Consider the following parliamentary committees :

1. Public Account Committee

2. Estimate Committee

3. Committee on Public Sector Undertaking

Which of the above committees will have the chairperson only from its Lok Sabha members?

a) 1 and 2 only

b) 2 and 3 only

c) 3 only

d) 1, 2 and 3 only

Ans-[A]

Explanation- Chairman of PAC is appointed from it’s Lok Sabha members. Estimate committee has members only from the Lok Sabha so naturally the chairperson will be from Lok Sabha. Committee on public undertaking can have a chairman from either it’s Rajya Sabha members or Lok Sabha members.

Note: You may refer to http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/intro/13.pdf in case of confusion with respect to committee on public undertaking.

Also, for PAC you may refer http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/intro/11.pdf