MPs attending Parliamentary Standing Committee meetings will have to sit six feet apart, and not more than two witnesses from the ministry concerned can appear before the panel at a time.
This is part of the eight-point protocol set by the Rajya Sabha secretariat on Tuesday keeping in mind the COVID-19 pandemic, ahead of the meetings of the Standing Committees on Science and Technology and Home Affairs on July 10 and 15 respectively.
As per the protocol for meetings of Rajya Sabha Committees, members have to ensure conformity with physical distancing norms.
"Members of the Committee to be seated at a distance of 6 feet and appropriate arrangements to be made to accommodate the maximum possible participation.
Only two witnesses from the Ministry/Department appearing before the Committee for evidence would be allowed at a time and if more number of witnesses were to be examined, it would be done in turns.
There is no restriction on the number of witnesses to be examined by the Committees," the new protocol said.