Which of the following is are similarity similarities among the Public Accounts Committee the Estima...........

Indian Polity Parliamentary Committees

Which of the following is/are similarity/similarities among the Public Accounts Committee, the Estimates Committee and the Committee on Public Undertakings?

1. A minister cannot be elected as a member to these committees

2. All these committees have representations from both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha

3. All the political parties get due representation to these committees

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

2 and 3 only

1 and 3 only

2 only

1, 2 and 3

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Explanation:

Statement 1 is correct.

A minister cannot be elected as a member to the Public Accounts Committee, the Estimates Committee and the Committee on Public Undertakings.

Statement 2 is incorrect.

The Estimates Committee has 30 members and they are all from the Lok Sabha only. The Public Accounts Committee and The Committee on Public Undertakings both are consists of 22 members (at present); 15 from the Lok Sabha and 7 from the Rajya Sabha.

Statement 3 is correct.

The members of the Public Accounts Committee, the Estimates Committee and the Committee on Public Undertakings are elected every year according to the principle of proportional representations by means of a single transferable vote. Thus, all political parties get due representation in it.