Multiple choice

Which one of the following expenditures is not charged on the consolidated fund of India?

  1. Salary and allowances of the president of India

  2. Salary and allowances of the Governor of a State of India

  3. Salary and allowances of the justice of the Supreme Court of India

  4. Salary and allowances of the speaker of the Lok Sabha
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Explanation

The salaries and allowances of Governors are charged on the Consolidated Fund of the STATE, not the Consolidated Fund of India. Items charged on the Consolidated Fund of India include the President's salary, Supreme Court judges' salary, Speaker and Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha, etc. State Governors' salaries are a state expenditure.

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