**Supreme Legislative Body**: Legislative organ

of Union government, adopts Westminster

**Legislative**: Makes laws on Union and model.
Concurrent Lists; residual powers.
**First Parliament**: Came into existence in April
**Financial**: Controls public money; approves 1952.
budget. **Introduction**
**Constitutional Provisions**: Articles 79-122
**Electoral**: Elects President, Vice-President, (Part V) detail structure, powers, and
Speaker, Deputy Speaker. procedures.
**Powers/Functions of Parliament**
**Removal Powers**: Impeaches President, **Frame of Reference**: Inspired by British

Judges for constitutional violations. Parliamentary system.

**Constitutional Amendment**: Special majority;

certain provisions with state approval.
**About**: Upper House; represents states and
**Executive Control**: Oversight through UTs; permanent house.

questions, motions, etc.
Max Strength: 250 (238 elected, 12 nominated).
**Composition**:
Current Strength: 245 (229 states, 4 UTs, 12
**Chairman**: Vice-President of India. nominated by President).
**Rajya Sabha**:
**Deputy Chairman**: Elected by members.
Mindmap: Parliament Indirect by state legislatures; Electoral colleges

**Speaker**: Presiding officer; remains in office

**Officials**
(Part-I)  **Rajya Sabha (Council of States)** **Election**:
for UTs.

until a new Speaker is elected. Nomination: Eminent individuals in arts,

**Lok Sabha**: literature, science, social service.
**Deputy Speaker**: Elected by members. 
**Functions**: Reviews, alters, and initiates
legislation.
**Rajya Sabha**: Six years; one-third members
retire every two years. Representation of States.
**Tenure** **Powers**:
**Lok Sabha**: Five years; extendable during Approval for transferring matters from State
 
emergencies. List.

**About**: Lower House; represents the people

of India.
Citizen, 30+ years, voter registration. **Rajya Sabha**:
**Qualifications** Max Strength: 550 (530 states, 20 UTs).
Citizen, 25+ years, voter registration. **Lok Sabha**: **Composition**:
Current Strength: 543 (530 states, 13 UTs).
Office of profit, unsound mind, insolvent, not an
**Membership of Parliament** **Organs of Parliament**
**Constitutional Grounds**:
Indian citizen. **Lok Sabha (House of the People)** **Election**: Direct election from constituencies.
**Disqualifications**
Election offenses, imprisonment for 2+ years, **Functions**: Selects the Executive (Council of Ministers).
 **Statutory Grounds**:
promoting enmity.
**Joint Sitting Decisions**: Prevails due to
numerical advantage.

**Money Matters**: Exclusive control; Rajya

**Powers**:
Sabha can only delay by 14 days.

**No Confidence Motion**: Can remove the


Council of Ministers.

**About**: Not a member but integral to

Parliament; highest formal authority.

**President** **Appointment**: Elected by MPs and MLAs.

Assent for bills.

**Powers**:
Summon and prorogue sessions, dissolve Lok

Sabha, issue ordinances.