Which of the following parliamentary committees scrutinises the appropriation and finance accounts of the Government of India and reports of the Compt

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Correct Answer - Option 4 : The Public Accounts Committee

The correct answer is The Public Accounts Committee.

The Public Accounts Committee scrutinizes the appropriation and finance accounts of the Government of India and reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India,
Public Accounts Committee consists of 22 members(15 from Lok Sabha and 7 from Rajya Sabha).
The chairman of the Public Accounts Committee is appointed by the Lok Sabha speaker.
The chairman of the Public Accounts Committee is invariably from Lok Sabha and from the opposition party.
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury is the current chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee.
The Public Accounts Committee examines the audit report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India is called the friend, philosopher, and guide of the Public Accounts Committee.

The Committee on Public Undertaking was created in 1964 on the recommendation of the Krishna Menon committee.
- The chairman of the Committee on Public Undertaking is appointed by the speaker amongst the members of the Lok Sabha.
- Meenakshi Lekhi is the current chairperson of the Committee on Public Undertaking.
Estimates Committee is the largest parliamentary committee.
- Estimates Committee consists of 30 members.
- All members of the estimates committee are selected only from Lok Sabha.
- The first estimate committee in post-independent India was constituted in 1950.
The ad hoc Committees are committees constituted by the house or by the Chairman or by the Presiding Officers of both the houses jointly on an ad hoc basis and they cease to exist as soon as they complete the task assigned to them.