SSC Indian Polity and Civics Sample Paper NCERT Sample Paper-7

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    Which one of the following does NOT fall within the scope of the Committee on Public Undertakings?

    A) Examination of the reports and accounts of such public undertakings as have been specifically allotted to the committee

    B) Matters of major government policy as distinct from business or commercial functions of the public undertakings

    C) Examination of the reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General

    D) Examination of the autonomy and efficiency of the public undertakings

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    The functions of the Committee on Public Undertakings are:- To examine the reports and accounts of Public Undertakings specified in the Fourth Schedule to the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha; To examine the reports, if any, of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on the Public Undertakings; To examine, in the context of the autonomy and efficiency of the Public Undertakings whether the affairs of the Public Undertakings are being managed in accordance with sound business principles and prudent commercial practices; and To exercise such other functions vested in the Public Accounts Committee and the Estimates Committee in relation to the Public Undertakings as are not covered by clauses [a], and above and as may be allotted to the Committee by the Speaker from time to time.


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