Why is it in the news?
PMO informed the Lok Sabha Secretariat that questions regarding PM CARES, PMNRF and NDF are inadmissible.
Cited Rules 41(2)(viii) and 41(2)(xvii) of Lok Sabha Procedure Rules.
Category: Polity
Important Points:
● PM CARES, PMNRF and NDF funded through voluntary public contributions
● Do not draw from Consolidated Fund of India
● Rule 41(2)(viii): Questions must relate to matters primarily concerning Government of India
● Rule 41(2)(xvii): Questions should not deal with bodies not primarily responsible to Government
● Question Hour is first hour of Lok Sabha sitting
● Types: Starred, Unstarred, Short Notice, Question to Private Member
● Speaker decides admissibility under Rules 41–44 and Direction 10A
● PM CARES set up as public charitable trust during Covid-19
● PMNRF established in 1948 by Jawaharlal Nehru
● NDF administered by Executive Committee chaired by Prime Minister