Standing Committee On Defence

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi retains membership of Parliament's Standing Committee on Defence, while actor-politician and first-time parliamentarian Kangana Ranaut of the BJP is assigned to the committee on Information Technology, the Rajya Sabha said.

Parliament's standing committees were constituted on Thursday with BJP's Bhartruhari Mahtab to helm the key panel on Finance and Congress' Shashi Tharoor to head the panel on External Affairs.

A parliamentary standing committee on Wednesday recommended higher budgetary outlay for research and development in the annual defence budget in line with India's aspirations to become a global leader in manufacturing of military platforms.

Days after his Lok Sabha membership was restored, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was on Wednesday nominated to the parliamentary standing committee on defence.

Days after his Lok Sabha membership was restored, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was on Wednesday nominated to the parliamentary standing committee on defence.

Congress MP KC Venugopal urged Parliament's Standing Committee on Defence Chairman Jual Oram to convene an urgent meeting of all stakeholders and defence experts to discuss in detail the recently announced Agniveer scheme by the Central government.

Adequate budgetary allocations must be made available to the armed forces in view of the present scenario of heightened tensions with certain neighbouring countries, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence said on Wednesday.

The parliamentary standing committee on defence intends to visit the Galwan Valley and the Pangong lake in the eastern Ladakh region which has been witness to a violent standoff between the troops of India and China, sources said.

Rahul Gandhi and other Congress members walked out of a meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on defence Wednesday, alleging that they were allowed to speak during a discussion on new uniforms for the armed forces

India's armed forces are ready, Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat told the Parliament's Standing Committee on Defence today, even as tensions between India and China remains high following "provocative behaviour" along the LAC.

The ruling BJP, bombarded with questions from Rahul Gandhi on the China crisis, hit back today with a dig at his reported absence from meetings of the Standing Committee on Defence, a cross-party panel of MPs. BJP chief JP Nadda, in tweets, said the Congress MP "does not attend a single meeting" of the panel but continued to question the armed forc...

A meeting of the parliamentary standing committee on external affairs should be called at the earliest and briefed by the foreign secretary, defence secretary and other top officials on the violent face-off with China in which 20 Indian soldiers died, several panel members from the opposition parties said on Sunday.

Taking note of alarming shortage of officers and other ranks in the armed forces, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence has recommended five-year compulsory military service for those aspiring for gazetted jobs in the state and central governments.

Top brass of the Defence Ministry will next week brief the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence on the surgical strikes carried out by Indian special forces in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir.

Cyber security posed the biggest challenge and it was high time the country took a lead at the world stage in addressing this issue, BJP MP Tarun Vijay today said.

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi retains membership of Parliament's Standing Committee on Defence, while actor-politician and first-time parliamentarian Kangana Ranaut of the BJP is assigned to the committee on Information Technology, the Rajya Sabha said.

Parliament's standing committees were constituted on Thursday with BJP's Bhartruhari Mahtab to helm the key panel on Finance and Congress' Shashi Tharoor to head the panel on External Affairs.

A parliamentary standing committee on Wednesday recommended higher budgetary outlay for research and development in the annual defence budget in line with India's aspirations to become a global leader in manufacturing of military platforms.

Days after his Lok Sabha membership was restored, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was on Wednesday nominated to the parliamentary standing committee on defence.

Days after his Lok Sabha membership was restored, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was on Wednesday nominated to the parliamentary standing committee on defence.

Congress MP KC Venugopal urged Parliament's Standing Committee on Defence Chairman Jual Oram to convene an urgent meeting of all stakeholders and defence experts to discuss in detail the recently announced Agniveer scheme by the Central government.

Adequate budgetary allocations must be made available to the armed forces in view of the present scenario of heightened tensions with certain neighbouring countries, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence said on Wednesday.

The parliamentary standing committee on defence intends to visit the Galwan Valley and the Pangong lake in the eastern Ladakh region which has been witness to a violent standoff between the troops of India and China, sources said.

Rahul Gandhi and other Congress members walked out of a meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on defence Wednesday, alleging that they were allowed to speak during a discussion on new uniforms for the armed forces

India's armed forces are ready, Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat told the Parliament's Standing Committee on Defence today, even as tensions between India and China remains high following "provocative behaviour" along the LAC.

The ruling BJP, bombarded with questions from Rahul Gandhi on the China crisis, hit back today with a dig at his reported absence from meetings of the Standing Committee on Defence, a cross-party panel of MPs. BJP chief JP Nadda, in tweets, said the Congress MP "does not attend a single meeting" of the panel but continued to question the armed forc...

A meeting of the parliamentary standing committee on external affairs should be called at the earliest and briefed by the foreign secretary, defence secretary and other top officials on the violent face-off with China in which 20 Indian soldiers died, several panel members from the opposition parties said on Sunday.

Taking note of alarming shortage of officers and other ranks in the armed forces, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence has recommended five-year compulsory military service for those aspiring for gazetted jobs in the state and central governments.

Top brass of the Defence Ministry will next week brief the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence on the surgical strikes carried out by Indian special forces in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir.

Cyber security posed the biggest challenge and it was high time the country took a lead at the world stage in addressing this issue, BJP MP Tarun Vijay today said.