Shashi Tharoor Reappointed Chairperson of External Affairs Committee as Parliamentary Standing Committees Reconstituted

Exam-focused facts from the 3 October 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

Parliamentary Standing Committees were reconstituted with effect from September 26, 2026, with chairpersons appointed for 24 panels as per a Lok Sabha bulletin.
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor was re-appointed Chairperson of the Committee on External Affairs.
BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi was named Chairperson of the Committee on Commerce, replacing TMC's Dola Sen.
BJP's Nishikant Dubey will continue to head the Committee on Communications and Information Technology.
BJP's Radha Mohan Das Agrawal will chair the Committee on Home Affairs, Bhartruhari Mahtab will head the Committee on Finance, and Radha Mohan Singh will chair the Committee on Defence.
Congress's Mukul Wasnik will chair the Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports, and DMK's Tiruchi Siva was appointed Chairperson of the Committee on Industry.
Samajwadi Party's Ram Gopal Yadav was named Chairperson of the Committee on Health and Family Welfare, and Congress's Charanjit Singh Channi will chair the Committee on Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Food Processing.
Each committee comprises 21 members from the Lok Sabha and 10 from the Rajya Sabha.
Rahul Gandhi is a member of the Committee on Defence, while Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is a member of the Committee on Home Affairs.