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With respect to the Public Accounts Committee of the Parliament of India, which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. The committee came into existence in the year 1921
2. It was not a Parliamentary Committee under the control of the Speaker at the time of its inception
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Explanation
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) was first established in 1921 under the provisions of the Government of India Act of 1919 (Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms). Hence, statement 1 is correct.
At the time of its inception and throughout the pre-independence era, the PAC functioned differently than it does today. It was not under the control of the Speaker (or the President of the Legislative Assembly); instead, the Finance Member of the Governor-General’s Executive Council served as its Chairman, and the Finance Department provided its secretarial staff. It became a full-fledged Parliamentary Committee under the control of the Speaker only after the Constitution of India came into force in 1950. Thus, statement 2 is also correct.
SIMILAR QUESTIONS
Which one of the following statements about the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the Parliament is not correct?
With reference to Public Accounts Committee, which of the following statements is/are correct ?
1. Public Accounts Committee submits its report to the Lok Sabha.
2. Public Accounts Committee consists of 15 members from Rajya Sabha.
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