{"id":1137,"date":"2026-08-09T18:46:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/parliamentary-committees-are-indispensable-to-the-legislative-upsc-psir-2025-1912\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:24:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:54:04","slug":"parliamentary-committees-are-indispensable-to-the-legislative-upsc-psir-2025-1912","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/parliamentary-committees-are-indispensable-to-the-legislative-upsc-psir-2025-1912\/","title":{"rendered":"Parliamentary committees are indispensable to the legislative process. It provides for the opportunity for cross-pollination between the two chambers of the Parliament. Discuss."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>\u2014 how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Wilson<\/b>: committee-rooms = \u201cCongress at work\u201d <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> full House short on time, hit by disruption <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> detailed work shifts to committees<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> Legislative load too heavy for the floor <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Articles 105 &amp; 118 empower committees <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> real scrutiny moves off the House floor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>Constitutional base (Art 105\/118) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> depth via DRSCs (post-1989): technical scrutiny + expert input + non-partisan <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> financial control: PAC (<b class=\"pq-sc\">Morris-Jones<\/b>), Estimates, CPU guard public money <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Chakshu Roy<\/b>: identify issues, suggest solutions, flag gaps <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> reports aid interpretation (<i>Kalpana Mehta<\/i>) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> cross-pollination: joint + departmental committees seat both Houses together <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Lok Sabha <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2194<\/span> Rajya Sabha shape a Bill together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>Referrals collapse 71% (15th LS) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> 16% (17th LS) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> farm laws bypass scrutiny <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> short tenure, weak attendance, non-binding reports <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Pratap Bhanu Mehta<\/b>: weak committees feed executive centralisation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> NCRWC: send all major Bills to DRSCs <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> restored committees secure law quality + inter-chamber collaboration<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> Indispensability real but neglected in practice <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> revival = better laws + genuine cross-pollination between the Houses<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[36],"pyq_marks":[31],"pyq_topic":[60],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1137","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-36","pyq_marks-20-marks","pyq_topic-principal-organs-of-the-union-and-state-government","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4731,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1137\/revisions\/4731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1137"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1137"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1137"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}