Q. The Dinesh Goswami Committee was formed to make recommendations on
Exp) Option b is the correct answer.
Dinesh Goswami was a politician in India. In 1989, he served as the Law and Justice Minister in the V.P. Singh government. In 1990, the Dinesh Goswami Committee was formed to make recommendations on electoral reforms.
| Important Tips The Recommendations of Dinesh Goswami Committee • It proposed giving political parties in-kind governmental money (state funding) • It also suggested that a candidate should not be permitted to contest in more than two constituencies. • Need for amendment of Anti-defection law to restrict disqualification where elected member voluntarily gives up his membership. • Fresh delimitation based on 1981 census • Reduce age of candidates from 25 to 21 for assembly seats • Discourage non-serious candidates – increasing the security deposit to Rs 5000 for Lok Sabha and Rs 2500 for Assembly elections. • The issue of disqualification should be decided by the President/ Governor on the advice of the Election Commission. |
