{"id":2241,"date":"2024-04-26T03:51:22","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T22:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2241"},"modified":"2024-04-26T03:51:22","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T22:21:22","slug":"q-with-reference-to-the-parliament-of-india-consider-the-following-statements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-with-reference-to-the-parliament-of-india-consider-the-following-statements","title":{"rendered":"Q.\u00a0With reference to the Parliament of India, consider the following statements:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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  1. A private member\u2019s bill is a bill presented by a Member of Parliament who is\u00a0not elected but only nominated\u00a0<\/strong>by the President of India.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Recently, a private member\u2019s bill has been passed in the Parliament of India for the\u00a0first time in its history<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Which of the statements given above is\/are correct?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • 1 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 2 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Both 1 and 2<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Neither 1 nor 2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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      Answer:<\/strong> (d) Neither 1 nor 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

      Private Member\u2019s Bill<\/strong>:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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      • Private Member:\u00a0<\/strong>\n
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        • A member of parliament\u00a0(MP) who is not a minister<\/strong>\u00a0is a private member.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Private Member Bill:\u00a0<\/strong>\n
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          • The\u00a0Bills introduced by private members<\/strong>\u00a0are referred to as Private Member\u2019s Bills.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • The purpose of private member\u2019s bill is\u00a0to draw the government\u2019s attention to what individual MPs see as issues and gaps<\/strong>\u00a0in the existing legal framework, which require legislative intervention.\n
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            • Thus it reflects the stand of the\u00a0opposition party on public matters.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Government Bill:\u00a0<\/strong>\n
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              • The Bills introduced by ministers are called government Bills.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • The government bills have the backing of the government and reflect its legislative agenda.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Whether the Private Bill has to be admitted or not is decided by the Speaker of the Lok Sabha or Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Procedure:\u00a0<\/strong>\n
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                • The MP who wants to move a Private Member\u2019s Bill has to give at least\u00a0a month\u2019s notice<\/strong>, for the House Secretariat to examine it for compliance with constitutional provisions and rules on legislation.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                • In case of multiple Bills,\u00a0a ballot system is used to decide the sequence of bills for introduction.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                • The Parliamentary Committee on Private Member\u2019s Bills and Resolutions goes through all such Bills and classifies them based on their urgency and importance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                • The government bills can be introduced and discussed on any day, private member\u2019s bills can be introduced and discussed\u00a0only on Fridays.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                • Private member Bill becoming Law:<\/strong>\n
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                  • No\u00a0Private Member\u2019s Bill has been passed by the Parliament since 1970<\/strong>, according to PRS Legislative Research.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • So far, the Parliament has passed\u00a014 such Bills<\/strong>, six of them in 1956.\u00a0Some other private member bills that have become laws include-\n
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                    • Proceedings of Legislature (Protection of Publication) Bill, 1956, in the Lok Sabha;<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                    • The Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament (Amendment) Bill, 1964, introduced by in the Lok Sabha and<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                    • The Indian Penal Code (Amendment) Bill, 1967 introduced in the Rajya Sabha.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                    • The\u00a016th Lok Sabha\u00a0<\/strong>(2014-19) witnessed the highest number of Private Member Bills introduced (999) since 2000.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                    • As many as 142 members have introduced Bills in the 16th Lok Sabha, of which 34 members have introduced 10 or more Bills.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                      Differences Between Government Bill & Private Member\u2019s Bill<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
                      Government Bill<\/strong><\/th>Private Member\u2019s Bill<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
                      It can be introduced and discussed on any day.<\/td>It is only introduced and discussed on Fridays.<\/td><\/tr>
                      Generally, no period of notice.<\/td>It requires a notice of a month before its introduction.<\/td><\/tr>
                      It reflects the policies of the Government (Ruling Party). <\/td>Can be from the Ruling party or other parties.<\/td><\/tr>
                      Its rejection in the house may come to the questioning of the capacity of Government. <\/td>Nothing such with Private Member\u2019s Bill.<\/td><\/tr>
                      Such a bill cannot be introduced by individual MPs.<\/td>Individual MPs (who are not Ministers) may introduce such a bill to draw the government\u2019s attention to what they might see as issues requiring legislative intervention.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                      Which of the statements given above is\/are correct? Answer: (d) Neither 1 nor 2 Private Member\u2019s Bill: Differences Between Government Bill & Private Member\u2019s Bill Government Bill Private Member\u2019s Bill It can be introduced and discussed on any day. It is only introduced and discussed on Fridays. Generally, no period of notice. It requires a notice…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[39],"years":[56],"class_list":["post-2241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc","category-prelims","tag-indian-polity","years-56"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"UPSC"},{"value":3,"label":"Prelims"}],"post_tag":[{"value":39,"label":"Indian Polity"}],"years":[{"value":56,"label":"2017"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"LotusArise","author_link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/author\/team-lotusarise"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"UPSC","slug":"upsc","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1269,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":1269,"category_description":"","cat_name":"UPSC","category_nicename":"upsc","category_parent":0},{"term_id":3,"name":"Prelims","slug":"prelims","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":1,"count":1251,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":3,"category_count":1251,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Prelims","category_nicename":"prelims","category_parent":1}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":39,"name":"Indian Polity","slug":"indian-polity","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":39,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":188,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2241\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2241"},{"taxonomy":"years","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/years?post=2241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}