31-member committee to examine New Income Tax Bill, Baijayant Panda named chairman: Lok Sabha Speaker

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has constituted a Select Committee to examine the New Income Tax Bill, 2025. Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Odisha's Kendrapara MP Baijayant Panda has been appointed as the Chairperson of the 31-member committee. 

Notable names in the committee include BJP MP from Jharkhand Dr Nishikant Dubey, BJP MP from Karnataka Jagadish Shettar, BJP Rajasthan MP PP Chaudhary, Congress Haryana MP Deepender Singh Hooda, TMC West Bengal Mahua Moitra, NCP (SP) Maharashtra MP



Supriya Suleamong others. 

Earlier on February 13, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman introduced the Income Tax Bill, 2025, in the Lok Sabha and urged Speaker Om Birla to refer it to a Select Committee for further examination. Opposition members opposed the Bill at the introduction stage, but the House approved its introduction through a voice vote. Following Sitharaman’s request, Speaker Birla appointed the Select Committee, which is expected to submit its report by the first day of the next session.