Q1. With reference to the Parliament of India, consider the following statements:
- A private member’s bill is a bill presented by a Member of Parliament who is not elected but only nominated by the President of India.
- Recently, a private member’s bill has been passed in the Parliament of India for the first time in its history.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2
Answer – D
- Private Member Bill
- A private member bill is introduced by any member of parliament other than a minister. Hence, Statement 1 is not correct.
- A one-month notice is needed to introduce a bill in the house of Representatives.
- A private bill discussion is scheduled for every Friday of the workweek.
- A private member’s bill expresses the opposing party’s perspective on current events.
- In 1952, Syed Mohammed Ahmad Kasmi’s Muslim wakfs bill became the first private member’s bill to be passed.
- Since independence, 14 private member bills have so far been approved by the parliament. Hence, Statement 2 is not correct.
- The last private member bill passed by the parliament was the Supreme Court (enlargement of criminal appellate jurisdiction) bill in 1970.
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