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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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.

Institutes of Technology Act, 1961 legislature Parliament of India
Coast Guard Act, 1978 enactedBy Parliament of India
Ahmed Patel memberOf Parliament of India
Kheda Lok Sabha constituency parliamentName Parliament of India
UGC Act of India enactedBy Parliament of India
Hisar Lok Sabha constituency partOf Parliament of India
Hisar Lok Sabha constituency lowerHouseOf Parliament of India
Hisar Lok Sabha constituency parliamentaryBody Parliament of India
Rohtak (Lok Sabha constituency) partOf Parliament of India
Dhanik Lal Mandal memberOf Parliament of India
this entity surface form: Indian Parliament
Jagjivan Ram memberOf Parliament of India