With reference to the Parliament of India, which of the following Parliamentary Committees scrutinizes and reports to the House whether the powers to make regulations, rules, sub-rules, by-laws, etc. conferred by the Constitution or delegated by the Parliament are being properly exercised by the Executive within the scope of such delegation?
Answer & explanation
Answer: (b) Committee on Subordinate Legislation
Laws passed by Parliament often leave the details to the executive, which fills them in through rules, regulations and bye-laws. Each House has a Committee on Subordinate Legislation to check that this delegated power is used only within the limits Parliament or the Constitution set.
- ✓ (b) In the Rajya Sabha this committee is constituted under Rules 204–206 of its Rules of Procedure; the Lok Sabha has its own committee of the same name.
- ✗ (a) The Committee on Government Assurances tracks whether promises and undertakings given by Ministers on the floor of the House are carried out.
- ✗ (c) The Rules Committee considers the House's own rules of procedure and conduct of business and recommends amendments; it does not examine executive rule-making.
Remember · Delegated (subordinate) legislation = rules, regulations, bye-laws made by the executive under an Act; watched over by the Committee on Subordinate Legislation in each House.
Sources
- Committee on Subordinate Legislation, Rajya Sabha Practice & Procedure Series 13, Rajya Sabha Secretariat ↗ “To scrutinise and ensure whether powers to make rules, regulations, bye-laws, schemes or other statutory instruments conferred by the Constitution or delegated by Parliament have been properly exercised within such conferment or delegation, a Committee called the Committee on Subordinate Legislation has been constituted”
Question and answer: UPSC's official GS Paper I (2018, Series A) — paper ↗ · answer key ↗. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 30 Sept 2026 (how we verify). ·