Which of the following statements regarding the Estimates Committee are correct ? 1. No member of the Rajya Sabha is associated with it. 2. It has twenty members. 3. Its members are elected in accordance with the system of proportional representation for

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Q: 33 (IES/2004)
Which of the following statements regarding the Estimates Committee are correct ?
1. No member of the Rajya Sabha is associated with it.
2. It has twenty members.
3. Its members are elected in accordance with the system of proportional representation for a period of one year.
4. The Speaker nominates one of its members to be its Chairman. Choose the answer from the codes given below :

question_subject: 

Polity

question_exam: 

IES

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0,35,14,5,35,5,4

keywords: 

{'estimates committee': [1, 0, 1, 0], 'rajya sabha': [50, 3, 22, 40], 'chairman': [0, 0, 3, 5], 'proportional representation': [2, 2, 2, 3], 'members': [37, 11, 44, 71], 'member': [22, 5, 20, 36], 'accordance': [0, 0, 3, 4]}

The correct answer is option 2, which states that statements 1, 3, and 4 are correct.

Statement 1, No member of the Rajya Sabha is associated with it, is correct. The Estimates Committee is a standing committee of the Parliament of India, specifically the Lok Sabha (House of the People). It does not include members from the Rajya Sabha (Council of States).

Statement 2, It has twenty members, is incorrect. The Estimates Committee actually consists of 30 members, which are elected by the Lok Sabha.

Statement 3, Its members are elected in accordance with the system of proportional representation for a period of one year, is correct. The members of the Estimates Committee are elected by the Lok Sabha based on their proportional representation in the house. However, their term is not limited to one year. The term of office of the committee is usually one year.

Statement 4, The Speaker nominates one of its members to be its Chairman, is correct. The Speaker of the Lok Sabha appoints one of the members of the Estimates Committee to be its Chairman. The Chairman is usually from the ruling party or coalition.

In summary, options 2, 3, and 4 are not correct, and the correct answer is option