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Correct Answer: Option (A) — Through Parliamentary Committees
Concept & Option Breakdown
Standard Reference VerifiedOption (a) is correct: Parliament exercises day-to-day and detailed oversight over administrative actions primarily through its system of Parliamentary Committees (such as Departmentally Related Standing Committees, PAC, Committee on Estimates, etc.), which scrutinize executive actions, examine expenditures, and review policy implementation.
Option (b) is incorrect: Consultative Committees are informal advisory forums attached to ministries and do not exercise formal parliamentary control.
Option (c) is incorrect: Periodic reports are internal executive mechanisms.
Option (d) is incorrect: Writs are issued by the Judiciary (under Articles 32 and 226), not Parliament.
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