Union Parliament

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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).

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
The Parliament 3
Union Parliament canonical 2
Parliament 1

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Article 79 of the Constitution of India → chapterHeading → Union Parliament ⓘ
this entity surface form: The 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