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Medium · Article 75(1A): the 15 per cent ceiling on the Council of Ministers

Consider the following statements regarding the ceiling on the size of the Union Council of Ministers:

1. The ceiling is fixed at fifteen per cent of the total number of members of both Houses of Parliament taken together.

2. The Prime Minister is counted within the ceiling.

3. The ceiling was inserted into the Constitution by the Ninety-first Amendment.

How many of the statements given above are correct?

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