Adjournment Motion: The primary object of an adjournment motion is to draw the attention of the

House to a recent matter of urgent public importance having serious consequences and in regard
to which a motion or a resolution with proper notice will be too late. The matter proposed to be
raised should be of such a character that something very grave which affects the whole country
and its security has happened and the House is required to pay its attention immediately by
interrupting the normal business of the House. The adjournment motion is thus an
extraordinary procedure which, if admitted, leads to setting aside the normal business of the House
for discussing a definite matter of urgent public importance.
Where the Speaker is satisfied prima facie that the matter proposed to be discussed is in order
under the Rules, he may give his consent to the moving of the motion and at the appropriate time,
that is, after Question Hour, call upon the member concerned to ask for leave of the House to move
the adjournment motion. If objection to leave being granted is taken, the Speaker will ask those
members who are in favour of leave being granted to rise in their places and if not less than fifty
members rise accordingly, he will declare that leave is granted. If less than fifty members rise, the
Speaker will inform the member that he has not the leave of the House.
When the motion is being discussed that is, from the hour the discussion on an adjournment motion
has commenced to the time the motion is disposed of, the Speaker has no power to adjourn the
House for the day because during that time the power vests in the House to take a decision on its
adjournment. Once the discussion commences, it has to be concluded and decision arrived at
without interrupting the debate.

Cut Motions: After the budget is presented in Parliament and discussions over it are completed,
the members get an opportunity to move cut motions to reduce the amount of demand. The
members from particular parties or coalitions may bring their own cut motions. The members
generally give notice of the Cut Motions for the reduction of the votable heads of expenditure of
the Demands for Grants immediately after the Finance Minister or the Railway Minister as the case
may be, has presented the Budget in the House.
Every Cut Motion to a demand for Grant represents disapproval of some aspect or other of the
Budget or the economic policy of the Government. Accordingly Cut Motion is of three kinds:

Policy Cut: This type of cut motion aims that the amount of the demand be reduced to Re. 1. It
represents the complete disapproval of policy underlying the Demand. This is because the motion
aims to reduce the demand for grant to Re. 1 only, which almost finishes the demand for grant of
a ministry.

Economy Cut: This type of cut motion aims that the amount of demand be reduced to certain
other amount and it represents that the demand for grants should be altered.

Token Cut: This Cut Motion aims that the amount of the Demand be reduced by Rs. 100” in order
to ventilate a specific grievance, which is within the sphere of responsibility of the Government of
India. Actually, Token cut is symbolic and is humiliating for the Government.

All cut motions are humiliating for the ruling party or coalition. The Cut motions provide the
members maximum opportunity to examine every part of the budget and criticize the Government.

Implications of Cut Motions: The Cut Motions are mostly defeated due to Number strength of
the ruling party or coalition. As the cut motion is a veto power given to the member of the Lok
Sabha to oppose a demand in the financial bill discussed by the government, it is seen as an
effective tool to test the strength of the government. If a cut motion is adopted by the House
and the government does not have the numbers, it is obliged to resign. The cut motion can
be admitted to the house only if it is related to only one demand and not many. No cut motion can
be moved on charged expenditures.
Privilege Motion: A privileged motion is a motion that is granted precedence over ordinary
business because it concerns matters of great importance or urgency. Such motions are not
debatable, although in case of questions of privilege, the chair may feel the need to elicit relevant
facts from members.

As per the rule 222 of Indian Parliament "A member may, with the consent of the Speaker, raise a
question involving a breach of privilege either of a member or of the House or of a Committee
thereof."

The right to raise a question of privilege is governed by the following conditions, namely:-
(i) not more than one question to be raised at the same sitting;
(ii) the question should be restricted to a specific matter of recent occurrence; and
(iii) the matter requires the intervention of the House.

The Speaker, if he gives consent under rule 222 and holds that the matter proposed to be
discussed is in order, shall call the member concerned, who shall rise in his place and, while asking
for leave to raise the question of privilege, make a short statement relevant thereto:
Provided that where the Speaker has refused his consent under rule 222 or is of opinion that the
matter proposed to be discussed is not in order, he may, if he thinks it necessary, read the notice
of question of privilege and state that he refuses consent or holds that the notice of question of
privilege is not in order: Provided further that the Speaker may, if he is satisfied about the urgency
of the matter, allow a question of privilege to be raised at any time during the course of a sitting
after the disposal of questions. If objection to leave being granted is taken, the Speaker shall
request those members who are in favour of leave being granted to rise in their places, and if not
less than twenty-five members rise accordingly, the Speaker shall declare that leave is granted. If
less than twenty-five members rise, the Speaker shall inform the member that he has not the leave
of the House.

When a member is arrested on a criminal charge or for a criminal offence or is sentenced to

imprisonment by a court or is detained under an executive order, the committing judge, magistrate
or executive authority, as the case may be, shall immediately intimate such fact to the Speaker
indicating the reasons for the arrest, detention or conviction, as the case may be, as also the place
of detention or imprisonment of the member in the appropriate form set out in the Third Schedule.

Censure Motion : Censure Motion can be moved only in the Lok Sabha and not in the Rajya
Sabha. Censure motion is moved to seek the disapproval of certain policy of the government in
power. This motion seeks to censure the government for its ‘lapses’. The motion must clearly
specify the charges against the government. "Censure" is meant to show disapproval and does
not result in the resignation of ministers. The censure motion can be against an individual minister
or a group of ministers. Censure motion must be specific and self- explanatory, stating the reasons
for its adoption. No leave of the House is required for moving a censure motion but it must specify
the charges against the government for which it is moved. There is no limit on the number of
censure motions that can be introduced in a session.

No Confidence Motion: No Confidence Motion can be moved only in the Lok Sabha and not in
the Rajya Sabha. A motion of no confidence is a statement or vote that a person or persons in a
position of responsibility is no longer deemed fit to hold that position: perhaps because they are
inadequate in some respect, are failing to carry out obligations, or are making decisions that other
members feel are detrimental. If the Speaker is of opinion that the motion is in order, he shall read
the motion to the House and shall request those members who are in favour of leave being granted
to rise in their places, and if not less than fifty members rise accordingly, the Speaker shall declare
that leave is granted and that the motion will be taken up on such day, not being more than ten
days from the date on which the leave is asked for as he may appoint. If less than fifty members
rise, the Speaker shall inform the member that he has not the leave of the House. If leave is
granted, the Speaker may, after considering the state of business in the House, allot a day or days
 or part of a day for the discussion of the motion. The Speaker shall, at the appointed hour on the
allotted day or the last of the allotted days, as the case may be, forthwith put every question
necessary to determine the decision of the House on the motion. The Speaker may, if he thinks fit,
prescribe a time limit for speeches. The council of ministers must resign if the No Confidence
motion is passed.

The basic difference between the Censure Motion and No Confidence Motion:
 No confidence motion can only be moved against the entire council of ministers whereas the
Censure motion can be moved against an individual minister, a group of ministers and the entire
council of ministers.
 No reasons for its adoption are required for the adoption of No Confidence motion in the Lok
Sabha, whereas the reason must be stated in case of Censure motion in Lok Sabha for its
adoption.
 The council of minister must resign from office if the No Confidence motion is passed, while there
is no need for ministers to resign from the office if censure motion is passed in the Lok Sabha.

Calling Attention Motion: A member may, with the previous permission of the Speaker, call the
attention of a Minister to any matter of urgent public importance and the Minister may make a brief
statement or ask for time to make a statement at a later hour or date. No member can give more
than two such notices for any one sitting. There can be no debate on such statement at the time it
is made but each member in whose name the item stands in the list of business may, with the
permission of the Speaker, ask a clarificatory question and the Minister should reply at the end to
all such questions. Names of not more than five members should be shown in the list of
business. All the notices which have not been taken up during the week for which they have been
given, shall lapse at the end of the week unless the Speaker has admitted any of them for a
subsequent sitting, provided that a notice referred for facts to a Minister shall not lapse till it is
finally disposed of by the Speaker.