Q132
Indian PolityParliament & State Legislature
According to the Constitution of India it is the duty of the President to present which of the following on the desk of the Parliament? 1. Recommendations of Union Finance Commission 2. Report of the Public Accounts Committee 3. Report of the Comptroller and Auditor-General 4. Report of the National Scheduled Caste Commission. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- a.1 only
- b.2 and 4
- c.1, 3 and 4
- d.1, 2, 3 and 4
Answer: (C) 1, 3 and 4
The President is constitutionally required to lay before Parliament the Finance Commission's recommendations (Article 281), the CAG's audit reports (Article 151), and reports of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (Article 338) — but not the Public Accounts Committee's report, which is a Parliamentary committee's own output presented directly to Parliament, not routed through the President.