New Delhi, June 11 -- The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance will meet twice on Thursday to discuss the Securities Markets Code Bill, 2025, which proposes to merge the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956, the SEBI Act, 1992, and the Depositories Act, 1996 into a single statute.

In its first sitting, scheduled at 11 am, the Committee will hear oral evidence from representatives of the Ministry of Law and Justice (Department of Legal Affairs and Legislative Department) on the Bill.

In the second sitting at 2 pm, representatives of the Ministry of Finance (Department of Economic Affairs) will appear before the Committee for a clause-by-clause examination of the proposed legislation.

The Standing Committee is chaired by BJ...