Indian Polity • Parliament & ExecutiveMedium
Consider the following statements regarding Parliamentary financial committees: 1. The Public Accounts Committee examines the audit reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General submitted to the President. 2. The Committee on Estimates examines whether economies and administrative efficiencies are being effected in public expenditure. 3. Ministers are disqualified from being elected as members of both the Public Accounts Committee and the Estimates Committee. Which of the statements given above are correct?
A. 1 and 2 only
B. 2 and 3 only
C. 1 and 3 only
D. 1, 2 and 3✓ Correct Answer
💡 Solution & Explanation
All three statements are correct. The Public Accounts Committee consists of 22 members, with 15 from Lok Sabha and 7 from Rajya Sabha. The Estimates Committee consists of 30 members exclusively drawn from the Lok Sabha. Ministerial exclusion ensures independent legislative scrutiny of executive financial administration. Committee chairpersons for the Public Accounts Committee are conventionally appointed from the opposition by the Lok Sabha Speaker.
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