{"id":2222,"date":"2024-04-26T03:31:47","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T22:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2222"},"modified":"2024-04-26T03:31:47","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T22:01:47","slug":"q-consider-the-following-statements-110","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-consider-the-following-statements-110","title":{"rendered":"Q.\u00a0Consider the following statements:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Election Commission of India is a\u00a0<strong>five-member<\/strong>\u00a0body.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Union Ministry of Home Affairs<\/strong>\u00a0decides the election schedule for the conduct of both general elections and bye-elections.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Election Commission resolves the disputes relating to splits\/mergers of recognised political parties.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Which of the statements given above is\/are correct?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"mcq wp-block-list\">\n<li>1 and 2 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 and 3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3 only<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>(d) 3 only<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"election-commission\"><strong>Election commission<\/strong>:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Election Commission of India is an<strong>\u00a0autonomous constitutional body<\/strong>\u00a0responsible for administering Union and State election processes in India.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Election Commission was established in accordance with the Constitution on 25th January 1950.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The body administers elections to the Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, and State Legislative Assemblies in India, and the offices of the President and Vice President in the country.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Article 324 to 329\u00a0<\/strong>of the constitution deals with powers, function, tenure, eligibility, etc of the commission and the member.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The election commission has three election commissioners,\u00a0one Chief Election Commissioner and two Election Commissioners.<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Originally the commission had only a Chief Election Commissioner<\/strong>. It currently consists of Chief Election Commissioner and two Election Commissioners.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For the first time two additional Commissioners were appointed on 16th October 1989 but they had a very short tenure till 1st January 1990. Later,\u00a0<strong>on 1st October 1993 two additional Election Commissioners were appointed.<\/strong>\u00a0The concept of multi-member Commission has been in operation since then, with decision making power by\u00a0<strong>majority vote.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The President appoints Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They have a\u00a0<strong>fixed tenure of six years<\/strong>, or\u00a0<strong>up to the age of 65 years<\/strong>, whichever is earlier.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They enjoy the same status and receive salary and perks as available to Judges of the Supreme Court of India.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Chief Election Commissioner can be\u00a0<strong>removed from office only through a\u00a0process of removal\u00a0similar to that of a Supreme Court judge<\/strong>\u00a0for by Parliament<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Election commission decides the election schedule for the conduct of both general elections and bye-elections<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>It also decides the disputes relating to splits\/mergers of recognized political parties<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It prepares electoral roll, issues Electronic Photo Identity Card (EPIC).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It\u00a0<strong>grants recognition to political parties &amp; allots election symbols<\/strong>\u00a0to them along with settling disputes related to it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It\u00a0issues the\u00a0<strong>Model Code of Conduct<\/strong>\u00a0in the election\u00a0for political parties and candidates.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It\u00a0sets limits of campaign expenditure per candidate\u00a0to all the political parties.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which of the statements given above is\/are correct? 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