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 ?
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Answer: D. Statement 1 is wrong: a private member's bill is one moved by any MP who is not a minister, whether elected or nominated. Statement 2 is wrong: the Rights of Transgender Persons Bill, 2014 passed only the Rajya Sabha in 2015, and fourteen private members' bills had already been passed by both Houses, the last in 1970. So neither is correct.
Watch for: Watch for the 2015 Rajya Sabha news making statement 2 look true; passing one House is not passing Parliament.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Wrong because any MP who is not a minister can move a private member's bill.
- B. Wrong because private members' bills became law well before 2017; the 2015 bill passed only one House.
- C. Wrong because both statements are false.
Source to check: Lok Sabha Secretariat, 'Private Members' Legislation' (loksabha.nic.in); Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha, Chapter on Private Members' Bills; M. Laxmikanth, Indian Polity, chapter 'Parliament'
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