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Rajya Sabha (c) two anglo-Indian members are nominated

According to Article 80 of the Indian by the President to give the community
Constitution, Rajya Sabha consists of 250 mem- adequate representation.
bers. Out of this, 238 are elected from Legislative
Assemblies of States and Union Territories while
12 are nominated by the Indian President from
amongst distinguished people. Rajya Sabha is a
permanent house. One third of its members retire
after every two years and fresh elections are held
biennially. The term of office of each member is
of six years.

Lok Sabha

Term : The term of Lok Sabha is 5 years. The
house may be dissolved before the expiry of its
full term. When the proclamation of emergency
is in force, the term of Lok Sabha according to
Article 83 can be extended for a year. Members
are elected through secret ballot on the basis of
Rajya Sabha
adult franchise after every five years.
Qualifications for becoming a member of Rajya
Qualifications for becoming a member of Lok
Sabha :
Sabha :
1. He/She should be citizen of India.
1. He/She should be citizen of India.
2. He/She should be 30 years and above of
2. He/She should be 25 years of age.
age.
3. He/She should not be a lunatic or a bank-
3. He/She should not be a lunatic or a bank-
rupt.
rupt.
4. He/She should not be disqualified otherwise
The representative of each state in the Rajya
by the Parliament by law.
Sabha are elected by the elected members of the
State Legislative Assembly in accordance with FUNCTIONS AND POWERS OF
the method of proportional representation. PARLIAMENT
Lok Sabha I. Legislative Functions
The Lok Sabha is composed of not more than (a) All bills, other than money bills origi-
552 members. Its composition is : nate in Rajya Sabha.

(a) not more than 530 members that are (b) In case of a deadlock on a non-money
directly elected from territorial constituen- bill, both houses sit for a joint sitting
cies in the States; where the issue is decided by a major-
ity of members present and voting.
(b) not more than 20 members that are elected
directly from constituencies in the Union
Territories;
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