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Estimates Committee
The Estimates Committee (India) is a committee of selected Member of parliament (India), members of parliament, constituted by the Parliament of India (the Lok Sabha), for the purpose of scrutinising the functioning of government ministries and departments in terms of expenditure and utilisation of funds. It also suggests alternative policies in order to bring about efficiency and economy in administration. It also examines whether the finances are laid out within the limits of the policy implied in the estimates and also to suggest the form in which the estimates shall be presented to Parliament. This committee along with the Public Accounts Committee (India), Public Accounts committee(PAC) and Committee on Public Undertakings (India), Committee on Public Undertakings (COPU) are the three Parliamentary Committees of India, financial standing committees of the Parliament of India. The committee consists of thirty members, all elected from Lok Sabha, the lower house of the P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
16th Lok Sabha
Members of the 16th Lok Sabha were elected during the 2014 Indian general election. The elections were conducted in 9 phases from 7 April 2014 to 12 May 2014 by the Election Commission of India. The results of the election were declared on 16 May 2014. The Bharatiya Janata Party (of the NDA) achieved an absolute majority with 282 seats out of 543, 166 seats more than in the previous 15th Lok Sabha. Its PM candidate Narendra Modi took office on 26 May 2014 as the 14th prime minister of India. The first session was convened from 4 to 11 June 2014. There was no leader of the opposition in the 16th Lok Sabha as the Indian Parliament rules state that a party in the Lok Sabha must have at least 10% (55) of the total seats (545) to be considered the opposition party. The Indian National Congress (of the UPA) could only manage 44 seats, while the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party from Tamil Nadu came a close third with 37 seats. Mallikarjun Kharge was declared the lead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
