QUESTION 4
GS2
10 marks
To what extent, in your view, the Parliament is able to ensure accountability of the executive in India?
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7 min
150 words
What the examiner wants
Judge how far Parliament actually holds the executive to account in India.
To what extentAnswer exactly what the question asks.
Demand-wise check
- 1Tools: Question Hour, Zero Hour, motions (no-confidence, adjournment), debates, committees (PAC, DRSCs), CAG reports≈30 words
- 2Where it works: PAC on 2G and CWG, committee scrutiny of bills≈30 words
- 3Weaknesses: fewer sittings, disruptions, anti-defection law limiting dissent, bills passed without committee scrutiny, ordinances, money bill route≈30 words
- 4Reforms: fixed minimum sittings, opposition time, mandatory referral of bills≈30 words
Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.
Answer plan
MechanismsSuccessesWeaknesses with dataReformsVerdict
Where marks usually go
- Listing tools without data on how they work in practice
- No clear 'extent' judgement
Draw this
- Scale: tools vs constraints
Value addition
- DataLok Sabha averaged about 130 sittings a year in the 1950s, against about 55–70 in recent years.PRS Legislative Research
- DataOnly about a quarter of bills were referred to committees in the 16th Lok Sabha, against 71% in the 15th.PRS Legislative Research
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Reviewed public-source references related to this PYQ. Same-syllabus references are labelled separately.
- Akash Kumar · AIR 101 · Page 17 ↗Reviewed PYQ reference
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 3 ↗Same syllabus reference
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