India: Defence Minister To Brief Parliamentary Committee On 'Agnipath' Scheme

NEW DELHI, 08 July 2022, (TON): The ministry said “Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will brief the members of the Parliamentary Consultative Committee on Defence, comprising MPs from ruling as well as opposition parties, on various aspects of the recently-launched Agnipath recruitment.”

The defence ministry said “the three service chiefs and defence secretary are also likely to be present in the meeting.”

The committee on Defence chaired by Mr Singh has 20 members, including 13 from Lok Sabha and around 7 from Rajya Sabha, according to the Parliamentary Affairs Ministry website.

It includes members from almost all parties. Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, National Conference supremo Farooq Abdullah and TMC leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay are among its members.  

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