Consider the following statements on Parliamentary Committees 1. Members of the Rajya Sabha are not associated with the Committees on Public Accounts and Public Undertakings. 2. Members of the Committee on Estimates are drawn from both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

Statement 1 is incorrect because members of the Rajya Sabha are indeed associated with both the Committee on Public Accounts (PAC) and the Committee on Public Undertakings (COPU). Specifically, the PAC consists of 22 members, with 15 from the Lok Sabha and 7 from the Rajya Sabha [t2][t6]. Similarly, the COPU also includes 7 members from the Rajya Sabha out of its total strength of 22 [t1][t4]. Statement 2 is incorrect because the Committee on Estimates is unique among the financial committees for drawing its members exclusively from the Lok Sabha. It consists of 30 members, all of whom are elected from the Lower House; the Rajya Sabha has no representation in this committee [c1][c2][t5]. Since both statements are false regarding the composition of these parliamentary financial committees, the correct option is 4.

Sources

1. [1] https://cms.rajyasabha.nic.in/UploadedFiles/Procedure/RajyaSabhaAtWork/English/834-967/CHAPTER25.pdf
2. [2] https://www.parliament.gov.bd/uploads/pages/parliament-research_063506_The%20Financial%20Oversight%20Committees%20of%20the%20National%20Parliament%20(1).pdf
3. [3] https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/82442/1/Unit-14.pdf
4. [4] Indian Polity, M. Laxmikanth(7th ed.) > Chapter 24: Parliamentary Committees > Estimates Committee > p. 273
5. [5] Laxmikanth, M. Indian Polity. 7th ed., McGraw Hill. > Chapter 24: Parliamentary Committees > Estimates Committee > p. 273
6. [6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_committees_of_the_Parliament_of_India