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Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy (2023-24) holds its valedictory sitting

New Delhi, Mar 7 (UNI) The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy (2023-24) on Thursday held its Valedictory Sitting and reviewed overall performance of the Ministry of Power, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy and all the PSUs/Institutions/Bodies under the administrative control of both these Ministries.
The Committee is headed by Member of Parliament Mr Jagdambika Pal and today’s sitting was attended by 17 Members of Parliament and Secretaries of both the Ministries along with CMDs/DGs/Heads of all the PSUs/Institutions/Bodies under the administrative control of both these Ministries.
In a press release issued the Lok Sabha Secretariat post meeting it said during the 17th Lok Sabha, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy have held 89 Sittings lasting for 169 hours and 15 minutes. The Committee presented 41 Reports and laid 29 Statements in the Parliament.
Particularly since September 2022, the Committee have held 47 Sittings lasting for about 111 hours which is the highest among all the Department related Standing Committees of the Parliament and not a single Sitting was adjourned for lack of quorum.
There was active participation of Members in its deliberations, it noted adding that during this period, the Committee comprehensively covered, in the course of its regular Sittings and discussions during the Study Visits, almost all the subjects selected by it, thereby doing justice to its mandate.
The Committee, thus have had a very productive tenure during which it had constructive discourse on various issues of public concern, particularly relating to the energy sector.
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