POLITY- GK-Study Mate PARTICULARS 1)BACKGROUND DETAILS It is also known as Council of States. It represents the various states and union territories of the Indian Union. Type Upper House of the parliament of India It is a permanent body at it cannot be dissolved Constituted On 3 April 1952 Original Member 216, of which one was a nominated woman memberwas Rukmini Devi Arundale First sitting of 13 May 1952 Present Seat in Total 245 (233 elected,12 nominated) Rajya sabha 2)SESSION 3)COMPOSITION /STRENGTH Number of session 1)Related article Article 80 2)Maximum strength 3)Present strength A)In previous Two budget session,one Monsoon Session, One Winter session B)At present three session :Budget session, Monson session, Winter session A)The President convenes the sessions of the B) There cannot be a gap of more than six months within the two sessions of the. C)The President can call a special session of for getting approved an emergency declaration at a time when Lok Sabha stands dissolved. A)250 (out of which 12 members are nominated by president on the basis of their excellence in literature, science, art and social service & 238 are representative of the states & of the two union territories B)Not more than 530 representatives of the states.not more than 20 representatives of UTs. 245 (out of which 233 are representative of state & union territories of Delhi & Puducherry & 12 are nominated by the president
4)METHOD OF ELECTION 5)ALLOCATION OF SEATS 6)TENURE A)The members of the are elected indirectly by the people. B)The elected members of the States Legislative Assemblies elect the MPs on the basis of proportional representation through the single transferable vote system according to their state quota. C)All the States do not send equal number of members to the. Their representative number is decided on the basis of population of the respective State D)Delhi Assembly sends three members to and Puducherry sends one member. E)All other Union Territories do not get representation in the A)The fourth schedule to the constitution provides for allocation for seats to the states and union territories in Rajya Sabha 2)The allocation of seats is made on the basis of the population of each state 3)Related schedule -4th A)The is a permanent house and is not subject to dissolution. 7)QUALIFICATION Related article Article 84 Should poses the following qualifications 8)DISQUALIFICAT ION Related article Article 102 Shall be disqualified for following reason B) One third of its members retire after every two years and elections are held only for the vacant seats. The tenure of each member of the is six years C) Through Representation of the People Act, 1951, President of India has been authorized to govern the order of retirement of the Members. 1)must be citizen of India 2)Not less than 30 years of age 3) He must possess all other qualifications as laid down by the Parliament 4) He must not hold any office of profit under any government. 1)If he holds any office of profit under the Govt. of India or govt. of any state 2)If he is off unsound mind 3)If he is an undischarged insolvent 4)If he is not a citizen of India 5)If he is so disqualified by or under any law made by
9)PRESIDING OFFICERS Chairman Deputy chairman parliament A)Vice President of India is ex-officio chairman of Rajya Sabha. Chairman is not member of the House B)He is elected by the members of an electoral college consisting of members of both houses of parliament C)The Chairman does not enjoy the right to vote except in case of a tie D)As presiding officer, the Chairman of the is responsible for maintaining order and decorum in the house and conducts the proceedings in accordance with the rules E)The Secretary-General is appointed by the Chairman and holds rank equivalent to the highest civil servant of the Union. The Secretary-General is also the administrative head of the Secretariat and the custodian of the records of the House. He works under the direction and control of the Chairman. F)The chairman (Vice-President) can only removed from his office by a resolution passed by a majority of all the members of and, agreed to by the Lok sabha A) chooses from amongst its members, a Deputy chairman B) The Deputy Chairman presides over when the Vice- President is absent D)The Deputy chairman can be removed by a resolution passed by a majority of members of Rajya sabha E)In the absence of the Chairman & deputy chairman, a member from the panel of Vice chairmen presides over the proceeding of the House 10)LEADER OF THE HOUSE The leader of the house in Rajya sabha is normally the prime minister 11)QUORUM One-tenth of the total membership of the, i.e 25 members constitute the Quorum for holding the meeting of the House. 12)POWER Legislative Powers 1) enjoys equal powers with the Lok Sabha 2) An ordinary bill can be introduced in the and it cannot become a law unless passed by it. Financial Powers 1) A money bill cannot be introduced in the. It can be initiated only in the Lok Sabha. A money bill passed by the Lok Sabha comes before the for its consideration. However, if within a period of 14 days, the fails to pass the bill, the bill is taken to have
Executive powers Amendment Powers: Electoral Powers been passed by the Parliament irrespective of the fact whether the has passed it or not. 2)The has no power to reject or amend a Money bill The Union Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha and not the. 1) and Lok Sabha can together amend the constitution by passing an amendment bill with 2/3 majority in each House. 2) In the matter of the amendment of the Constitution the two Houses have been placed on an equal position. A proposal for amendment can originate in either of the two Houses but must be approved by both the Houses of the Parliament. A)Member of Rajya sabha elect the President of India along with the members of the Lok sabha & all the state legislative Assembly B) The members of the Lok Sabha together elect the Vice- President of India. C)Members of the also elect a Deputy Chairman from amongst themselves 13)The Representation of various states/uts in Judicial Powers Special Power (a) The acting along with the Lok Sabha can impeach the President on charges of violation of the Constitution. (b) The can also pass a special address for causing the removal of a judge of the Supreme Court or of any High Court. (c) The charges against the Vice-President can be introduced only in the. (d) The can pass a resolution for the removal of Attorney General of India, Comptroller and Auditor General and Chief Election Commissioner. A)New All india services can be created only after the Rajya Sabha resolves for this with a 2/3 rd majority. B) The can pass a resolution by 2/3rd majority of its members for declaring a State List subject States- 1)AP & Telengana-18 2)Assam-7 3)Goa-1 4)Haryana-5 5)J&k-4 6)Kerella-9 7)Maharashtra-19 8)Meghalaya-1 9)Rajashtan-10 10)Tamil Nadu-18 11)West Bengal-16 12)Mizorma-1 13)Jharkhand-6 14)UP-31 15)Bihar -16
14)First member of (First leader of the House ) 15)First Chairman 16)First Deputy Chairman 16)Chhatishgarh-5 17)Gujarat-11 18)HP-3 19)Karnataka-12 20)MP-11 21)Manipur-1 22)Nagaland-1 23)Punjab-7 24)Odisha-10 25)Sikkim-1 26)Tripura-1 27)Arunachal Pradesh- 1 28)uttrakhand-3 UT- 1)Delhi-3 2)Puducherry-1 Shri N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar S.radhakrishnan S V Krishanmoorthy