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The Parliament of India or Indian Parliament, (ISO: Bhāratīya Saṁsada) is the supreme legislative body of the Government of It is a bicameral legislature composed of the Rajya Sabha (Council of States) and the Lok Sabha (House of the People).
A mural that depicts a map of Maurya Empire, an undivided India in the new parliament caused a diplomatic row with neighbouring Nepal, Pakistan and Bangladesh. On 28 May 2023, India's parliamentary affairs minister Pralhad Joshi tweeted a photo of the mural with a sentence in Kannada, a translation of which says, "Resolve is clear – Akhand ...
Public Accounts Committee – It examines various expenditure reports and accounts under the purview of the Parliament. Till 1921, a senior member of the ruling party used to be appointed by the Speaker as Chairman of the Committee. In 1921, it was established under the provision of the government of India act of 1919 and has since been in ...
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 ...
The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs is an Indian government ministry.It is headed by the Union Cabinet Minister of Parliamentary Affairs. It handles affairs relating to the Parliament of India, and works as a link between the two chambers, the Lok Sabha ("House of the People," the lower house) and the Rajya Sabha ("Council of States," the upper house).
The JPC held 17 sittings and submitted its report to Parliament on February 4, 2004. The report confirmed that soft drinks did have pesticide residues and recommended stringent norms for drinking water. This JPC made a recommendation about National Standards Body of India which was agreed by Parliament and the Govt.
India’s parliament descended into chaos as opposition party members chanted slogans, carried placards, and threw paper at the speaker who oversees the proceedings of the lower house.. Monday’s ...
The Lok Sabha Secretariat is the governing body of Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India, which functions under the advice of the Speaker of Lok Sabha.. In the discharge of his constitutional and statutory responsibilities, the Speaker of the Lok Sabha is assisted by a Secretary-General, (whose pay scale, position and status etc. is equivalent to that of the highest-ranking ...