The Parliament Of India

Question 1

Article 79

Answer 1

The Parliament of India consist of the President, the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha.
The President is a part of the legislature, even though he or she does not sit in Parliament.

Question 2

Functions of a Parliament

Answer 2

Providing the cabinet.
Control of the cabinet.
Criticism of the cabinet and of individual ministers.
Parliament secures the information authoritatively.
Legislation that is making of laws
Financial control..

Question 3

Rajya Sabha

Answer 3

The Rajya Sabha is composed of not more than 250 members of whom 12 or nominated by the President And 238 representatives of the state and union territories elected by the method of indirect election.
Refers to article 80

The Rajya Sabha is not subject to dissolution. Its members shall not be less than 30 years of age.

Representative of each state are elected by the elected members of the legislative assembly of the state in accordance with the system of proportional representation by the means of single transferable vote.

Question 4

Lok Sabha

Answer 4

Not more than 530 Representatives of the states.
Not more than 20 representatives of the union territories.
Not more than two members of the Anglo Indian community, nominated by the President.
Lok Sabha at present consists of 543 members.

Question 5

Dissolution prorogation and adjournment

Answer 5

A dissolution brings Lok Sabha to an end so that there must be a fresh election while prorogation merely terminates a session. Adjournment does not put any into us to the session of Parliament but merely postponed is the for the transaction Of business for a second specified time, hours, days or weeks.

Question 6

Qualifications for becoming a member of Parliament are

Article 84

Answer 6

Must be a citizen of India
Must not be less than 25 years of age in case of Lok Sabha and 30 years in the case of Rajya Sabha
Additional qualification may be prescribed by Parliament by law.

Question 7

Privileges of Parliament

Answer 7

The privileges of each house can be divided into two groups
Those which are enjoyed by the members individually.
Those which belong to each house of Parliament, as a collective body.

Freedom from assert: exempt a member From assert during the continuance of a meeting of the house or committee there of which he is a member and during a period of 40 days before and after such meeting or sitting.
This immunity is conferred to assert in civil cases and not in criminal cases are under the law of prevention detention.
A member cannot be summoned without the leave of the house to give evidence in a business while Parliament is in session.
There is a freedom of speech within the walls of the house.
The limitation on freedom of speech is that no discussion can take place in the Parliament with respect to the conduct of any judge of the Supreme Court or of a High Court in the discharge of his duties except upon a motion for a removal of the judge.(Article 121)

Question 8

The legislative procedure is in Parliament

Answer 8

The different stages of a legislative procedure in Parliament relating to bills other than money bills are as follows:
First introduction of a bill in either of the house of the Parliament
Motions after introduction
Report by selected committee
Passing of the bill in the house where it was introduced
Passage in the other house
President’s assent.

Question 9

Article 109

Answer 9

If a money bill is not returned by the Rajya Sabha within 14 days, it shall be deemed to have passed by both houses in the form in which it was passed by the Lok Sabha.

Question 10

Article 117

Answer 10

Financial bills which do not receive the speaker certificate of two classes.

A bill which contains any of the matters specified in article 110 but does not consist solely of those matters. It can be introduced in Lok Sabha but only on the recommendation of President. Rajya Sabha can amend or reject such bills

Any ordinary bill which contains provisions involving expenditure from the consolidated fund

Question 11

Financial legislation in Parliament

Answer 11

At the beginning of every financial year, on the behalf of President of India, statement of the estimated receipts and expenditure of the government of India for that year is laid before both houses of the Parliament.

Question 12

Article 112

Answer 12

‘Annual financial statement’ that is the budget contains of:
Estimates of expenditure
Ways and means to raise the revenue
An analysis of the actual receipts and expenditure of the closing here and the causes of any surplus or deficit in relation to such year.