COMPTROLLER & AUDITOR GENERAL OF INDIA

kavinaya November 29, 2021

 COMPTROLLER &

AUDITOR GENERAL

OF INDIA



State Finance Commission


There is a provision of the State Finance Commission to review the financial position of Panchayats and recommend grant-in-aid.  It shall make the following recommendation to the governor.


Lokpal and Lokayuktas


The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 was made by the Parliament to provide for the establishment of a Lokpal for the Union and Lokayukta for the state to inquire into allegations of corruption against certain public functionaries and for matters concerning them.


Salient Features of Lokpal & Lokayuktas Act


  • The Lokpal bill consists of a chairperson and a maximum of eight members of which 50% shall be judicial members.  50% of members of Lokpal shall be from SC/ST/OBCs, minorities and women.

  • Then selection of chairperson and members of Lokpal shall be through a selection committee consist of

     

  1. Prime Minister

  2. Speaker of Lok Sabha

  3. Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha

  4. Chief Justice of India or a sitting Judge of the Supreme Court nominated by CJI.

  5. Eminent jurist on the basis of recommendations of the first four members of the selection committee.  The Prime Minister has been brought under the purview of the Lokpal.


National Human Rights Commission


  • The National Human Rights Commission is a statutory body.  It was established 1993 under a legislation enacted by the Parliament.  The Commission is a multi-member body consisting of a chairman and four members.  The chairman should be the retired chief justice of India.  In the case of the State Human Rights Commission, the chairperson should be a retired Chief Justice of a High Court.

  • The chairman and members hold office for a term of 5 years or until they attain the age of 70 years, whichever is earlier. After their tenure, the chairman and members are not eligible for further employment under the Central or a State Government.


National Commission for Minorities (NCM)


  • The Union Government set-up the National Commission for Minorities under the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992.  Six religious communities namely; Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Parsis and Jains have been notified as minority communities by the Union Government.

  • The Commission has one Chairperson and five Members representing five minority communities.  The Commission consists of the President, a Vice-President and five other members from minority groups.



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