09-01-2024

BASICS OF INDIAN PARLIAMENT

  1. VIDEO
  2. LEGISLATURE-LAW MAKING ORGAN
  3. CENTRAL LEGISLATURE-PARLIAMENT
  4. PARLIAMENT-LOK SABHA,RAJYA SABHA AND THE PRESIDENT
  5. STATE LEGISLATURE
  6. UNICAMERAL-STATE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY AND GOVERNOR
  7. EG:TAMILNADU,KERALA
  8. BICAMERAL-STATE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY,STATE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND GOVERNOR
  9. 6 STATES:ANDRA PRADESH,TELENGANA,KARNATAKA,BIHAR, MAHARASTRA AND UTTAR PRADESH
  10. PARLIAMENT WORD IS DERIVED FROM FRENCH MEANING DISCUSSION
  11. PART V / ARTICLE 79-122
  12. SUPREME LAW MAKING BODY OF INDIA
  13. INDIAN PARLIAMENT-WESTMINISTER MODEL(BRITISH PARLIAMENT)
  14. MOST OF THE PARLIAMENTARY PROVISIONS BORROWED FROM BRITISH
  15. LOK SABHA
  16. LOWER HOUSE/FIRST CHAMBER/HOUSE OF PEOPLE
  17. INDIA DIVIDED INTO 543 CONSTITUENCIES
  18. TOTAL STRENGTH:543 MEMBERS
  19. MEMBERS:DIRECTLY ELECTED BY PEOPLE(BASED ON UNIVERSAL ADULT SUFFRAGE)
  20. TERM:NORMALLY 5 YEARS(SUBJECTED TO DISSOLUTION AT ANY TIME)
  21. RESERVATION FOR SC/ST
  22. PRESIDED OVER BY SPEAKER
  23. 104 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ACT(2019)
  24. EXTENDED THE RESERVATION OF SC/ST FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS(UPTO 2030)
  25. ENDED NOMINATION OF 2 ANGLO-INDIANS TO LOK SABHA
  26. RAJYA SABHA
  27. UPPER HOUSE/SECOND CHAMBER/HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
  28. TOTAL SEATS:245
  29. 233 MEMBERS ELECTED/12 MEMBERS NOMINATED BY THE PRESIDENT
  30. MEMBERS:INDIRECTLY ELECTED FOR A TERM OF 6 YEARS. ELECTED BY MLA's
  31. RAJYA SABHA IS A PERMANENT BODY(CONTINUOUS CHAMBER) AND NOT SUBJECTED TO DISSOLUTION. HOWEVER 1/3RD OF THE MEMBERS RETIRE EVERY SECOND YEAR AND REPLACED BY NEWLY ELECTED MEMBERS
  32. VICE PRESIDENT OF INDIA IS THE EX OFFICIO CHAIRMAN OF RAJYA SABHA
  33. PRESIDENT
  34. NOT A MEMBER OF EITHER HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT BUT INTEGRAL PART OF THE PARLIAMENT
  35. BILL PASSES BY BOTH THE HOUSES OF THE PARLIAMENT BECOMES LAW ONLY AFTER THE ASSENT OF THE PRESIDENT
  36. POWER TO SUMMON/PROROGUE SESSIONS OF PARLIAMENT
  37. ADDRESS BOTH THE HOUSES
  38. ISSUE ORDINANCE WHEN HOUSE(S) NOT IN SESSION
  39. SESSIONS OF PARLIAMENT
  40. PARLIAMENT SHOULD MEET ATLEAST TWO TIMES A YEAR
  41. BUT, INDIAN PARLIAMENT CONDUCT 3 SESSIONS IN A YEAR
  42. BUDGET:FEB TO MAY
  43. MONSOON:JUL TO SEP
  44. WINTER:NOV AND DEC
  45. TIME PERIOD WITHOUT SESSIONS-RECESS
  46. TIME GAP BETWEEN 2 SESSIONS SHOULD NOT EXCEED 6 MONTHS