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The Lok Sabha, also known as the House of the People, is the lower house of Parliament of India which is bicameral, where the upper house is Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past-the-post system to represent their respective constituencies, and they hold their seats for five years or until the body is dissolved by the president of ...
However, during the re-structuring of DRSCs in July 2004 by the 14th Lok Sabha, the membership was reduced to 31 members—21 from Lok Sabha and 10 from Rajya Sabha. The inaugural chairperson of the committee was Buta Singh , former Minister of Home Affairs (1984–86) and Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (1995–96 ...
The Rajya Sabha can have a maximum of 250 members. It currently has a sanctioned strength of 245 members, of which 233 are elected from states, and union territories and 12 are nominated by the president. The number of members from a state depends on its population. The minimum age for a person to become a member of the Rajya Sabha is 30 years ...
The Indian Navy frigates INS Godavari and INS Betwa captured the freighter, rescued the hostages and arrested the mercenaries near the Sri Lankan coast. [55] During the 2006 Lebanon War, the Indian Navy launched Operation Sukoon to successfully evacuate 2280 persons from Lebanon, including Indian, 436 Sri Lankan and 69 Nepali and 7 Lebanese ...
The Rajya Sabha (lit: "States' Assembly"), also known as the Council of States, is the upper house of the Parliament of India which is bicameral.As of 2023, it has a maximum membership of 245, of which 233 are elected by the State legislative assemblies of India and of union territories using single transferable votes through open ballots, while the President of India can appoint 12 members ...
The council as a whole is responsible to the Lok Sabha. [26] The Lok Sabha is a temporary house and can be dissolved only when the party in power loses the support of the majority of the house. The Rajya Sabha is a permanent house and can never be dissolved. The members of the Rajya Sabha are elected for a six-year term. [27]
Rajya Sabha MP for Kerala: 26 October 2006 22 May 2009 7 years, 212 days: 23 May 2009 26 May 2014 Manmohan II: 26 Arun Jaitley (1952–2019) Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat: 27 May 2014 9 November 2014 166 days: Bharatiya Janata Party: Modi I: Narendra Modi: 27 Manohar Parrikar (1955–2019) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh: 9 November 2014 13 March ...
These members of the lower house of the Indian Parliament were elected to the 6th Lok Sabha (1977 to 1980) at the 1977 Indian general election. [1] NOTE: All Janata Party candidates were elected under the name Bharatiya Lok Dal, as Janata Party was officially registered only after the elections.