Question

The Royal Commission on the Administration of Expenditure of India was also known as _____.
1. Floud Commission
2. Butler Commission
3. Welby Commission
4. Campbell Commission

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Welby Commission

The correct answer is ​Welby Commission.

• The Welby Commission was set up by the British Government to investigate wasteful spending in India. 
• It was set up in 1895.
• Given below are the members of the Commission:

1. Lord Welby 
2. Lord Chaman
3. T.R. Buchanan
4. William Wedderburn
5. Dadabhai Naoroji
6. William S. Caine

• The report was published in 1900.
• The Commission called for the British House of Commons to ensure impartiality of financial arrangements. 

• In 1897, Gopal Krishna Gokhale deposed before the Commission.
• His evidence was noted for his analysis of the leading facts in the history of Indian finance.
• Dadabhai Naoroji was the first Indian to sit on the Welby Commission.