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Directions: The question consists of two statements, one labelled as 'Assertion' (A) and the other as 'Reason' (R). Examine these two statements carefully and select the correct answer.

Assertion (A): If the budget presented to the Rajya Sabha is not passed in the stipulated period, the budget proposals are not affected.

Reason (R): The Lok Sabha is more powerful, in financial matters, than the Rajya Sabha.

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Recall the fourteen day rule for a Money Bill in the Rajya Sabha and what Article 109(5) says happens when that period runs out. Then ask why the Constitution set it up that way.
Updated On: Jul 17, 2026
  • Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A.
  • Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
  • A is true but R is false.
  • A is false but R is true.
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The Correct Option is A

Solution and Explanation

Trace what actually happens to a budget on its way through Parliament and the answer becomes obvious. The budget travels as Money Bills. Money Bills start in the Lok Sabha, and only after that House passes them do they reach the Rajya Sabha. The Upper House then gets fourteen days and nothing more, and it can only recommend, never amend or reject.

  1. Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A: Correct. Article 109(5) says that if the Rajya Sabha does not return a Money Bill within fourteen days, the Bill is deemed passed by both Houses in the form the Lok Sabha sent it. So inaction by the Rajya Sabha changes nothing, which is A. That deeming rule exists only because the Constitution ranks the Lok Sabha above the Rajya Sabha on money, which is R.
  2. Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A: Wrong, because it severs a link that is real. Suppose the two Houses had equal financial power. Rajya Sabha silence would then stall the budget, and A would be false. A holds precisely because R holds.
  3. A is true but R is false: R is not false. Money Bills can be introduced only in the Lok Sabha, demands for grants are voted only in the Lok Sabha, and the Speaker's certificate settles whether a Bill is a Money Bill.
  4. A is false but R is true: A is not false. The fourteen day deadline is a hard one, and its expiry works in the government's favour, not against it.

The design reason behind all this is worth knowing. The Lok Sabha is directly elected and the government survives only while it holds that House's confidence. Control of taxation and spending was therefore placed with the House the voters choose, while the Rajya Sabha, an indirectly elected body representing the States, was given a voice but not a veto.

Let's summarize:

  • The Rajya Sabha has fourteen days and may only recommend on a Money Bill.
  • If it does nothing, Article 109(5) deems the Bill passed as the Lok Sabha framed it.
  • That outcome flows straight from the Lok Sabha's financial supremacy, so R explains A.

Both statements are true and R explains A, so the answer is option (A).

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