Q. What is the aim of Parliamentary Committee on Subordinate Legislation?

[A] To examine all papers laid on the table of the House by ministers to comply with provisions of the Constitution

[B] To examine promises given by ministers on the floor of the House

[C] To report to the House whether the executive has properly exercised its powers to make regulations which has been delegated by the Parliament.

[D] To allocate time for the transaction of legislative and other business brought before the House by the government.

Answer: C
Notes:

Exp) Option c is the correct answer.

The Parliament makes laws in a skeleton form and authorises the Executive to make detailed rules and regulations within the framework of the parent law. This is known as delegated legislation or executive legislation or subordinate legislation. Such rules and regulations are placed before the Parliament for its examination.

Option c is correct. Committee on subordinate legislation examines and reports to the House whether the powers to make regulations, rules, sub-rules and bye-laws delegated by the Parliament or conferred by the Constitution to the Executive are being properly exercised by it. In both the Houses, the committee consists of 15 members. It was constituted in 1953.

Option a is incorrect. Committee on Papers Laid on the Table examines all papers laid on the table of the House by ministers to see whether they comply with provisions of the Constitution, or the related Act or Rule. It does not examine statutory notifications and orders that fall under the jurisdiction of the Committee on Subordinate Legislation. It was constituted in 1975. The Lok Sabha Committee has 15 members, while the Rajya Sabha Committee has 10 members.

Option b is incorrect. Committee on Government Assurances examines the assurances, promises and undertakings given by ministers from time to time on the floor of the House and reports on the extent to which they have been carried through. In the Lok Sabha, it consists of 15 members and in the Rajya Sabha, it consists of 10 members. It was constituted in 1953.

Option d is incorrect. Business Advisory Committee regulates the programme and time table of the House. It allocates time for the transaction of legislative and other business brought before the House by the government. The Lok Sabha committee consists of 15 members including the Speaker as its chairman. In the Rajya Sabha, it has 11 members including the Chairman as its ex-officio chairman.

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