{"id":2404,"date":"2025-05-01T19:34:40","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T14:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2404"},"modified":"2025-05-01T19:34:42","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T14:04:42","slug":"q-which-of-the-following-statements-about-the-ethics-committee-in-the-lok-sabha-are-correct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-which-of-the-following-statements-about-the-ethics-committee-in-the-lok-sabha-are-correct","title":{"rendered":"Q.\u00a0Which of the following statements about the Ethics Committee in the Lok Sabha are correct?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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  1. Initially it was an ad-hoc Committee.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Only<\/strong>\u00a0a Member of the Lok Sabha can make a complaint relating to unethical conduct of a member of the Lok Sabha.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. This Committee cannot take up any matter which is sub-judice.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Select the answer using the code given below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • 1 and 2 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 2 and 3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 1 and 3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 1, 2 and 3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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      Answer: (c) 1 and 3 only<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

      Ethics Committee:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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      • Objective: It\u00a0oversees the moral and ethical conduct of members\u00a0<\/strong>and examines cases of misconduct referred to it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • History<\/strong>:\n
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        • A Presiding Officers\u2019 Conference held in Delhi in 1996 first mooted the idea of ethics panels for the two Houses.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Then Vice President (and Rajya Sabha Chairman) K R Narayanan constituted the\u00a0Ethics Committee of the Upper House in 1997.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • In the case of Lok Sabha, a study group of the House Committee of Privileges recommended (in 1997) the constitution of an Ethics Committee, but it could not be taken up by Lok Sabha.\n
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          • The\u00a0Committee of Privileges<\/strong>\u00a0finally recommended the constitution of an Ethics Committee during the 13th Lok Sabha.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • The late Speaker, G M C Balayogi, constituted an\u00a0ad hoc Ethics Committee in 2000, which became a permanent part of the House only in 2015.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Appointment of members in Lok Sabha:<\/strong>\u00a0The members of the Ethics Committee are\u00a0appointed by the Speaker for a period of one year.<\/strong>\n
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            • The\u00a015-member\u00a0<\/strong>Committee\u2019s function is to examine every complaint relating to unethical conduct of a Member of Lok Sabha referred to it by the Speaker and make such recommendations as it may deem fit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Procedure for complaints<\/strong>:\n
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              • Any person can complain against a Member through another Lok Sabha MP, along with evidence of the alleged misconduct, and an affidavit stating that the complaint is not \u201cfalse, frivolous, or vexatious\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • If the Member himself complains, the affidavit is not needed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • The Speaker can refer to the Committee any complaint against an MP.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • The Committee does not entertain complaints based only on media reports or on matters that are\u00a0sub-judice<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • The Committee makes a prima facie inquiry before deciding to examine a complaint. It makes its recommendations after evaluating the complaint.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • The\u00a0Committee presents its report to the Speaker<\/strong>, who asks the House if the report should be taken up for consideration. There is also a provision for a\u00a0half-hour discussion<\/strong>\u00a0on the report.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Overlap with Privileges Committee:<\/strong>\n
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                • The work of the Ethics Committee and the\u00a0Privileges Committee<\/strong>\u00a0often overlap. An allegation of corruption against an MP can be sent to either body, but usually more serious\u00a0accusations go to the Privileges Committee.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                • The mandate of the Privileges Committee is to\u00a0safeguard the \u201cfreedom, authority, and dignity of\u00a0Parliament\u201d.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                • These privileges are enjoyed by individual Members as well as the House as a whole. An MP can be examined for\u00a0Breach of Privilege;<\/strong>\u00a0a non-MP too can be accused of breach of privilege for actions that attack the authority and dignity of the House.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                • The Ethics Committee can take up only cases of misconduct that involve MPs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                  Select the answer using the code given below: Answer: (c) 1 and 3 only Ethics Committee:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[49],"class_list":["post-2404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc","category-prelims","tag-indian-polity","years-49"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"UPSC"},{"value":3,"label":"Prelims"}],"post_tag":[{"value":39,"label":"Indian Polity"}],"years":[{"value":49,"label":"2024"}]},"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\/2404","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=2404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2404"},{"taxonomy":"years","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/years?post=2404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}