Q. Consider the following statements about the functions of the Indian Parliamentary Group (IPG)?
1. It helps Members of Parliament (MPs) to gather required information from Ministers of the concerned departments.
2. The group functions as the National Group of Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU).
3. The group organizes conferences of speakers of State legislative assemblies to promote cooperation between states in India.
4. The group aims to study questions of public importance by arranging seminars and discussions among members of this group at national and international level.
How many of the above given statements are correct?
Exp) Option b is the correct answer.
Statement 1 is incorrect: Parliament group does not engage in helping MPs to get information from Ministers. The Parliamentary group aims to promote personal contacts between Members of the Parliament of India.
Statement 2 is correct: It is true that IPG functions as the National Group of the IPU. IPU is the global organization of national parliaments. IPU amins to facilitate parliaments and parliamentarians across the world to promote peace, democracy and sustainable development around the world.
Statement 3 is incorrect: Parliamentary groups do not organise conferences among speakers of State legislative assemblies. However, the group organised the National Conference of Women Legislators in New Delhi in 2016 with a theme “Women Legislators: Building Resurgent India”.
Statement 4 is correct: It is true that Parliamentary groups aim to study questions of public importance by arranging seminars and discussions among members of this group. The group organises seminars and symposia on parliamentary subjects of topical interest at national as well as international level.
