Exp) Option b is the correct answer.

Option a is incorrect and option b 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. The Committee on Subordinate Legislation examines the rules, regulations, and bye-laws made by the executive, and not all papers laid on the table of the House.

Option c is incorrect: The recommendations of the committee are not binding on the ministers or the house. However, the committee’s reports are considered influential and are often given due consideration by the House.

Option d is incorrect: The chairperson of the Committee on Subordinate Legislation is appointed by the Speaker in the Lok Sabha and by the Chairman in the Rajya Sabha. The leader of the opposition may be appointed as a member of the committee, but they are not the de-facto chairperson.