Discussion
A ‘cut motion’ is moved in Parliament to
Answer: D
Correct answer: Reduce the amount of a demand for grant
A cut motion seeks to reduce the amount of a demand for grant during the discussion of the budget. It is a device of the opposition to draw attention to a specific grievance, and if one is carried the government is taken to have lost the confidence of the House and must resign. There are three kinds. A disapproval of policy cut reduces the demand to one rupee and expresses disapproval of the underlying policy. An economy cut reduces it by a specified amount to press for savings. A token cut reduces it by exactly one hundred rupees to ventilate a specific grievance within the government’s responsibility. Cut motions can only be moved on demands that are actually voted; expenditure charged on the Consolidated Fund - the salaries of the President, judges and the CAG, and debt charges - may be discussed but not voted, and is therefore beyond their reach. They are frequently moved and almost never carried, since a government with a majority will defeat them.
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