Question

The Lok Sabha Secretariat comes under the direct supervision of?
(A) Ministry of Human Affairs
(B) Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
(C) Speaker of Lok Sabha
(D) President

Answer 1

Hint: The Lok Sabha Secretariat is the office of Lok Sabha whose headquarters is located at Sansad Bhavan in New Delhi. It functions on the advice of Lok Sabha's speaker. Currently, it works under Om Birla who is present-day speaker of the Lok Sabha.

Complete answer:
This body is controlled by the speaker of the Lok sabha who is assisted by the Secretary-General of Lok Sabha, Joint secretary, and additional secretary along with other members of the staff at various levels. At present, there are various categorizations of work based on their nature and abilities required to perform the function. These are performed by officers of various level and are categorized as the clerical service, translation and editorial service, the service of messengers, housekeeping and services related to the security of parliament, the publication and printing service, interpretation service, the legislative, financial committee, executive and administrative service, information, documentation, reference, research and library service, the verbatim reporting service, and stenographers and private secretaries.

Hence, the correct answer is option C.

Note:
The present secretariat executive is Snehlata Shrivastava who is an IAS officer and the secretary-general of Lok Sabha. The person who has the post of the secretary-general of Lok sabha is appointed by the speaker of Lok sabha and enjoys equal rights as the cabinet Minister of the country.