Which pair is incorrect regarding the appointment of Chairpersons of Parliamentary Committees constituted by the Speaker of the 18th Lok Sabha for the year 2024-25?

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Correct — B, 'Estimates Committee — Baijayant Panda' is the wrong pair. When Speaker Om Birla constituted the 18th Lok Sabha's committees for 2024-25, the Committee on Estimates went to Dr. Sanjay Jaiswal (BJP, Paschim Champaran). Baijayant 'Jay' Panda (BJP, Kendrapara) was named chairperson of the Committee on Public Undertakings — a different financial committee. The remaining three pairs are exactly as announced.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) Correctly matched, so not the answer. K.C. Venugopal (Congress, Alappuzha) chairs the PAC — consistent with the convention followed since 1967 of giving the PAC chair to a senior Opposition member.  (c) Correctly matched, so not the answer. Faggan Singh Kulaste (BJP, Mandla, Madhya Pradesh) was appointed chairperson of this committee in August 2024.  (d) Correctly matched, so not the answer. Ganesh Singh (BJP, Satna, Madhya Pradesh) heads the Committee on Welfare of Other Backward Classes.

Concept: Parliament's three financial committees are the Public Accounts Committee (22 members — 15 Lok Sabha + 7 Rajya Sabha), the Committee on Estimates (30 members, all from the Lok Sabha) and the Committee on Public Undertakings (22 members — 15 Lok Sabha + 7 Rajya Sabha). Members are elected every year by proportional representation through the single transferable vote, the term is one year, and a minister can never be a member. The chairperson is appointed by the Speaker and is always a Lok Sabha member — a Rajya Sabha member may sit on the PAC or COPU but can never chair it.

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