Parliament's Standing Committee on Finance has selected 46 subjects for detailed examination and reporting during 2026-27, including artificial intelligence (AI) in the financial sector, virtual digital assets, currency management and price stability, IANS reported on Saturday, citing a Lok Sabha bulletin. PTI, in a separate report carried by The Hindu BusinessLine, also reported the selection of the 46 subjects for the current year.

Source: IANS via hi INDiA

The selection comes after Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla reconstituted parliamentary committees earlier this month. BJP MP Bhartruhari Mahtab has been reappointed as Chairperson of the Committee, which comprises 21 members from the Lok Sabha and 10 from the Rajya Sabha, according to the reports.

Source: IANS via hi INDiA

46subjects selected for examination in 2026-27
21Lok Sabha members on the committee
10Rajya Sabha members on the committee

According to the Lok Sabha bulletin cited in the reports, the panel will take up subjects pertaining to the Finance Ministry — the Departments of Economic Affairs, Expenditure, Public Enterprises and Investment and Public Asset Management, Revenue and Financial Services — as well as the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, NITI Aayog and the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI).

Source: PTI via The Hindu BusinessLine

Among the key subjects listed are strategy for price and currency stability, currency management, the regulatory mechanism in the financial sector, monetisation of public sector assets and the evolving macroeconomic landscape. The panel will also examine the banking, pension and health insurance sectors, social security for the informal sector, small savings schemes, the RBI's role in the evolving economy and a performance review of SEBI.

Source: IANS via hi INDiA

On taxation and regulation, the committee will review customs, GST and direct tax reforms, examine regulatory gaps in the NBFC sector, conduct a study on virtual digital assets and the way forward, and analyse emerging issues and prospects of artificial intelligence in the financial sector, the reports said.

Source: PTI via The Hindu BusinessLine

For the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, the committee will study challenges and the way forward for the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), review corporate social responsibility (CSR) and corporate e-governance, and examine accountability of auditors. For NITI Aayog, it will look at sectoral roadmap formulation and the functioning of the Aspirational Districts Programme, and it will also study national accounts statistics under MoSPI, according to the reports.

Source: IANS via hi INDiA

Sources: IANS via hi INDiA, PTI via The Hindu BusinessLine and IANS via Nation Press, all on October 24, 2026, reporting the Lok Sabha bulletin on the Standing Committee on Finance (2026-27).

Source: PTI via The Hindu BusinessLine