Salary of which one of the following officials is not charged on the Consolidated Fund of India?

President of India

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Chief Justice of India

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Speaker of Lok Sabha

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Prime Minister

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Solution

The correct option is D Prime Minister
Expenditure embodied in the Budget Documents consists of two types being, (a) The sums required for charged expenditures. These are non-votable by the Parliament such as Salary and Allowances of the President, Speaker/ Deputy speaker of Lok Sabha, Supreme Court Judges, Pensions of Supreme Court as well as High Court Judges, Salaries and Allowances of CAG, Lok Pal, Chairman/ Deputy chairman of Rajya Sabha.
(b) The sums required for other expenditures as mentioned in the Budget Documents. These are votable.

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