House of Parliament

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The House of Parliament is India’s supreme bicameral legislature, comprising the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, responsible for making national laws and overseeing key constitutional processes.

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House of Parliament canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
national legislature ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Parliament of India ⓘ
surface form: Indian Parliament

Sansad ⓘ
budgetSession annual ⓘ
canBeDissolved Lok Sabha ⓘ
cannotBeDissolved Rajya Sabha ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of India ⓘ
country India ⓘ
electoralSystemForLokSabha first-past-the-post ⓘ
electoralSystemForRajyaSabha single transferable vote ⓘ
established 1950 ⓘ
governs Union of India ⓘ
hasChamber Lok Sabha ⓘ
Rajya Sabha ⓘ
hasComponent Lok Sabha ⓘ
Rajya Sabha ⓘ
hasPower amend the Constitution of India ⓘ
approve the Union budget ⓘ
control over the executive through questions and motions ⓘ
enact legislation for India ⓘ
impeach the President of India ⓘ
remove judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts ⓘ
headOfStateInvolved President of India ⓘ
includesRole President of India ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor Government of India ⓘ
location New Delhi, India ⓘ
surface form: New Delhi
lowerHouse Lok Sabha ⓘ
meetsInBuilding Parliament House ⓘ
monsoonSession annual ⓘ
numberOfHouses 2 ⓘ
officialName Parliament of India ⓘ
oversees Union executive ⓘ
passes Constitution Amendment Bills ⓘ
Money Bills ⓘ
Ordinary Bills ⓘ
predecessor Constituent Assembly of India ⓘ
Imperial Legislative Council of India ⓘ
surface form: Imperial Legislative Council
responsibleFor making national laws ⓘ
overseeing key constitutional processes ⓘ
supervises Council of Ministers ⓘ
termLengthOfLokSabha 5 years ⓘ
upperHouse Rajya Sabha ⓘ
website https://loksabha.nic.in ⓘ
https://rajyasabha.nic.in ⓘ
winterSession annual ⓘ

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