Rajya Sabha

E9754

House of the Parliament of India Upper house of Parliament

Rajya Sabha is the upper chamber of India’s bicameral Parliament, representing the states and union territories at the national level.

Aliases (5)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	House of the Parliament of India → Upper house of Parliament →
authorizationCondition	Resolution passed by two-thirds of members present and voting →
canAuthorize	Parliament to make laws on State List subjects →
canIntroduce	Non-money bills →
cannotIntroduce	Money bills →
canRecommendAmendmentsTo	Money bills →
constitutionalArticle	Article 80 of the Constitution of India → Article 84 of the Constitution of India →
country	India →
countryCapital	New Delhi →
deputyPresidingOfficerTitle	Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha →
electedMembers	233 →
established	1952 →
establishedUnder	Constitution of India →
exOfficioChairman	Vice President of India →
hasEqualPowersIn	Constitutional amendment bills → Impeachment of the President of India → Removal of judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts →
hasLessFinancialPowersThan	Lok Sabha →
hasRole	Upper chamber of Parliament of India →
hasWebsite	https://rajyasabha.nic.in/ →
houseType	Permanent house →
isDissolvable	No →
languagePolicy	English → Hindi →
legislativeType	Council of States →
location	New Delhi →
meetsAt	Sansad Bhavan →
meetsIn	Rajya Sabha Chamber, Parliament House, New Delhi →
memberSelectionMethod	Indirect election by state and union territory legislatures → Nomination by the President of India →
minimumAgeForMembership	30 years →
nativeName	राज्य सभा →
nominatedMembers	12 →
officialName	Council of States →
partOf	Parliament of India →
precededBy	Council of State (British India) →
presidingOfficerTitle	Chairman of Rajya Sabha →
represents	States of India → Union territories of India →
script	Devanagari →
seat	Sansad Bhavan, New Delhi →
sharesLegislativePowersWith	Lok Sabha →
termLength	6 years →
termRenewal	One-third of members retire every 2 years →
totalMembers	245 →
votingSystem	Single transferable vote →

Referenced by (42)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
B. R. Ambedkar → Ela Bhatt → M. S. Swaminathan → Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan → Sachin Tendulkar → Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan →	memberOf
Constitution of India → Dominion of India ("Council of States") → Government of India → India → Parliament of India → Union Government of India →	upperHouse
Dahyabhai Patel → T. T. Krishnamachari →	legislativeBody
Chairman of the Rajya Sabha → Chairman of the Rajya Sabha ("Council of States") →	presidesOver
Article 312 of the Constitution of India ("Council of States") → Article 312 of the Constitution of India →	refersTo
Article 80 of the Constitution of India → Article 80 of the Constitution of India ("Council of States") →	relatesTo
Chairman of the Rajya Sabha → Joint Committee →	reportsTo
Union Budget of India →	alsoLaidInHouse
Article 84 of the Constitution of India →	appliesTo
Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha →	appointedBy
Prime Minister of India →	associatedWith
Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha ("Council of States") →	body
Rajasthan Legislative Assembly ("Rajya Sabha members from Rajasthan") →	electoralCollegeFor
Sansad Bhavan ("Rajya Sabha Chamber") →	hasChamber
Parliament of India →	hasComponent
Parliament of India →	hasHouse
Lok Sabha →	hasUpperHouse
Standing Committees (India) →	house
Electoral College of India →	includesMembersFrom
Impeachment of the President of India →	initiatingBody
Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha →	legislativeChamber
Rajya Sabha ("Council of States") →	legislativeType
Rajya Sabha ("राज्य सभा") →	nativeName
Rajya Sabha ("Council of States") →	officialName
Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha →	partOf
Constituent Assembly of India →	replacedBy
Council of State (British India) ("Council of States (Rajya Sabha)") →	succeededBy