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The ex officio President of the Indian Parliamentary Group is the:

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Answer: Option C — Speaker of the Lok Sabha

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The Speaker of the Lok Sabha is the ex officio President of the Indian Parliamentary Group (IPG).

About the Indian Parliamentary Group:

  • It is an autonomous body formed in 1949.
  • Membership is open to members of Parliament and former members.
  • It acts as the National Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and as the India Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA).

Office bearers:

  • The Speaker of the Lok Sabha is the President.
  • The Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha and the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha are ex officio Vice-Presidents.
  • The Secretary-General of the Lok Sabha is the ex officio Secretary-General of the Group.
  • The Group has an Executive Committee to manage its affairs.

Functions of the IPG:

  • To promote personal contacts between members of Parliament.
  • To study questions of public importance likely to come before Parliament.
  • To arrange visits of parliamentary delegations to other countries and to receive foreign delegations.
  • To organise lectures and seminars on parliamentary affairs.

Outstanding Parliamentarian Award:

  • The IPG presents the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award each year to a member of Parliament for outstanding contributions.
  • The award was instituted in 1995.

Other roles of the Speaker:

  • The Speaker presides over the Lok Sabha and joint sittings of Parliament.
  • The Speaker chairs the Business Advisory Committee, the Rules Committee and the General Purposes Committee of the Lok Sabha.
  • The Speaker certifies Money Bills.
  • The Speaker appoints the chairmen of all Lok Sabha committees.
  • The Speaker heads the various parliamentary forums.

Speaker's position in the order of precedence:

The Speaker ranks sixth in the Table of Precedence, along with the Chief Justice of India.

About the IPU:

It was founded in 1889 and has its headquarters in Geneva.

Why not the other options?

  • ✗The Vice-President is the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha but does not head the IPG.
  • ✗The Prime Minister and the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs are not its ex officio President.

Quick tip

Remember: Indian Parliamentary Group (1949) = Speaker of the Lok Sabha is its ex officio President.

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