Q. With reference to the composition of Cabinet Committee on Security, consider the following statements:
1. It is presently chaired by the Union Defence Minister.
2. A Minister of State is debarred from the membership of the committee.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: D
Notes:
Exp) Option d is the correct answer
Statement 1 is incorrect. Cabinet Committee on security is chaired by Prime Minister. Cabinet committees are mostly headed by the Prime Minister. Sometimes other Cabinet Ministers, particularly the Home Minister or the Finance Minister, also acts as their Chairman. But, in case the Prime Minister is a member of a committee, he invariably presides over it.
Statement 2 is incorrect. Although currently the cabinet committee on security comprises only of Cabinet Ministers, Non-cabinet ministers are not debarred from their membership.
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