diff --git a/integ-test/src/integration/scala/org/opensearch/flint/spark/ppl/FlintSparkPPLBasicITSuite.scala b/integ-test/src/integration/scala/org/opensearch/flint/spark/ppl/FlintSparkPPLBasicITSuite.scala
index 90ffe0385..6d9c3a5ab 100644
--- a/integ-test/src/integration/scala/org/opensearch/flint/spark/ppl/FlintSparkPPLBasicITSuite.scala
+++ b/integ-test/src/integration/scala/org/opensearch/flint/spark/ppl/FlintSparkPPLBasicITSuite.scala
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ package org.opensearch.flint.spark.ppl
 
 import org.apache.spark.sql.{QueryTest, Row}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.TableIdentifier
-import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis.{UnresolvedAttribute, UnresolvedRelation, UnresolvedStar, UnresolvedTableOrView}
-import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.{Ascending, Literal, SortOrder}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis.{UnresolvedAttribute, UnresolvedFunction, UnresolvedRelation, UnresolvedStar}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.{Alias, Ascending, Descending, Literal, SortOrder}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.logical._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.command.DescribeTableCommand
 import org.apache.spark.sql.streaming.StreamTest
@@ -295,4 +295,130 @@ class FlintSparkPPLBasicITSuite
         assert(compareByString(expectedPlan) === compareByString(logicalPlan))
     }
   }
+
+  test("fields plus command") {
+    Seq(("name, age", "age"), ("`name`, `age`", "`age`")).foreach {
+      case (selectFields, sortField) =>
+        val frame = sql(s"""
+             | source = $testTable| fields + $selectFields | head 1 | sort $sortField
+             | """.stripMargin)
+        frame.show()
+        val results: Array[Row] = frame.collect()
+        assert(results.length == 1)
+
+        val logicalPlan: LogicalPlan = frame.queryExecution.logical
+        val project = Project(
+          Seq(UnresolvedAttribute("name"), UnresolvedAttribute("age")),
+          UnresolvedRelation(Seq("spark_catalog", "default", "flint_ppl_test")))
+        // Define the expected logical plan
+        val limitPlan: LogicalPlan = Limit(Literal(1), project)
+        val sortedPlan: LogicalPlan =
+          Sort(Seq(SortOrder(UnresolvedAttribute("age"), Ascending)), global = true, limitPlan)
+
+        val expectedPlan = Project(Seq(UnresolvedStar(None)), sortedPlan)
+        // Compare the two plans
+        comparePlans(logicalPlan, expectedPlan, checkAnalysis = false)
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("fields minus command") {
+    Seq(("state, country", "age"), ("`state`, `country`", "`age`")).foreach {
+      case (selectFields, sortField) =>
+        val frame = sql(s"""
+             | source = $testTable| fields - $selectFields | sort - $sortField | head 1
+             | """.stripMargin)
+
+        val results: Array[Row] = frame.collect()
+        assert(results.length == 1)
+        val expectedResults: Array[Row] = Array(Row("Jake", 70, 2023, 4))
+        assert(results.sameElements(expectedResults))
+
+        val logicalPlan: LogicalPlan = frame.queryExecution.logical
+        val drop = DataFrameDropColumns(
+          Seq(UnresolvedAttribute("state"), UnresolvedAttribute("country")),
+          UnresolvedRelation(Seq("spark_catalog", "default", "flint_ppl_test")))
+        val sortedPlan: LogicalPlan =
+          Sort(Seq(SortOrder(UnresolvedAttribute("age"), Descending)), global = true, drop)
+        val limitPlan: LogicalPlan = Limit(Literal(1), sortedPlan)
+
+        val expectedPlan = Project(Seq(UnresolvedStar(None)), limitPlan)
+        // Compare the two plans
+        comparePlans(logicalPlan, expectedPlan, checkAnalysis = false)
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("fields minus new field added by eval") {
+    val frame = sql(s"""
+         | source = $testTable| eval national = country, newAge = age
+         | | fields - state, national, newAge | sort - age | head 1
+         | """.stripMargin)
+
+    // Retrieve the results
+    val results: Array[Row] = frame.collect()
+    assert(results.length == 1)
+    val expectedResults: Array[Row] = Array(Row("Jake", 70, "USA", 2023, 4))
+    assert(results.sameElements(expectedResults))
+
+    val logicalPlan: LogicalPlan = frame.queryExecution.logical
+    val table = UnresolvedRelation(Seq("spark_catalog", "default", "flint_ppl_test"))
+    val evalProject = Project(
+      Seq(
+        UnresolvedStar(None),
+        Alias(UnresolvedAttribute("country"), "national")(),
+        Alias(UnresolvedAttribute("age"), "newAge")()),
+      table)
+    val drop = DataFrameDropColumns(
+      Seq(
+        UnresolvedAttribute("state"),
+        UnresolvedAttribute("national"),
+        UnresolvedAttribute("newAge")),
+      evalProject)
+    val sortedPlan: LogicalPlan =
+      Sort(Seq(SortOrder(UnresolvedAttribute("age"), Descending)), global = true, drop)
+    val limitPlan: LogicalPlan = Limit(Literal(1), sortedPlan)
+
+    val expectedPlan = Project(Seq(UnresolvedStar(None)), limitPlan)
+    // Compare the two plans
+    comparePlans(logicalPlan, expectedPlan, checkAnalysis = false)
+  }
+
+  // TODO this test should work when the bug https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-49782 fixed.
+  ignore("fields minus new function expression added by eval") {
+    val frame = sql(s"""
+         | source = $testTable| eval national = lower(country), newAge = age + 1
+         | | fields - state, national, newAge | sort - age | head 1
+         | """.stripMargin)
+
+    // Retrieve the results
+    val results: Array[Row] = frame.collect()
+    assert(results.length == 1)
+    val expectedResults: Array[Row] = Array(Row("Jake", 70, "USA", 2023, 4))
+    assert(results.sameElements(expectedResults))
+
+    val logicalPlan: LogicalPlan = frame.queryExecution.logical
+    val table = UnresolvedRelation(Seq("spark_catalog", "default", "flint_ppl_test"))
+    val lowerFunction =
+      UnresolvedFunction("lower", Seq(UnresolvedAttribute("country")), isDistinct = false)
+    val addFunction =
+      UnresolvedFunction("+", Seq(UnresolvedAttribute("age"), Literal(1)), isDistinct = false)
+    val evalProject = Project(
+      Seq(
+        UnresolvedStar(None),
+        Alias(lowerFunction, "national")(),
+        Alias(addFunction, "newAge")()),
+      table)
+    val drop = DataFrameDropColumns(
+      Seq(
+        UnresolvedAttribute("state"),
+        UnresolvedAttribute("national"),
+        UnresolvedAttribute("newAge")),
+      evalProject)
+    val sortedPlan: LogicalPlan =
+      Sort(Seq(SortOrder(UnresolvedAttribute("age"), Descending)), global = true, drop)
+    val limitPlan: LogicalPlan = Limit(Literal(1), sortedPlan)
+
+    val expectedPlan = Project(Seq(UnresolvedStar(None)), limitPlan)
+    // Compare the two plans
+    comparePlans(logicalPlan, expectedPlan, checkAnalysis = false)
+  }
 }
diff --git a/ppl-spark-integration/README.md b/ppl-spark-integration/README.md
index 0c83abd97..e76d8d52d 100644
--- a/ppl-spark-integration/README.md
+++ b/ppl-spark-integration/README.md
@@ -230,6 +230,8 @@ See the next samples of PPL queries :
 **Fields**
  - `source = table`
  - `source = table | fields a,b,c`
+ - `source = table | fields + a,b,c`
+ - `source = table | fields - b,c`
 
 **Nested-Fields**
  - `source = catalog.schema.table1, catalog.schema.table2 | fields A.nested1, B.nested1`
diff --git a/ppl-spark-integration/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/ppl/CatalystQueryPlanVisitor.java b/ppl-spark-integration/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/ppl/CatalystQueryPlanVisitor.java
index 2aa99cd67..94d4132cd 100644
--- a/ppl-spark-integration/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/ppl/CatalystQueryPlanVisitor.java
+++ b/ppl-spark-integration/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/ppl/CatalystQueryPlanVisitor.java
@@ -265,20 +265,24 @@ public LogicalPlan visitAlias(Alias node, CatalystPlanContext context) {
 
     @Override
     public LogicalPlan visitProject(Project node, CatalystPlanContext context) {
-        context.withProjectedFields(node.getProjectList());
+        if (!node.isExcluded()) {
+            context.withProjectedFields(node.getProjectList());
+        }
         LogicalPlan child = node.getChild().get(0).accept(this, context);
         visitExpressionList(node.getProjectList(), context);
 
         // Create a projection list from the existing expressions
         Seq<?> projectList = seq(context.getNamedParseExpressions());
         if (!projectList.isEmpty()) {
-            Seq<NamedExpression> projectExpressions = context.retainAllNamedParseExpressions(p -> (NamedExpression) p);
-            // build the plan with the projection step
-            child = context.apply(p -> new org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.logical.Project(projectExpressions, p));
-        }
-        if (node.hasArgument()) {
-            Argument argument = node.getArgExprList().get(0);
-            //todo exclude the argument from the projected arguments list
+            if (node.isExcluded()) {
+                Seq<Expression> dropList = context.retainAllNamedParseExpressions(p -> p);
+                // build the DataFrameDropColumns plan with drop list
+                child = context.apply(p -> new org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.logical.DataFrameDropColumns(dropList, p));
+            } else {
+                Seq<NamedExpression> projectExpressions = context.retainAllNamedParseExpressions(p -> (NamedExpression) p);
+                // build the plan with the projection step
+                child = context.apply(p -> new org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.logical.Project(projectExpressions, p));
+            }
         }
         return child;
     }
diff --git a/ppl-spark-integration/src/test/scala/org/opensearch/flint/spark/ppl/PPLLogicalPlanBasicQueriesTranslatorTestSuite.scala b/ppl-spark-integration/src/test/scala/org/opensearch/flint/spark/ppl/PPLLogicalPlanBasicQueriesTranslatorTestSuite.scala
index ad3ee18ba..a5deac0f0 100644
--- a/ppl-spark-integration/src/test/scala/org/opensearch/flint/spark/ppl/PPLLogicalPlanBasicQueriesTranslatorTestSuite.scala
+++ b/ppl-spark-integration/src/test/scala/org/opensearch/flint/spark/ppl/PPLLogicalPlanBasicQueriesTranslatorTestSuite.scala
@@ -280,4 +280,38 @@ class PPLLogicalPlanBasicQueriesTranslatorTestSuite
 
     comparePlans(expectedPlan, logPlan, false)
   }
+
+  test("test fields + field list") {
+    val context = new CatalystPlanContext
+    val logPlan = planTransformer.visit(
+      plan(pplParser, "source=t | sort - A | fields + A, B | head 5", false),
+      context)
+
+    val table = UnresolvedRelation(Seq("t"))
+    val sortOrder = Seq(SortOrder(UnresolvedAttribute("A"), Descending))
+    val sorted = Sort(sortOrder, true, table)
+    val projectList = Seq(UnresolvedAttribute("A"), UnresolvedAttribute("B"))
+    val projection = Project(projectList, sorted)
+
+    val planWithLimit = GlobalLimit(Literal(5), LocalLimit(Literal(5), projection))
+    val expectedPlan = Project(Seq(UnresolvedStar(None)), planWithLimit)
+    comparePlans(expectedPlan, logPlan, false)
+  }
+
+  test("test fields - field list") {
+    val context = new CatalystPlanContext
+    val logPlan = planTransformer.visit(
+      plan(pplParser, "source=t | sort - A | fields - A, B | head 5", false),
+      context)
+
+    val table = UnresolvedRelation(Seq("t"))
+    val sortOrder = Seq(SortOrder(UnresolvedAttribute("A"), Descending))
+    val sorted = Sort(sortOrder, true, table)
+    val dropList = Seq(UnresolvedAttribute("A"), UnresolvedAttribute("B"))
+    val dropAB = DataFrameDropColumns(dropList, sorted)
+
+    val planWithLimit = GlobalLimit(Literal(5), LocalLimit(Literal(5), dropAB))
+    val expectedPlan = Project(Seq(UnresolvedStar(None)), planWithLimit)
+    comparePlans(expectedPlan, logPlan, false)
+  }
 }