Joint Parliamentary Committee has been constituted in the wake of Augusta Westland Helicopter scam r...........

Indian Polity Parliamentary Committees

Joint Parliamentary Committee has been constituted in the wake of Augusta Westland Helicopter scam recently. Consider the following statements:

1. This is the fourth JPC constituted so far in the history of Indian Parliament

2. The JPC has 20 MPs from Lok Sabha and 10 members from the Rajya Sabha

3. It is an Ad-hoc committee constituted only for specific purpose

Which of the given above statements is/are correct?

1 only

1 & 2

All of the above

2. The Lok Sabha members are double compared to Rajya Sabha members.

for e.g. If Joint Parliamentary committee has 10 Lok Sabha Members then 5 members will be from Rajya Sabha and total member of JPC will be 15.

The strength of a JPC may be different each time.

Submit Error