Multiple choice

The Parliament Committee which scrutinises the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India is

  1. Estimates Committee

  2. Select Committee

  3. Public Accounts Committee

  4. None of these
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Option (3) is correct. The main duty of Public Accounts Committee is to ascertain that the money granted by the Parliament and spent by the Government is “within the scope of the demand”. For the basis of this examination, the committee appropriates the accounts of the Government of India and Audit Report presented by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India. 

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