Economy cut motion
Topic: Parliamentary Procedure, Committees and Privileges · NCERT: Beyond NCERT
Meaning
An economy cut motion is a type of cut motion, a motion moved while the Lok Sabha is voting on demands for grants to reduce a demand. It asks to cut a demand by a stated amount. That amount shows the saving the member thinks the government could make. It focuses on wasteful spending, not on the policy itself. Like any cut motion, if it is adopted, the government is defeated.
Example
During the vote on a ministry's demand, an opposition MP moves to cut it by a fixed sum. The MP argues that this much is being wasted on unneeded spending.
Don't confuse with
- Policy cut motion: this reduces the demand to Re 1 to show disapproval of the policy.
- Token cut motion: this reduces the demand by ₹100 to raise a specific grievance.
Related concepts
- Demands for grants
- Guillotine
- Appropriation Bill
- Finance Bill
- Cut motion
- Policy cut motion
- Token cut motion
- Supplementary grant
- Additional grant
- Excess grant