alleryStart learning →Before 1950 who chaired the Public Accounts Committee?
AThe Lok Sabha Speaker
BThe Finance Minister
CThe Auditor General
DThe Prime Minister
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. The Finance Minister
Until 1950 the finance minister chaired the committee; it then became a parliamentary committee with a non-official chair.
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