UPSC Prelims 2018 · Question 20 of 99
UPSC Prelims 2018 question on Committee on Subordinate Legislation
- ExamUPSC CSE
- Year2018
- PaperGeneral Studies Paper I
- SubjectPolity
- TopicParliament
- DifficultyMedium
- TypeDirect
With reference to Parliament of India, which of the following Parliamentary Committees scrutinizes and reports to the House whether the powers to make regulations, rules, sub-rules, bye-laws, etc. conferred by the Constitution or delegated by the Parliament are being properly exercised by the Executive within the scope of such delegation?
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Answer: B. Committee on Subordinate Legislation
Analysis
The Committee on Subordinate Legislation performs this function, so the answer is (b).
This Committee examines and reports to the House whether the powers to make rules, regulations, bye-laws, schemes or other statutory instruments, conferred by the Constitution or delegated by Parliament, are being properly exercised. It consists of 15 members in each House and was constituted in 1953.
The closest distractor is (c), the Rules Committee, which sounds apt but deals with the procedural rules of the House itself rather than with delegated legislation made by the Executive. The Committee on Government Assurances tracks promises made by ministers, and the Business Advisory Committee allocates time for business.
Source
Indian Polity by M. Laxmikanth, chapter on Parliament.
How to crack it
Parliamentary committee questions are decided by matching the object of scrutiny, not the name. Ask what each committee looks at: the Rules Committee looks inward at House procedure, this one looks outward at executive rule making. Tabulate the standing committees against their objects from the Parliament chapter, since UPSC asks one almost every year and the distractors are always the similarly named ones.