Presented By: Kotub Uddin Ahmed Course Code-Pol.541 19MAPLSC14 2019-20

PRESENTED BY
KOTUB UDDIN AHMED

COURSE CODE-POL.541
19MAPLSC14
2019-20
 The Parliament of India is a magnificent manifestation of the democratic
ethos of our country.
 Historically India was the democratic and representative institutions.
 Evolution of modern democratic institutions in India was a gradual
process which stemmed from the Indian freedom struggle against the
British rule.
 After independence a full-fledged parliamentary system of government
with modern institutional framework.
 Article 79 of Indian constitution deals with the organisation of Parliament.
 The President of India is the integral part of Parliament.
 The President isn’t member of any houses and does not sit in Parliament
to attend its meetings.
 The President of India isn’t most powerful as like American president.
COUNCIL OF STATES  HOUSE OF THE PEOPLE
 The Council of States is  The House of the People is
permanent house, Its temporary house, Its
maximum strength fixed at maximum strength fixed at
250. 552.
 Present strength of council
 Present strength of House of
of States has 245 members.
the People has 545
 Elected by the elected
members of state legislature members.
for six years term.  Elected by the people
directly for five years term.
COUNCIL OF STATES HOUSE OF THE PEOPLE
 Elected by the elected  Elected by the universal
members of state adult franchise.
legislature through
proportional  States divided into
representation by the territorial constituencies
single transferable vote. on the basis of
 The numbers of members population.
divided and elected on the
basis of the population of  Reservation for
the state. scheduled caste and
 Reservation for scheduled scheduled tribes.
caste and scheduled tribes.  Oath or Affirmation.
 Oath or Affirmation.
Council of states House of the People
 A Chairman and a Deputy  A Speaker and A Deputy
Chairman. Speaker.
 The Speaker is the head of the
 The Vice-President of India is House of People.
the ex-officio Chairman of  Elected by the house from
Council of states. among its members.
 Deputy Chairman.  Date of election fixed by the
President.
 Deputy Chairman performs
 The office of the Speaker is
the duties of the Chairman independence and impartiality.
office when it is vacant.  The Speaker also presides over a
joint sitting of Parliament.
 The Deputy Speaker enjoy the
duties of the Speaker’s office
when it is vacant.
 Prime Minister or one of the nominated member of
the House will be leader of the House.
 A deputy leader of the House also nominated by the
Prime Minister.
 In each house have a “Leader of Opposition”.
 Main functions of Opposition Leader is constructive
criticism of the government policies and to provide an
alternative Government.
 The Budget Session(February to May);
 The Monsoon Session(July to September);
 The Winter Session(November to December).
 Maximum gape between two session is six month and
the Parliament should meet at least twice a year.
 Substantive Motion dealing with a very important
matter like impeachment of the President or Chief
Election Commissioner.
 Closure Motion moved by a member to cut short the
debate on a matter before the house.
 Calling Attention Motion call for the attention of a
minister to a matter of urgent public importance.
 House of the People can remove the ministry from
office by passing a No Confidence Motion under
article 75.
 The legislative procedure of both the Houses are quite similar,
every bill has to pass through the same procedure in each House.
 Two types of bill introduced by Parliament, Public Bill and
Private Bill.
 The bills introduced in the Parliament can be classified into four
categories
1. Ordinary bills
2. Money bill
3. Financial bill
4. Constitutional amendment bill
• All the bills have to be passed through Houses of Parliament to
become law.
• The President can call for joint sitting of the Houses to pass
and discuss on bills.
 “Annual Financial Statement” dealt with Article 112 of the constitution.
 Estimated receipts and expenditure of the Government in a financial
year.
 The Government of India has two Budget, Railway Budget and General
Budget under the recommendation of Acworth Committee in 1921.
 In August 2016 the Railway Budget merge with the General Budget.
 Dominated role of the House of the People on Budget.
 Stages of the Budget
1. Presentation of Budget.
2. General Discussion.
3. Scrutiny by Departmental committees.
4. Voting and demands for grants.
5. Passing of appropriation bill.
6. Passing of finance bill.
 In Indian politico-administrative system the Parliament
occupies a central position with multifunctional role,
1. Legislative powers and functions
2. Executive powers and functions
3. Financial powers and functions
4. Constituent powers and functions
5. Judicial powers and functions
6. Electoral powers and functions
7. Others powers and functions
8. In certain cases House of the People is more powerful as
comparison to Council of States, but due to federal
character of the Council of States it has been given few
exclusive powers, e.g. article 249 and 312 of Constitution.

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