Parliamentary committees are indispensable to the legislative process. It provides for the opportunity for cross-pollination between the two chambers of the Parliament. Discuss.
How the answer moves
The flow snapshot — the routes in, the body, the counter-view and the routes out.
Route 1 Wilson: committee-rooms = “Congress at work” → full House short on time, hit by disruption → detailed work shifts to committees
Route 2 Legislative load too heavy for the floor → Articles 105 & 118 empower committees → real scrutiny moves off the House floor
Constitutional base (Art 105/118) → depth via DRSCs (post-1989): technical scrutiny + expert input + non-partisan → financial control: PAC (Morris-Jones), Estimates, CPU guard public money → Chakshu Roy: identify issues, suggest solutions, flag gaps → reports aid interpretation (Kalpana Mehta) → cross-pollination: joint + departmental committees seat both Houses together → Lok Sabha ↔ Rajya Sabha shape a Bill together
Referrals collapse 71% (15th LS) → 16% (17th LS) → farm laws bypass scrutiny → short tenure, weak attendance, non-binding reports → Pratap Bhanu Mehta: weak committees feed executive centralisation
Route 1 NCRWC: send all major Bills to DRSCs → restored committees secure law quality + inter-chamber collaboration
Route 2 Indispensability real but neglected in practice → revival = better laws + genuine cross-pollination between the Houses
Model answer
Handwritten, in the form it would be written in the examination hall.
