Prelims MCQ · Polity and Constitution
With reference to the Swaran Singh Committee and the insertion of Fundamental Duties, consider the following statements:
- The Committee was established in 1976 when the need for citizens’ duties was felt during the internal Emergency.
- It suggested eight Fundamental Duties, whereas the Forty-second Amendment ultimately incorporated ten.
- Its recommendation to make payment of taxes a Fundamental Duty was incorporated in Article 51A.
- Its proposed penalty provisions and protection of such penalties from constitutional challenge were incorporated without modification.
Which of the statements given above are correct?