CSE · GS-2Official PYQ · CSE 2016 · Q4Polity · Constitutional Bodies · 12.5 marks · 200 words
English
Exercise of CAG’s powers in relation to the accounts of the Union and the States is derived from Article 149 of the Indian Constitution. Discuss whether audit of the Government’s policy implementation could amount to overstepping its own (CAG) jurisdiction.
हिन्दी
संघ और राज्यों के लेखाओं के सम्बन्ध में, नियंत्रक और महालेखापरीक्षक की शक्तियों का प्रयोग भारतीय संविधान के अनुच्छेद 149 से व्युत्पन्न है। चर्चा कीजिए कि क्या सरकार की नीति कार्यान्वयन की लेखापरीक्षा करना अपने स्वयं (नियंत्रक और महालेखापरीक्षक) की अधिकारिता का अतिक्रमण करना होगा या कि नहीं।
Text taken verbatim from the commission's published question paper. Transcribed from UPSC’s question paper, CS(M) 2016 (English and Hindi). Source
Syllabus
Polity · Constitutional Bodies
Appointment to various Constitutional posts, powers, functions and responsibilities of various Constitutional Bodies.
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