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Appointment and Qualification, Ministersimx, , © All Ministers are appointed by the P, on advice of the Prime Minister. No minster, appointed or removed without the c, Prime Minister., , © According to the 91st amendment, th, Council of Ministers including the P, , cannot be more than 15% of the total strength of, , the Lok Sabha., , ¢ AMinister has to become a member of the Parliament, (either one of the two Houses) within six months of, , his appointment., , Oath and Salary of the Ministers, , e The President administers oath to the ministers, , ¢ The salaries of the ministers are determined by, , Parliament from ume to time, , Responsibility of Ministers, , © According to the Article 75 all ministers bear a, collective responsibility to the Lok Sabha. They, act as a team that “sinks and swims” together. If, a motion of no confidence is passed against the, Council of Ministers, all Ministers have to resign, including those from the Rajya Sabha., , , , , , e Article 75 also contains principle of individual, , responsibility. The President, particular Minister when the ruling party, enjoying a majority, , can remove 4, , 1S, , The Ministers in India however do not have a legal, , responsibility for any decision taken by them while, In Office., , Types of Ministers, , e The Council of Ministers have three, , , , alegories., , 1. The Cabinet Ministers: They are the members, of the cabinet. They lead a particular ministry., They are the direct policy makers. :, , 2s Lhe of State: They either, have independent ministry or they are attached, to some Cabinet Ministry., , 3. Deputy Minister: They do not have any, independent charges. They are attached to some, , Cabinet Ministry. They assist Cabinet Ministers., , Ministers, , of the, , resident, gets, , consensus OT the, , e strength of, rime Minister, , e British Architecture, e 144 Granite Pillars, e Beautifully constructed and is known, , |] RAJYA SABHA, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , There is another category of ministers_, Secretary. However no one Is appointed, 1967 7, , I DEPUTY PRIME MINIS, , The post of Deputy Prime Minister is not, Consutuuon of India. However seven Persons, in this post since Independence,, Deputy Prime Minister, | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Morarji Desai, , Charan Singh and Jagjivan Ram, Y.B. Chavan, , | Devi Lal, , , , L.K. Advani, , |] PARLIAMENT, , In the federal polity of India, Parliament is the, body of the county. It enjoys extended legislative p, , Parliament is also considered as “Th,, Democracy”, , Article 79-Composition of the Parlia, , As per this, there are 3 components of Parl;, Lower House / Lok Sabha / House of Pe,, , , , , , ], 2. Upper House / Rajya Sabha / Council of §}, 3. President of India. Be, , , , Interesting Facts about Par!, e Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker a, Parliament of India, , , , Majestic Look., , e In the bicameral legislative process at, , Upper House of the Parliament that, dissolved, , Parliament. The Hindi name Rajya, adopted in 1954, , SS, a strength of Rajya Sabha is fixed at, Maximum" ¥¢ elected from the States and Union, 250 (238 en 12 are nominated by the President). At ., ya Sabha has strength of 245 members, , Raed +12 nominated). ‘This change is since, ‘992 Amendment Act. : :, s first constituted in 1952. It isa Rennanent, y not subject to dissolution. However, 4 members retires after every second, ese vacant am filled up by election or, ial nomination at the beginning of every, third yea. Retiring members may SR ‘, re-nominated any number of times., Rajya Sabha cannot be dissolved, the, , It w, , e¢ thir, year. Th, president, , Though, term of 0, Consutuuo, (1951) prov!, Rajya Sabha., , e the representation of all states in Rajya Sabha, is fixed on the basis of population, 31 members, from UP in Rajya Sabha is the largest and second, largest 1S Maharashtra (19 members),, , ¢ in state representation tll 2026 as per, , n, However Representation of People Act, des it as six years for the members of, , e = Sine, , No chang!, 1992 Amendment Act., 9 political units havea representation of one member, each—, 1. All North-Eastern states except Assam, 2. Goa, 3. Puducherry, e = Qualificanon of 12 members in the Rajya Sabha to, be nominated by the President of India., » Any Indian citizen with a special knowledge or, practical experience in Art, Science, Literature and, Social Service can be nominated,, , Election of Rajya : Sabha Memberss==—=, , } Only MLAs have the voting rights., 2. Rajya Sabha members are elected through, , proportional representation by means of single, transferable voting system in which MLAs of the, , State have the right to vote., Minimum Vote = (Total yotes/vacancy +1) + 1, , , , , , |, , , , , , , , , Anybody winning the “Bye-election” of Rajya Sabha will, not be given the term for 6 years. But he is given a term, equivalent to the left out term of the member because of., , whom the vacancy got created. 4, , , , Chairman of Rajya Sabha cesses, , ffice of the members is not fixed by the Cj, , © He is directly responsible to the Rajya Sabha. [He is, , e Salary of both Chairman and Deputy Chairman are, , Leader of the OppositiOMsssssssssss=, , Special Powers of Rajya Sabhaseescamn, , Indian Polity, , , , , , , , , Presiding officer of Rajya Sabha is called the, Chairman. Vice-President is the ex-officio Chairman, of Rajya Sabha., , While speaker and deputy speaker are members, of the House, Chairman is not a member of the, House., , He cannot vote in the first instance but in case of a, deadlock he can exercise in casting vote., There is no procedure to remove the Chairman, he, , gets removed only when he is removed from the, office of Vice President., , VP is removed in a way similar to that of speaker., , Deputy Chairman is elected from amongst the, members of Rajya Sabha., , not a subordinate of the Chairman of Rajya Sabha.], , fixed by the Parliament from time to time and are, charged on the consolidated fund of India., , © Leader of the largest opposition party (having at least, one tenth seats) is called leader of opposition., , ® Now in the 16" Lok Sabha, we do not have a, recognized leader of opposition., , 1. Article 249: A resolution seeking legislation on any, subject of the State list can only originate in the, Rajya Sabha., , 2. Article 312: Any resolution seeking creation of, one or more All India Service, including All India, Judiciary Services can only be initiated in the Rajya, Sabha. Only after Rajya Sabha passes the resolution, , by special majority, can the Parliament legislate on, this., , 3, Article 67: Resolution seeking the removal of the, Vice-President can originate only in Rajya Sabha., After the Rajya Sabha, it goes for approval in the, Lok Sabha.