BharatNotes 🏛️ Governance
Estimates Committee
GS2
Estimates Committee
Parliamentary committee of 30 Lok Sabha members that examines budget estimates before expenditure, suggesting economies and improvements in policy implementation.
Context & Background
Constituted after Independence as a permanent body; distinct from PAC which is post-facto.
UPSC Exam Relevance
Only Lok Sabha members; no Rajya Sabha representation — contrast with PAC and CoD; examines "if policies implicit in estimates are sound."
Seen in UPSC Question Papers
- Mains 2018 · GS2 · 10 marksIndian Polity
Each entry is a real UPSC previous-year question whose text mentions “Estimates Committee”. Practice the full question sets in the Governance PYQ bank.
