day 9 eci, cag and niti ayog Flashcards
new committee deciding the CEC for india?
pm
opposition ls leader
cji
ECI article?
324 to 329
ECI provides power for ____ of elections
superintendence, direction and control of elections
ECI estt on
25 jan 1950
republic day se ek din pahle
the man who changed elections in india?
TN Seshan, the 10th cec of india 1990-1996
famous quote of tn seshan
good governance is not an accident
constitutionally prescribed conditions for members of ECI
none
initially number of members in ECI?
single member body
when were two more election commissioners added to ECI
october 1989
two additional posts of ECI removed and readded when?
jan 1990 abolished
october 1993 reappointed
members of ECI powers in decision making differing in CEC and other ECs
equal powers
matter is decided by majority in commission
status, salary and perks of ECs?
equivalent to judges of the sc
removal of CEC?
impeachment by parliament
removal of other ECs?
by president in consultation with the CEC
who appoints regional election commissioners
president in consultation with CEC before elections to the parliament or assemblies
debarring of retired election commissioners from further appointment by govt?
constitution has not debarred them
grounds of removal of CEC
same as judge of the sc i.e. proved misbehaviour or incapacity
who recommends the removal of regional election commissioners
same as other ECs i.e. the CEC recommends
ECI articles?
324 to 329
which committee recommended barring of reappointment after retirement
dinesh goswami committee
mota mota yaad rakhne ko:
functions of eci
demarcation of constituencies
prep electoral roll
allot symbols and accord recognition to political parties and act as a court (imp) for settling disputes regarding it
issue election dates and schedules notifications
est and enforce code of comduct
scrutiny of nomination of papers of candidates
allot sch for broadcast and telecast of party campaigns
who grants exemptions to persons from disqualifications imposed by judicial decisions
election commission in its function as an advisory and quasi judicial function
which type of candidates does the eci has power to disqualify
candidate who has failed to lodge an account of his election expenses
president seeks whose advice regd mp and mla disqualification
election commissio
after one year of pres rule in a state, elections need to be held for extention. who advices pres if it is feasible
election commission
who assists election commission at state level
chief electoral officer
who acts as the district running officer of election commission
collector
what does the distt collector in his power as a running officer for EC appoints
a returning officer for every constituency in the distt and presiding officer for every polling booth in the constituency
cag article
148
cag is head of which dept
indian audit and accounts dept
the 4 bulwarks of democratic system of govt in india
sc
eci
upsc
cag
cag resignation letter to
pres
manner of removal of cag similar to
judge of sc
eci ka bhi ye hi tha
eligibility for further office after retirement of cag
not eligible
unlike eci, retd cag cannot work in goi or states
who prescribes the administrative powers of the cag
president after consultation with cag
admin expenses of office of cag charged upon?
consolidated fund of india
notice pension mention nahi kia hai
in which dept pres asks for advice of cag for provisions
indianh audit and accounts dept
duties and power of cag article
149
act related to duties and powers of cag
cag’s (duties, powers and conditions for service) act, 1971
what did the 1976 amendment to cag duties powers and conditions of service 1971 act change
separate accounts from audit in the central govt
notice: 42nd caa ke time indira gandhi ne hi ye bhi kia
article 150?
cag advising pres regd prescription of the form in which the accounts of the centre and states shall be kept
pres cag report which to parliament article
151
cag report governer
151
same
report pesh karna 151 hai
cag certificate article for net proceeds of tax or duty
279
finance commission se just pahle wala
net proceeds meaning?
proceeds of tax or a duty minus the cost of collection
when was cag relieved from keeping records of accounts
1976
ie departmentalisation of accounts
very important
three audit reports to pres by cag
appropriation accounts
finance accounts
public undertakings
cag is responsible only to
parliament
he is an agent of parliament
who decides the scope of audit and frame audit codes and manual
cag themselves
what does the cag look into to exercise his discretionary power of proprietary audit
wisdom, faithfulness and economy of the govt expenditures and comment on the wastefulness and etravagance of such expenditure
niti ayog estt date
1 jan 2015
functions of niti ayog 4 major categories
monitoring and evaluation
foster cooperative federalism
to act as a resource cntre and knowledge hub
design policy and programme framework
governing council of niti ayog
cms of states and admins of uts
max nos of part time members in niti
2
these would be scholars from universities and research institutions
ex officio members max nos
4 ministers from union council of ministers
chief executive officer of niti ayog rank similar to?
secretary to the govt of india
special invitees appointed by?
pm for a fixed tenure
tenure pm hi fix kar raha
niti ayog me pm ka role hai sara president ka nahi
first cag?
v narahari rao 1950-54
latest cag?
14th girish chandra murmu
last 5 cags before 14th cag girish chandra murmu
9th vk shunglu
10th vijayendra nath kaul
11th vinod rai
12th sashi kant sharma
13th rajiv mehrishi
14th girish chandra murmu
first cec of india
sukumar sen
cec india now
25th rajiv kumar
last 5 cec of india before rajiv kumar
20 dr nashim zaidi
21 achal kumar jyoti
22 om prakash rawat
23 sunil arora
24 sushil chandra
25 rajiv kumar
vc of niti ayog?
3rd suman berry replacing rajiv kumar
ceo of niti ayog
bvr subramanyam
first vc of niti ayog was?
arvind pangadhiya
