Parliament of India

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bicameral legislature national legislature

The Parliament of India is the supreme bicameral law-making body of the country, comprising the President, the Lok Sabha (House of the People), and the Rajya Sabha (Council of States).

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Bhāratīya Sansad 1
House of the People 1
Indian Parliament 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
national legislature ⓘ
budgetaryPower authorizes government expenditure ⓘ
authorizes taxation ⓘ
canBeDissolvedBy President of India ⓘ
surface form: President of India (Lok Sabha only)
chairmanOfRajyaSabhaExOfficio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha ⓘ
surface form: Vice President of India
constitutionalAmendmentRequirement special majority in both houses ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of India ⓘ
country India ⓘ
currentStrengthLokSabha 545 members ⓘ
currentStrengthRajyaSabha 245 members ⓘ
electoralFunction elects President of India ⓘ
elects Vice President of India ⓘ
emergencyPowerRole approves proclamation of emergency ⓘ
established 1950 ⓘ
hasCommitteeType Joint Committees ⓘ
Select Committees ⓘ
Standing Committees ⓘ
hasComponent Lok Sabha ⓘ
President of India ⓘ
Rajya Sabha ⓘ
hasHouse Lok Sabha ⓘ
Rajya Sabha ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
legislatureType bicameral ⓘ
location New Delhi, India ⓘ
surface form: New Delhi
lowerHouse Lok Sabha ⓘ
maximumStrengthLokSabha 552 members ⓘ
maximumStrengthRajyaSabha 250 members ⓘ
meetsIn Sansad Bhavan (Parliament House) ⓘ
surface form: Parliament House, New Delhi
nativeName Parliament of India self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bhāratīya Sansad
oversightFunction no-confidence motions ⓘ
parliamentary committees ⓘ
questions to ministers ⓘ
presidingOfficerOfLokSabha Speaker of the Lok Sabha ⓘ
presidingOfficerOfRajyaSabha Chairman of the Rajya Sabha ⓘ
primaryFunction amending the Constitution of India ⓘ
controlling the executive ⓘ
debating national issues ⓘ
enacting legislation ⓘ
passing the Union budget ⓘ
rajyaSabhaMembersRetireFraction one-third every two years ⓘ
rajyaSabhaNature permanent house ⓘ
sessionType Budget Session ⓘ
Monsoon Session ⓘ
Winter Session ⓘ
summonedBy President of India ⓘ
supremeLawMakingBodyOf India ⓘ
termOfLokSabha 5 years ⓘ
upperHouse Rajya Sabha ⓘ
votingSystemLokSabha first-past-the-post ⓘ
votingSystemRajyaSabha single transferable vote ⓘ

Referenced by (42)

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

Om Birla → branchOfGovernment → Parliament of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Legislature of India
Republic Day → constitutionalBodyInvolved → Parliament of India ⓘ
subject surface form: Republic Day (India)
All India Services Act, 1951 → enactedBy → Parliament of India ⓘ
Sansad Bhavan (Parliament House) → governingBody → Parliament of India ⓘ
subject surface form: Sansad Bhavan
Council of Ministers → headedByMemberOf → Parliament of India ⓘ
subject surface form: Council of Ministers (India)
New Delhi, India → hostsInstitution → Parliament of India ⓘ
subject surface form: New Delhi
President of India → impeachmentBy → Parliament of India ⓘ
National Capital Territory of Delhi → isSeatOf → Parliament of India ⓘ
New Delhi, India → isSeatOf → Parliament of India ⓘ
subject surface form: New Delhi
Om Birla → legislativeBody → Parliament of India ⓘ
Government of India → legislature → Parliament of India ⓘ
India → legislature → Parliament of India ⓘ
Monsoon Session → legislature → Parliament of India ⓘ
Standing Committees → legislature → Parliament of India ⓘ
subject surface form: Standing Committees (India)
Union Government → legislature → Parliament of India ⓘ
subject surface form: Union Government of India
Union Territories Act, 1963 → legislature → Parliament of India ⓘ
Speaker of the Lok Sabha → memberOf → Parliament of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parliament of India leadership
Joint Committees → membershipDeterminedBy → Parliament of India ⓘ
subject surface form: Joint Committee
Parliament of India → nativeName → Parliament of India self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bhāratīya Sansad
Lok Sabha → officialName → Parliament of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of the People
Sansad TV → owner → Parliament of India ⓘ
Sansad TV → parentOrganization → Parliament of India ⓘ
Chairman of the Rajya Sabha → partOf → Parliament of India ⓘ
Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha → partOf → Parliament of India ⓘ
Joint Committees → partOf → Parliament of India ⓘ
subject surface form: Joint Committee
Lok Sabha → partOf → Parliament of India ⓘ
Om Birla → partOf → Parliament of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indian Parliament
Rajya Sabha → partOf → Parliament of India ⓘ
Speaker of the Lok Sabha → partOf → Parliament of India ⓘ
Union Budget of India → presentedIn → Parliament of India ⓘ
Electoral College of India → relatedInstitution → Parliament of India ⓘ
Constituent Assembly of India → replacedBy → Parliament of India ⓘ
Council of Ministers → reportsTo → Parliament of India ⓘ
subject surface form: Council of Ministers (India)
Prime Minister of India → reportsTo → Parliament of India ⓘ
Council of Ministers → requiresMembershipIn → Parliament of India ⓘ
subject surface form: Council of Ministers (India)