Union Parliament

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Bicameral legislature Legislature Parliament

The Union Parliament is the supreme legislative body of India at the national level, comprising the President and two houses—the Rajya Sabha (Council of States) and the Lok Sabha (House of the People).

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
The Parliament	3
Union Parliament canonical	2
Parliament	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bicameral legislature ⓘ Legislature ⓘ Parliament ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Parliament of India ⓘ
budgetSessionHeld	Annually ⓘ
cameIntoEffectOn	1950-01-26 ⓘ
canBeDissolvedBy	President of India ⓘ
comprises	Lok Sabha ⓘ President of India ⓘ Rajya Sabha ⓘ
constitutionalArticlesGoverning	Articles 79 to 122 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
electoralCollegeFor	President of India ⓘ
elects	Chairman of the Rajya Sabha ⓘ surface form: Vice President of India
establishedBy	Constitution of India ⓘ
governedBy	Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha ⓘ Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Rajya Sabha ⓘ
hasChairmanOfUpperHouse	Chairman of the Rajya Sabha ⓘ surface form: Vice President of India
hasComponent	Rajya Sabha ⓘ surface form: Council of States Parliament of India ⓘ surface form: House of the People
hasFunction	Deliberation on national issues ⓘ Financial control over the executive ⓘ Legislative oversight of the Union government ⓘ Representation of the people at the national level ⓘ
hasPower	Amend the Constitution of India ⓘ Approve the Union budget ⓘ Control the Union government through questions and motions ⓘ Impeach the President of India ⓘ Make laws for the whole or any part of the territory of India ⓘ Proclaim emergency under constitutional provisions ⓘ Remove judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts ⓘ
hasSecretariat	Lok Sabha Secretariat ⓘ Secretariat of the Rajya Sabha ⓘ surface form: Rajya Sabha Secretariat
hasSpeakerOfLowerHouse	Speaker of the Lok Sabha ⓘ
isSupremeLegislativeBodyOf	India ⓘ
languageOfBusiness	English ⓘ Hindi ⓘ
legislativeAuthorityLevel	National ⓘ
locatedInCity	New Delhi, India ⓘ surface form: New Delhi
locatedInTerritory	National Capital Territory of Delhi ⓘ
lowerHouse	Lok Sabha ⓘ
meetsAt	Sansad Bhavan (Parliament House) ⓘ surface form: Sansad Bhavan
monsoonSessionHeld	Annually ⓘ
numberOfHouses	2 ⓘ
oversees	Union Council of Ministers ⓘ
structure	Bicameral ⓘ
termOfLokSabhaInYears	5 ⓘ
upperHouse	Rajya Sabha ⓘ
winterSessionHeld	Annually ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Article 80 of the Constitution of India → subjectMatter → Union Parliament ⓘ

Article 79 of the Constitution of India → chapterHeading → Union Parliament ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Parliament

Article 79 of the Constitution of India → appliesTo → Union Parliament ⓘ

Part V of the Constitution of India → containsProvisionsOn → Union Parliament ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parliament

Article 93 of the Constitution of India → subjectMatter → Union Parliament ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Parliament

Article 89 of the Constitution of India → fallsUnder → Union Parliament ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Parliament