Consider the following statements regarding the Estimates Committee:1....
Statement 2 is incorrect: It examines the budget estimates only after they have been voted by the Parliament, and not before that.
Estimates Committee
- Estimates Committee is a Parliamentary Committee in India consisting of 30 Lok Sabha members, to examine the budget estimates of the Union Government.
- All the thirty members are from Lok Sabha only. The Rajya Sabha has no representation in this committee.
- These members are elected by the Lok Sabha every year from amongst its own members, according to the principles of proportional representation by means of a single transferable vote. Thus, all parties get due representation in it.
- The term of office is one year.
- A minister cannot be elected as a member of the committee.
- The chairman of the committee is appointed by the Speaker from amongst its members and he is invariably from the ruling party.
Functions of the Estimates Committee:
- To report what economies, improvements in organisation, efficiency and administrative reform consistent with the policy underlying the estimates, can be affected.
- To suggest alternative policies in order to bring about efficiency and economy in administration.
- To examine whether the money is well laid out within the limits of the policy implied in the estimates.
- To suggest the form in which the estimates are to be presented to Parliament.
Role of estimate committee:
The effectiveness of the role of the committee is limited by the following:
- It examines the budget estimates only after they have been voted by the Parliament, and not before that.
- It cannot question the policies laid down by the Parliament.
- Its recommendations are advisory and not binding on the ministries.
- It examines every year only certain selected ministries and departments. Thus, by rotation, it would cover all of them over a number of years.
- It lacks the expert assistance of the CAG which is available to the Public Accounts Committee.
- Its work is in the nature of a post-mortem.
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Consider the following statements regarding the Estimates Committee:1....
Estimates Committee
• The Estimates Committee is one of the Standing Committees of Parliament.
• It is constituted every year with a strength of 30 members, 20 from Lok Sabha and 10 from Rajya Sabha.
• The members are elected by the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha respectively, in proportion to the strength of their respective Houses.
• The Chairman of the Committee is appointed by the Speaker from among its members.
Functions of Estimates Committee
• The Estimates Committee examines the estimates included in the Budget and suggests necessary economy in public expenditure.
• It also suggests alternative policies in order to bring about efficiency and economy in administration.
• The Committee can examine such other matters as may be referred to it by the Speaker or under the Rules.
Statements regarding Estimates Committee
1. Estimates committee has representation only from Lok Sabha.
This statement is correct. As mentioned above, the Estimates Committee has a strength of 30 members, out of which 20 are from Lok Sabha and 10 are from Rajya Sabha.
2. It examines the budget estimates before they have been voted by the Parliament.
This statement is incorrect. The Estimates Committee examines the budget estimates after they have been presented to and voted by the Parliament.
Therefore, the correct answer is option 'A', i.e., 1 only.
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