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HCS (Haryana)Prelims2019General Studies
Question
According to the Constitution, a new All-India Service can be instituted with the initiative taken by?
Options
- A More than two-thirds of state Assemblies
- B The Rajya Sabha
- C Presidential Order
- D The Lok Sabha
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Correct Answer
B The Rajya Sabha
Model Answer
- If Rajya Sabha passes a resolution by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the members present and voting declaring that it is necessary or expedient in the national interest to create one or more All India Services common to the Union and the States, Parliament becomes empowered to create a law for creating such services.
- Article 312 of the Indian Constitution, the Parliament is entitled to create one or more All India Services common to the Union and the States.