Q. With reference to the Committee of Parliament on Official Language, consider the following statements:
1. The members of the Committee on Official Language are elected from both houses of Parliament.
2. The Union Minister of Culture is the exofficio chairman of the committee.
3. The Committee reviews the progress made in the use of Hindi for official purposes of the Union.
How many of the above-given statements are correct?
Exp) Option b is the correct answer.
The Official language Act, 1963 and Article 344 of the Indian Constitution provides with the establishment and provision associated with the Commission and Committee of Parliament on official language.
Statement 1 is correct. The Committee on official languages consists of thirty members, of whom twenty shall be members of the House of the People and ten shall be members of the Council of States. These members are elected respectively by the members of the House of the People and the members of the Council of States. The election is in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote.
Statement 2 is incorrect. The Chairman of Committee is elected by the members of the committee. As per the traditional criteria of the committee, the union home minister (not Minister of Culture) is appointed as the Chairman of the official language committee. Currently, the Union Home Minister, Shri Amit Shah, is the chairman of Parliamentary Committee on Official Language.
Statement 3 is correct. The purpose of the Committee is
- To review the progress made in the use of Hindi for official purposes of Union, and
- To make recommendations to increase the use of Hindi in official communications.
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