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प्रश्न
How does the Parliament exercise control over the Government?
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उत्तर
The most important function of the Parliament is to exercise control over the government.
- The government is directly responsible to the Parliament for its acts of omission and commission. The government can be voted out of office by passing a vote of no confidence against the Prime Minister or the Ministry or any of its members.
- The Members of Parliament can also move adjournment motions. An adjournment motion is tabled when there is an urgent matter that needs the immediate attention of the government. If admitted, a time a set aside from normal business of the house for discussing the matters of urgent public importance.
- The members can ask any question relating to the administration of the state and the ministers are obliged to answer them. In this way, they can keep a check on the functioning of the various departments under different ministers.
- The Parliament can also hold the strings of the government tight by voting a cut in the annual budget.
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