Parliament of India

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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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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

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

Leader of the Opposition (Lok Sabha) partOf Parliament of India
AIIMS Delhi establishedBy Parliament of India
Finance Minister of India memberOf Parliament of India
Constitution Hall associatedWith Parliament of India
this entity surface form: Indian Parliament
Constitution Hall operator Parliament of India
Ramesh Bais parliamentaryBody Parliament of India
Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee servedIn Parliament of India
Meghnad Saha officeContested Parliament of India
whip (parliamentary role) isRoleIn Parliament of India
this entity surface form: Indian Parliament
Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency partOf Parliament of India
Central Hall governedBy Parliament of India
subject surface form: Central Hall (Indian Parliament)
Article 79 of the Constitution of India statesThatParliamentConsistsOf Parliament of India
this entity surface form: House of the People
Article 79 of the Constitution of India usesTerm Parliament of India
this entity surface form: House of the People
Article 368 grantsPowerTo Parliament of India
Representation of the People Act, 1950 appliesTo Parliament of India
this entity surface form: House of the People
ECI reportsTo Parliament of India
subject surface form: Election Commission of India
CAG submitsReportsTo Parliament of India
subject surface form: Comptroller and Auditor General of India
Railway Budget of India presentedTo Parliament of India
Deputy Ministers of India responsibilityTo Parliament of India
subject surface form: Deputy Minister of India
Army Act, 1950 legislature Parliament of India
Union Council of Ministers collectivelyResponsibleTo Parliament of India
this entity surface form: House of the People
Air Force Act, 1950 enactedBy Parliament of India
Varanasi (Lok Sabha constituency) partOf Parliament of India
Mathura Lok Sabha constituency parliamentName Parliament of India
PM reportsTo Parliament of India
subject surface form: Prime Minister of India
The President memberOf Parliament of India
subject surface form: President of India
this entity surface form: Parliament of India (for certain functions)
Union of India hasLegislature Parliament of India
The Union legislativeBranch Parliament of India
The Union exercisesPowersThrough Parliament of India
Ambala Lok Sabha constituency partOf Parliament of India
Ambala Lok Sabha constituency parliamentaryName Parliament of India
this entity surface form: House of the People