Meeting for the first time under the chairmanship of Anand Sharma, standing committee members also demanded to know how educational institutions in the state were working in the present situation, details of government relief provided to youth, especially students and employees whose vocations were affected by the government imposed blackout and restrictions on email use.
The home ministry officials were asked to provide the committee with specific answers to queries from members. There are also indications that the committee could consider visiting J&K after October 21, by when the current laws are expected to be formally brought under the framework of the recent Parliament legislation.
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They demanded the home ministry response to various complaints of questionable omissions in NRC. To a specific query on whether there was a plan to conduct NRC across India, sources said, home ministry officials said the current NRC was Assam-specific and that the scheduled introduction of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Parliament will decide the future course. Many members expressed concern about the increasing law and order problem in Delhi and NCR. They also demanded to know how the government was dealing with incidents of floods in various states.
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