With reference to the Parliament of India, consider the following statements:
- 1. A private member’s bill is a bill presented by a Member of Parliament who is not elected but only nominated by the President of India.
- 2. Recently, a private member’s bill has been passed in the Parliament of India for the first time in its history.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
1 only
2 only
Both 1 and 2
Neither 1 nor 2
Answer is Right!
Answer is Wrong!
This question was previously asked in
UPSC IAS – 2017
– Statement 2 is incorrect. While it is true that passing a private member’s bill is rare, it is not unprecedented in the history of the Indian Parliament. Several private member bills have been passed by Parliament since independence, though none have been passed since 1970. Therefore, it is incorrect to state that one has been passed “for the first time in its history” recently.