| With reference to the Parliament of India, consider the following statements : |
| 1. A private member's bill is a bill presented by a Member of parliament who is not elected but only nominated by the president of India. |
| 2. Recently, a private member's bill has been passed in the |
| Parliament of India for the first time in its history. |
| Which of the statements given above is/are correct? |
A) Only 1
B) Only 2
C) Both 1 and 2
D) Neither1nor 2
Correct Answer: D
Solution :
Exp. [d] Members of Parliament other than ministers are called private members and bills presented by them are known as private member's bills. Any MP can introduce a bill in parliament. Private member bills are bills introduced in parliament by MPs who are not ministers. Only 14 private members' bills had been passed since Independence. The Rights of Transgender Persons Bill, 2014, passed by the Rajya Sabha on Friday is the first private member's bill to get the ujpper house's approval in the past 45 years.
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