No-confidence and Censure motions are parliamentary tools to hold the Council of Ministers accountable, but they differ in scope and requirements.
Consider the following statements regarding censure and no-confidence motions : No-confidence motion needs the support of 50 members to be admitted. There is a need to state reason for moving the no-confidence motion. Censure motion can be moved against individual minister. Which of the above statements are correct ?
Asked in UPSC Combined Section Officer 2024 · Topic: The Parliament (Devices of Parliamentary Procedure: Questions Hour, Zero Hour, Motions, Resolutions)
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- Consider the following statements regarding the Speaker to decide admissibility of the questions under the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the House of the People : 1. The Speaker shall decide whether a question, or a part thereof, is or is not admissible under these rules and may disallow any question, or a part thereof, when in the opinion of the Speaker, it is an abuse of the right of questioning or is calculated to obstruct or prejudicially affect the procedure of the House or is in contravention of these rules. 2. Subject to the provisions of Rule 38, the Speaker may direct that a question be placed on the list of questions for answer on a date later than that specified by a member in the notice if the Speaker is of the opinion that a longer period is necessary to decide whether the question is or is not admissible. Which of the above statements is/are correct ?
