UPSC – CSE Prelims 2024
MEDIUM
POLITY – Special Provisions for Some states
1. The North Eastern Council (NEC) was established by the North Eastern Council Act, 1971. Subsequent to the amendment of NEC Act in 2002, the Council comprises which of the following members?
- Governor of the Constituent State
- Chief Minister of the Constituent State
- Three Members to be nominated by the President of India
- The Home Minister of India
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
(a) 1, 2 and 3 only
(b) 1, 3 and 4 only
(c) 2 and 4 only
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Ans. (d)
POLITY TEST EXTRA-CONSTITUTIONAL BODIES Who among the following acts as ex-officio Chairman of North Eastern Council (NEC)? (a) Union Minister of Home Affairs (b) Prime Minister (c) President of India (d) None of these Ans. (a) North Eastern Council (NEC)
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UPSC – CSE Prelims 2023
POLITY – Special Provisions for Some states
1. Consider the following:
- Demographic performance
- Forest and ecology
- Governance reforms
- Stable government
- Tax and fiscal efforts
For the horizontal tax devolution, the Fifteenth Finance Commission used how many of the above as criteria other than population area and income distance?
(a) Only two
(b) Only three
(c) Only four
(d) All five
Answer : (b) Only three
Governance reforms and Stable governments are not considered under horizontal tax devolution criteria.