The Rajya Sabha or Council of States is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of India. It currently has a maximum membership of 245, of which 233 are elected by the legislatures of the states and union territories. The Vice President of India is the ex-officio Chairman, who presides over its sessions. The Deputy Chairman, elected from amongst the house’s members, takes care of the day-to-day matters of the house.
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The Rajya Sabha or Council of States is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of India. It currently has a maximum membership of 245, of which 233 are elected by the legislatures of the states and union territories. The President can appoint 12 members for their contributions to art, literature, science, and social services. Members sit for staggered terms lasting six years, with elections every year but almost a third of the 233 designates up for election every two years, specifically in even-numbered years. Unlike the Lok Sabha, which is the lower house of Parliament, the Rajya Sabha is not subjected to dissolution. The Vice President of India is the ex-officio Chairman, who presides over its sessions. The Deputy Chairman, elected from amongst the house’s members, takes care of the day-to-day matters of the house in the absence of the Chairman. The Constitution of India places some restrictions on Rajya. Sabha, Lok Sabha is more powerful in certain areas. A joint sitting of the two Houses of Parliament in certain cases can be convened by the President of. India when one house has either rejected a bill passed by the other house, or has disagreed to the amendments proposed by the.
Lok Sabha on a bill passing by it. For this reason, a member of the Raj. Sabha cannot bring a no-confidence motion against the government. In the Indian federal structure, the Rajha Sabha is a representative of the States in the Union legislature. This is the reason that it has the power to protect the Union government in the case of a minority government. It has facility for simultaneous interpretation in all the 22 scheduled languages of India, since 18 July 2018. Since the latest time being in 2002, the latest joint session of Parliament has been convened three times in last 71 years, for the purpose of passage of a specific legislative act, the most recent of which was in 2002: The Lok Sabha has a greater influence in a joint session because the President on the government has a majority in Lok Sabha to get bills passed through a majority vote. It is a rare occurrence that a joint. session is chaired by the Speaker, because the Speaker has a great deal of influence over Lok Sabha.
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