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  2. Lok Sabha - Wikipedia

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    The Lok Sabha, also known as the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the 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 on the ...

  3. Parliament of India - Wikipedia

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    The constitution provides that the maximum strength of the Lok Sabha be 550 members. The Lok Sabha has a term of five years. To be eligible for membership in the Lok Sabha, a person must be a citizen of India and must be 25 years of age or older, not hold any office of profit under union or state government, mentally sound, should not be ...

  4. Lok Sabha Secretariat - Wikipedia

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    The Lok Sabha Secretariat is an independent office of Lok Sabha which functions under advise of the Speaker of Lok Sabha.. In the discharge of his constitutional and statutory responsibilities, the Speaker of the Lok Sabha is assisted by the Secretary-General, Lok Sabha, (whose pay scale, position and status etc. is equivalent to that of the highest-ranking official in the Government of India ...

  5. List of committees of the Parliament of India - Wikipedia

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    In 1921, it was established under the provision of the government of India act of 1919 and has since been in existence. However, for the first time, a member from the Opposition in Lok Sabha, was appointed as the chairperson of the committee by the Speaker of the Lok Sabha. This practice continues till date.

  6. 18th Lok Sabha - Wikipedia

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    The 18th Lok Sabha has members from 41 different parties. Out of the 543 seats of the Lok Sabha, 346 members (~64%) are from the 6 recognised national parties , 179 seats (~33%) are from the recognised state parties , 11 seats (~2%) are from the unrecognised parties and 7 seats (~1%) are from independent politicians. 262 (~48%) have previously ...

  7. Secretary General of the Lok Sabha - Wikipedia

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    In the discharge of his constitutional and statutory responsibilities, the Speaker of the Lok Sabha is assisted by the secretary general of Lok Sabha, (whose pay scale, position and status etc. is equivalent to that of the highest-ranking official in the Government of India i.e. Cabinet Secretary), functionaries of the level of the Additional Secretary, Joint Secretary and other officers and ...

  8. Parliament House, New Delhi - Wikipedia

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    The Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha chambers have large seating capacities to accommodate more members in the future, resulting from India's growing population and consequent future delimitation exercises. [10] The Lok Sabha chamber in the New Parliament building. The complex has 888 seats in the Lok Sabha chamber and 384 seats in the Rajya Sabha ...

  9. List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha - Wikipedia

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    The maximum size of the Lok Sabha as outlined in the Constitution of India is 550 members, made up of up to 530 members representing people of 28 states and 20 members representing people of 8 union territories based on their population. There are currently 543 constituencies in the Lok Sabha. [1]