The Parliament of India is one of the largest democratic forums in the world. The members of parliament (MPs) are representatives of the people and are directly elected by a popular majority.
Contingsent on the Constitution of India, the Parliament is composed of the President and the two Houses, known as Lok Sabha (House of People) and Rajya Sabha (Council of States). The Parliament meets at Sansad Bhawan in New Delhi. The President of India is the constitutional head of the executive. The Constitution describes the structure of parliament in Article 79.
The Lok Sabha, or the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament
The Rajya Sabha or Council of States is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of India. As of 2021 it has a maximum membership of 245, of which 233 are elected by the legislatures of the states and the union territories and 12 are nominated by the President of India
Sittings: Sittings are the time taken to discuss and pass bills in Parliament. Data on sittings are available from 2014, when they started being publicly available.
Legislative Output: In 2009-2014, it cleared 188 Bills and in 2004-09 it cleared 251 Bills.
Question hour: Rajya Sabha Question Hour (QH) is an important forum for debate and it can reveal interesting findings about the functioning of government, if proper research is done. Most of the analysis and work that has been published on QH deals with the number of questions asked, answered, withdrawn and pending. The Rajya Sabha in 2015-19, used only about 40% of the total time available for question hour.
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