Q. Who among the following is the ex-officio chairperson of the Indian Parliamentary Group (IPG)?
Exp) Option b is the correct answer.
Speaker of Lok Sabha is an ex-officio chairperson of the Indian parliamentary group (IPG). Membership of the Indian Parliamentary Group is open to all Members of Parliament and ex-Members of Parliament. The management and control of the affairs of the Group are vested in the Executive Committee.
| Important Tips Inter Parliamentary Group (IPG): The Inter Parliamentary Group (IPG) aims to promote personal contacts between Members of Parliament and disseminate information to the Members of Parliament by conducting seminars etc. on the issues that are likely to come up before Parliament. The Group acts as a link between the Parliament of India and the various Parliaments of the world by exchange of delegations, goodwill missions, documents etc. with foreign Parliaments. It also functions as the (a) National Group of the InterParliamentary Union and (b) Main Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association in India. |
