Parliamentary instruments
Parliamentary instruments is a Polity concept from the MPSC syllabus, tested in 2 past MPSC questions (2020, 2023). Below are those real questions with their correct answers and explanations, plus the concepts worth being comfortable with first.
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खालीलपैकी कोणत्या जोड्या योग्य रीतीने जुळत नाहीत ? Which of the following pairs are not correctly matched ?
(a)लक्षवेधी सूचना - तातडीच्या, सार्वजनिक दृष्ट्या महत्त्वाच्या बाबीकडे मंत्र्याचे लक्ष वेधणे
(b)स्थगन प्रस्ताव - सभागुहाची मुदत (वेळ) संपण्यापूर्वी स्थगित करणे.
(c)हक्कभंग प्रस्ताव - सभागृहाची कार्यवाही जेव्हा कामकाज पद्धतीच्या नियमानुसार चालत नसेल तेव्हा त्याकडे सभापतीचे लक्ष वेधणे.
(d)हरकतीचा मुद्दा - मंत्र्यांनी दिलेल्या चुकीच्या/अपूर्ण उत्तराकडे सभापतीचे लक्ष वेधणे.
Adjournment motion deals with urgent public matters (not just ending time), Privilege motion deals with breach of parliamentary privileges (not rules of procedure), and Point of Order deals with rule violations (not wrong ministerial answers).
लोकसभेच्या ‘शून्य प्रहर’ (Zero Hour) संदर्भात खालील विधाने विचारात घ्या : Consider the following statements regarding ‘Zero Hour’ of Lok Sabha :
(a)प्रश्नोत्तराच्या तासानंतर आणि कागदपत्रे ठेवण्याआधीची वेळ आणि सभागृहात कोणतेही सूचीबद्ध कामकाज सुरू होण्यापूर्वीची वेळ ‘शून्य प्रहर’ म्हणून ओळखली जाते. / The time immediately following the question hour and laying of papers and before any listed business is taken up in the house has come to be known as the zero hour.
(b)शून्य प्रहर दरम्यान मुद्दे मांडण्यासाठी, सदस्य दररोज सकाळी 8.00 ते 9.30 या वेळेत सभापतीस सूचना देतात. / For raising matters during the zero hour members has to give notice between 8.00 a.m. to 9.30 a.m. everyday to the Speaker.
(c)सध्या, शून्य तासादरम्यान प्राधान्य क्रमानुसार दररोज तीस प्रकरणे (मुद्दे) मांडण्याची परवानगी आहे. / At present, thirty matters per day as per their priority are allowed to be raised during zero hour.
(d)शून्य तासाबाबत नियमात कोणतीही तरतूद नसल्याने, कोणत्याही दिवशी किती प्रकरणे मांडता येतील यावर कमाल मर्यादा नाही. / There is no maximum limit on the number of matters that can be raised on any given day as there is no provision in rules about Zero Hour.
Zero Hour is an Indian parliamentary innovation. Statement A accurately describes its timing (after Question Hour before listed business), and Statement D is correct because Zero Hour is not mentioned in the Rules of Procedure, hence there is no formal maximum limit on matters.