The Parliament of India is the Supreme Legislative body of the country and is BiCameral in nature. The Parliament consists of the office President of India and two houses of Legislature.
The Indian parliament is made up of 790 Members. The Members of Parliament (MPs) are based on proportional representation of each state, and can belong to either house.
The MP's of the Lok Sabha are elected by the public, while the MP's of the Rajya Sabha are elected by the members of the State legislative assemblies.
The President of India can also nominate members to the Parliament.
RAJYA SABHA
A member of the Rajya Sabha is a representative of the States in the Union Legislature.
233 State representatives
The representatives must be elected by the Legislative Assembly of States and Union territories by means of single transferable
vote through proportional representation.
12 nominated by the president
The respresentatives must have special knowledge in various areas like arts and science and are not entitled to vote in Presidential elections.
The Rajya Sabha has special powers to declare, that, it is necessary and expedient in the national interest, that Parliament may make laws with respect to a matter in the State List, or to create by law one or more all-India services common to the Union and the States.
Members of Rajya Sabha are elected by the elected members of State Legislative Assemblies in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of single transferable vote.
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Leader of the House
The Leader of the House is an important parliamentary functionary who exercises direct influence on the course of parliamentary business. The Leader of the House draws up the programme of official business to be transacted in a session of Parliament.
The responsibility of the Leader of the House is not only to the Government and its supporters in the House, but to the Opposition and to the House as a whole.
Role and responsibility to maintains liaison between the Government and the Opposition groups in the House.
The member is the guardian of the legitimate rights of the Opposition as well as those of the Government.
As such, the member should be among the foremost champions of the rights and privileges of the House as a whole. The member has to see that the House is not denied its rightful opportunities despite pressure from any quarters.
LOK SABHA
LOK SABHA
543 elected members
2 nominated members (of the Anglo-Indian Community) by the President of India.
Each state allotted N number of seats.
N/state population same across all states.
Each state is divided into territorial constituencies.
Constituency pop/number of allotted seats same across state.