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Consultative committees of members of parliament (MPs) provide opportunities to members to have some glimpse into the working of the government. Consider the following statements about them:

1. They are helpful in reducing the number of questions asked by members in the Parliament.

2. The membership of these committees is voluntary.

3. A member of parliament can become member of maximum two such committees.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

1 only

2 and 3 only

1 and 2

1, 2 and 3

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Explanation:

Functioning of the Consultative Committees of Members of Parliament for various Ministries is one of the functions allocated to the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs under the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961. In discharge of this function, the Ministry constitutes these committees and arranges their meetings.

The current Consultative Committees of Members of Parliament in their broad features owe their origin to a suggestion made by the late Prime Minister, Shri Jawaharlal Nehru, in a Note circulated to the members of the Cabinet in 1954. The late Prime Minister felt that there should be some kind of Standing Advisory Consultative Committees of Parliament to provide opportunities to Members to have some glimpse into the working of the Government. It was felt that this might also help in reducing the number of questions asked by Members. With this in view, informal Consultative Committees were constituted for the various Ministries/Departments of the Government of India in the year 1954.

3rd statement is incorrect.

There is no such restriction for a member of Parliament to become a member of maximum two committees.

For further reading:

http://mpa.gov.in/sites/default/files/parlia7.pdf