Consider the following statements with respect to Parliamentary Committees Members of parliamentary ...........

Indian Polity Parliamentary Committees

Consider the following statements with respect to Parliamentary Committees

Members of parliamentary committee are nominated by the Speaker.
Railway Convention Committee and Committee on Food Management comes under Ad hoc Committee.
The Finance Minister is the head of all the parliamentary Financial Committees.

Select the correct statement.

1&2 only

2&3 only

1&3 only

All of the above

Both statements 1&2 are correct.
Parliamentary Committees

Parliamentary Committee is a panel of MPs appointed or elected by the House or nominated by the Speaker.
It works under the direction of the Speaker.
It has their origins in the British Parliament.

They draw their authority from:

Article 105 - deals with the privileges of MPs.
Article 118 – It gives Parliament authority to make rules to regulate its procedure and conduct of business.

It can be classified into:

The Financial Committees includes:

The Committee on Public Undertakings

These committees were constituted in 1950.
Each of these Committees has 31 members, 21 from Lok Sabha and 10 from Rajya Sabha.
Railway Convention Committee, Committee on Food Management and Security in Parliament House Complex, etc. comes under the category of Ad hoc Committees.
There are 16 Departmentally Related Standing Committees for Lok Sabha and 8 for Rajya Sabha.
The other Standing Committees for each house are Business Advisory Committee and the Privileges Committee.
A Minister is not eligible for election or nomination to Financial Committees, and certain Departmentally Related Committees.