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) on the subject : Expansion of Rail Network.

Briefing by representatives of the Ministry of Power on the subject - Development of Coal Blocks allocated to Power-Sector Companies.

Members are informed that the next meeting of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth & Sports will be held on Thursday, the 21st January, 2021, at 200 P.M. in Committee Room 'A', Ground Floor, Parliament House Annexe, New Delhi

Discussion with the Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy along with representatives of NCERT & CBSE on the Subject"- 1. Reforms in the contents and designs of Text Books: a. Removing references to un-historical facts and distortions about our national heroes from the text books. b. Ensuring equal or proportionate references to all periods of Indian history. c. Highlighting the role of great historic women heroes, including Gargi, Maitreyi, or rulers like Rani of Jhanshi, Rani Channamma, Chand Bibi, Zalkari Bai etc.

Discussion with the Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy along with representatives of CBSE, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan and Education Secretaries of the State Governments of Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and U.T of Jammu & Kashmir on the subject: "Plans for bridging the learning gap caused due to school lockdown as well as Review of Online and Offline Instructions, Examinations and plans for reopening schools."

Evidence of non-official witnesses/experts on the subject ‘India’s Neighbourhood First Policy’.

Evidence of non-official witnesses/experts on the subject ‘India and Bilateral Investment Treaties’.

(i) Consideration and adoption of draft report on “Factoring Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2020” (ii)Oral evidence of the representatives of Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) and Punjab National Bank (PNB) on the subject ‘Implementation of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code- Pitfalls and Solutions’.

(i) Briefing by the representatives of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on the subject Review of functioning of Unique Identification Authority of India (ii)Briefing by the representatives of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and CBFC on the subject Review of functioning of Central Board of Film Certification

To hear the views of Secretary, Department of Health & Family Welfare and Secretary, Department of Health Research on Examination of the subject "Vaccine Development, Distribution Management and Mitigation of Pandemic Covid-19”.

Consideration and Adoption of draft Report on ‘The Anti-Maritime Piracy Bill, 2019’.

Briefing by the Ministry of External Affairs on the subject Welfare of Indian Diaspora Policies Schemes.

(i) hear the views of the representatives of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Central Pollution Control Board and Department of Health & Family Welfare on the subject “Contaminated and Hazardous Sites in the Country, their public health impacts and remedial action” and (ii) consider the draft report on “The DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill, 2019”.

To hear the views of following on the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Bill, 2020 (i) Representatives of Centre for Social Research, New Delhi; (ii) Representatives of SAMA Resopurce froup for Women and Health, Delhi; (iii) Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development; and (iv) Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs.