Q. With reference to ‘Departmentally Related Standing Committees (DRSCs)’, consider the following statements:
1. A minister is not eligible to be nominated as a member of any of these standing committees.
2. The term of office of each standing committee is restricted to a single session of the house of the Parliament.
3. These committees cannot examine any of the Demands for Grants of the concerned ministries.
How many of the above given statements are correct?
Exp) Option a is the correct answer.
Statement 1 is correct: According to the rules of Parliament, a minister is not eligible to be nominated as a member of any of the standing committees. In case a member, after his nomination to any of the standing committees, is appointed a minister, he then ceases to be a member of the committee.
Statement 2 is incorrect: The term of the office of each standing committee is not restricted to a single session of the house of Parliament. The term of office of each standing committee is one year from the date of its constitution.
Statement 3 is incorrect: One of the important functions of DRSCs is to consider the demands for grants of the concerned ministries / departments before they are discussed and voted in the Lok Sabha. Its report should not suggest anything of the nature of cut motions.
| Important Tips The functions of DRSCs: 1. To consider the demands for grants of the concerned ministries / departments before they are discussed and voted in the Lok Sabha. Its report should not suggest anything of the nature of cut motions. 2. To examine bills pertaining to the concerned ministries / departments 3. To consider annual reports of ministries / departments 4. To consider national basic long-term policy documents presented to the Houses |
