Bhubaneswar: Several MPs from Odisha were appointed as members of 17 Parliamentary committees on Saturday.
The committees and MPs are:
Committee on Finance: Puri MP Pinaki Mishra and Rajya Sabha member Amar Patnaik
Committee on Commerce: Bhadrak MP Manjulata Mandal
Committee on Defence: Sambalpur MP Nitesh Gangadeb and Jagatsinghpur MP Rajashree Mallick
Committee on External Affairs: Kandhamal MP Achyuta Samant
Committee on Home Affairs: Jajpur MP Sarmistha Sethi
Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture: Nabarangpur MP Ramesh Majhi and Rajya Sabha member Prasanna Acharya
Committee on Human Resources Development: Keonjhar MP Chandrani Murmu and Rajya Sabha member Sasmit Patra
Committee on Science & Technology, Environment and Forests: Rajya Sabha members Ashwini Vaishnav and N Bhaskar Rao and Dhenkanal MP Mahsh Sahoo
Committee on Coal and Steel: Kalahandi MP Basant Panda and Rajya Sabha member Prashant Nanda
Committee on Chemicals & Fertilisers: Mayurbhanj MP Bisweswar Tudu and Rajya Sabha member Ranjib Biswal
Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law & Justice: Bargarh MP Suresh Pujari
Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution: Aska MP Pramila Bisoyi and Koraput MP Saptagiri Ulaka
Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas: Berhampur MP Chandrasekhar Sahoo
Committee on Labour: Cuttack MP Bhartruhari Mahtab and Rajya Sabha member Raghunath Mohapatra
Committee on Railways: Kendrapara MP Anubhav Mohanty and Balangir MP Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo
Committee on Urban Development: Bhubaneswar MP Aparajita Sarangi
Committee on Water Resources: Rajya Sabha member Narendra Kumar Swain
