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The Committee of Parliament on Official Language comprises the members
Explanation
The Committee of Parliament on Official Language is a statutory body established under Section 4 of the Official Languages Act, 1963. According to the Act, the committee was to be constituted ten years after the promulgation of the Act to review the progress of Hindi for official purposes of the Union . This committee was subsequently set up in 1976 . It consists of a total of 30 members of Parliament, specifically 20 members from the Lok Sabha and 10 members from the Rajya Sabha . The members from the Lok Sabha are elected by the members of the Lok Sabha, and those from the Rajya Sabha are elected by the members of the Rajya Sabha, in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote. This composition ensures balanced representation from both houses while maintaining the 2:1 ratio common in several joint parliamentary committees.
Sources
- [1] Indian Polity, M. Laxmikanth(7th ed.) > Chapter 73: Official Language > Committee of Parliament on Official Language7 > p. 543