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WBCS Preliminary Examination 2024 — General Studies · Question 166 of 200

Q166
Indian PolityConstitutional, Statutory & Election Bodies
Consider the following statements: (I) Finance Commission is a Constitutional Body. (II) National Commission for Women is a Statutory Body. Which option is correct?
  1. a.Only (I)
  2. b.Only (II)
  3. c.Both (I) and (II)
  4. d.None of the above

Answer: (C) Both (I) and (II)

Both statements are correct. A constitutional body is created by the Constitution itself: the Finance Commission is provided for in Article 280. A statutory body is created by an Act of Parliament: the National Commission for Women was set up in January 1992 under the National Commission for Women Act, 1990. More examples: constitutional, Election Commission (324), UPSC (315), CAG (148), National Commissions for SCs (338), STs (338A) and Backward Classes (338B), GST Council (279A); statutory, NHRC (1993 Act), Central Information Commission (RTI Act, 2005), Central Vigilance Commission (2003 Act), Lokpal (2013 Act) and the National Green Tribunal (2010 Act). NITI Aayog is neither, being created by an executive resolution.

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