NEW DELHI: Department-related standing committees of Parliament were announced on Thursday. The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) B Mahtab will now helm the panel on finance.
Crucial committees of external affairs will be chaired by Congress‘ Shashi Tharoor and home will be lead by BJP’s Radha Mohan Das Agarwal.
BJP’s Radha Mohan Singh will head defence committee, Shiv Sena’s Shrirang Appa Barne, NCP’s Sunil Tatkare will lead energy and petroleum panels.
Former minister Anurag Thakur also found a position and will chair parliamentary panel on coal, mines and steel. Committee on education will be led by Congress’ Digvijay Singh.
The Parliament standing committee is a panel of MPs that considers bills and issues, and recommends measures for the House to consider. Standing committees are established according to the provisions of an Act of Parliament or the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business.