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Public Accounts Committee (PAC)

Subject: Polity

Book: Indian Polity by M. Laxmikanth

A parliamentary committee that audits the government’s financial activities, examining the CAG’s reports on budget spending. Consisting of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha members, it scrutinizes departmental excesses, misappropriations, and inefficiencies. The PAC’s recommendations are persuasive, encouraging ministries to rectify shortcomings. However, it lacks executive power to enforce decisions, and compliance depends on ministries’ goodwill. Still, PAC’s oversight fosters transparency and compels officials to justify expenditures. By revealing systemic flaws, it often sparks administrative reforms. Understanding the PAC clarifies how legislative committees uphold financial accountability in parliamentary democracy.

Practice Questions

In India, the power to declare war and peace is vested in which of the following?

Who is responsible for the selection of the judges of the Supreme Court?

Who has the authority to dissolve the Rajya Sabha?

Which article of the Indian Constitution deals with the official language of the Union?

वरिष्ठ न्यायाधीशों के चयन में किस समिति का योगदान होता है?

किस संविधान संशोधन ने संसद में महिलाओं के आरक्षण का प्रस्ताव रखा?

What is the maximum number of members in the Legislative Assembly of a state?

न्यायिक स्वतंत्रता सुनिश्चित करने के लिए किस सिद्धांत का पालन किया जाता है?

What is the minimum age for a person to become the Chief Minister of a state in India?

कार्यपालिका के प्रमुख की नियुक्ति में अंतिम निर्णय किसके द्वारा होता है?