Nov 19th, 2021 - Daily Quiz
1. Which of the following is/are true regarding Public Accounts Committee (PAC)?
1) It has the powers to summon Prime Minister or any other Minister with regard to any issue before it.
2) It was set up first under the provisions of the Government of India Act of 1909.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 Nor 2
2. Which of the following is/are true regarding Gram Nyayalayas?
1) The Gram Nyayalaya can try only civil cases and not criminal cases.
2) The presiding officer of the Gram Nyayalaya will be selected by the Gram Sabha by two-third majority.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 Nor 2
3. Who is the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Inter State Council?
(a) Prime Minister
(b) Union Minister of Finance
(c) Union Minister of Home Affairs
(d) Minister of Defence
4. When funds to meet the proposed expenditure on a new service can be made available by reappropriation, then which grant is passed?
(a) Additional grant
(b) Token grant
(c) Excess grant
(d) Supplementary grant
5. Vote of credit is
(a) Granted for meeting an unexpected demand upon the resources of India
(b) Granted for a special purpose and forms no part of the current service of any financial year
(c) Granted when money has been spent on any service during a financial year in excess of the amount granted for that service
(d) It is for raising money in case of emergency through a loan from the RBI.
Answers
1. (d)
- Ministers shall not be called before the Committee either to give evidence or consultation in connection with the examination of estimates of accounts.
- However, [the] chairperson, when [it is] considered necessary but after its [committee’s] deliberations are concluded, may have an informal interaction with the Minister.
- The issue came up in a meeting of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament, where chairperson and former Union Minister K.V. Thomas had declared that the PAC was within its rights to summon Mr. Modi as the committee was examining monetary policy and the issue of demonetisation.
- Public Accounts Committee was set up first in 1921 under the provisions of the Government of India Act of 1919 and has since been in existence.
- At present, it consists of 22 members (15 from the Lok Sabha and 7 from the Rajya Sabha).
2. (d)
The Gram Nyayalayas Act, 2008 has been enacted to provide for the establishment of the Gram Nyayalayas at the grass roots level for the purpose of providing access to justice to the citizens at their door steps.
Some of its salient features are:
- the Gram Nyayalaya shall be a mobile court and shall exercise the poliwers of both Criminal and Civil Courts
- the Gram Nyayalaya shall try criminal cases, civil suits, claims or disputes which are specified in the First Schedule and the Second Schedule to the Act
- Gram Nyayalayas are aimed at providing inexpensive justice to people in rural areas at their doorsteps
- the Gram Nyayalaya shall be court of Judicial Magistrate of the first class and its presiding officer (Nyayadhikari) shall be appointed by the State Government in consultation with the High Court
3. (c)
- https://www.mha.gov.in/division_of_mha/centre-state-division/inter-state-council-secretariat
4. (b)
- Token Grant - It is granted when funds to meet the proposed expenditure on a new service can be made available by reappropriation.
- A demand for the grant of a token sum (of Re 1) is submitted to the vote of the Lok Sabha and if assented, funds are made available.
- Reappropriation involves transfer of funds from one head to another. It does not involve any additional expenditure.
5. (a)
- Excess Grant - It is granted when money has been spent on any service during a financial year in excess of the amount granted for that service in the budget for that year. It is voted by the Lok Sabha after the financial year. Before the demands for excess grants are submitted to the Lok Sabha for voting, they must be approved by the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament.
- Vote of Credit - It is granted for meeting an unexpected demand upon the resources of India, when on account of the magnitude or the indefinite character of the service, the demand cannot be stated with the details ordinarily given in a budget. Hence, it is like a blank cheque given to the Executive by the Lok Sabha.
- Exceptional Grant - It is granted for a special purpose and forms no part of the current service of any financial year.
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