Explanation:

There are a total of 24 department-related standing committees, of which eight are with the Rajya Sabha and the remaining 16 with the Lok Sabha. The eight Rajya Sabha committees consist of 244 members from both Houses, with 78 from Rajya Sabha and 166 from Lok Sabha. The standing committee system was introduced in 1993 with the panels drawing members from all political parties. Hence statement 1 is not correct. • Rules relating to the department-related parliamentary standing committees, state that: o Each of the Standing Committees shall have the following functions, namely:- ? to consider the Demands for Grants of the related Ministries/Departments and report thereon. The report shall not suggest anything of the nature of cut motions; ? to examine Bills, pertaining to the related Ministries/Departments, referred to the Committee by the Chairman or the Speaker, as the case may be, and report thereon; ? to consider the annual reports of the Ministries/Departments and report thereon; and ? to consider national basic long-term policy documents presented to the Houses, if referred to the Committee by the Chairman or the Speaker, as the case may be, and report thereon.

? Provided that the Standing Committees shall not consider matters of the day-to-day administration of the related Ministries/Departments. ? Hence statement 2 is not correct.