Consider the following statements regarding All India Services: 1. Rajya Sabha can pass a resolution to recommend the president to create a new All India Service. 2. Such resolution in the Rajya Sabha should be supported by one – third of the members present and voting. Which of the statements given above is/are correct? |ForumIAS

Q. Consider the following statements regarding All India Services:
1.Rajya Sabha can pass a resolution to recommend the president to create a new All India Service.
2.Such resolution in the Rajya Sabha should be supported by one – third of the members present and voting.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

[A] 1 only

[B] 2 only

[C] Both 1 and 2

[D] Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: A

Notes:

Explanation: The Parliament can create new all India services (including an all-India judicial service), if the Rajya Sabha passes a resolution declaring that it is necessary or expedient in the national interest to do so.

Such a resolution in the Rajya Sabha should be supported by two-thirds of the members present and voting.
This power of recommendation is given to the Rajya Sabha to protect the interests of states in the Indian federal system.

Source: Laxmikanth’s Polity

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