New Delhi : A meeting of the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament (PAC) will be held at noon in the Parliament premises on Wednesday. The agenda of the meeting will focus on a briefing followed by oral evidence of the Representative of the Minister of Finance, Department of Revenue(CBDT) on "Non-Compliance in timely submission of action taken notes on non-selected audit paragraphs and excess expenditure".
Congress MP KC Venugopal is the Chairman of the Committee. Earlier, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs held discussions on India's technological diplomacy with the country slated to host the AI Summit next year.
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, the committee's chairman, said after the meeting that the committee has taken up technological diplomacy, including outer space and artificial intelligence.
"This year, we have taken up the topic of technological diplomacy, including areas like outer space, artificial intelligence, and various areas in which our diplomacy is venturing into the field of technology. Today was the first briefing by the Secretary dealing with this issue in the MEA," Tharoor told news agency.
Tharoor also emphasised that they will hold more sessions on this topic, as they want to consult other ministries and experts on the matter. "We will have many more sessions because we want to hear from other ministries and experts. Our technological diplomacy is very significant. There is also an AI Summit that our Prime Minister will be chairing in February next year. In the lead-up to that, this issue will need further discussion. It was a preliminary briefing, which we found very useful," he said.