General Study Answer Writing on the topics Parliament and State Legislatures – structure, functioning, the conduct of business, powers & privileges and issues arising out of these.
Q.1) Why do you think the committees are considered to be useful for parliamentary work? Discuss, in this context, the role or the Estimates Committee. (10 marks)
Q.2) Individual Parliamentarian’s role as the national lawmaker is on a decline, which in turn, has adversely impacted the quality of debates and their outcome. Discuss. (15 marks)
Q.3) The Indian Constitution has provisions for holding joint session of the two houses of the Parliament. Enumerate the occasions when this would normally happen and also the occasions when it cannot, with reasons thereof. (15 marks)