Question

<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> Consider the following statements regarding ‘All India Services’:

1. Article 312 of the Indian Constitution empowers the State Legislatures to request the Indian Parliament for the creation of an All India Service.
2. The Indian Forest Service was set up by the Indian Parliament as an All India Service after independence.

Which of the following statements is/are incorrect?

• A. 1 only
• B. 2 only
• C. Both 1 and 2
• D.
  Neither 1 nor 2

Answer 1

The correct option is A 1 only

<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> It is the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) that is empowered to pass a resolution with two-third members present and voting for the creation of an All India Service. This resolution has to originate in the Rajya Sabha before the Lok Sabha takes up the matter.