New Delhi, Sept. 17 -- The first meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, will be held on Friday, with representatives of the Ministry of Home Affairs scheduled to brief the panel on the Bill.

According to a Lok Sabha bulletin issued on September 16, Lok Sabha Speaker has nominated Javed Ali Khan and James Pangsang Kongkal Sangma, Members of Rajya Sabha, as Special Invitees to the Joint Committee.

BJP Lok Sabha MP from Bettiah, Bihar, Sanjay Jaiswal was appointed Chairperson of the JPC on September 3.

The 31-member Joint Committee comprises 21 members from the Lok Sabha and 10 from the Rajya Sabha. The Lok Sabha members include Jaiswal, Bhartruhari Mahtab, Tejasvi...