Conventions of Indian Parliament

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The Conventions of Indian Parliament are unwritten rules and practices that guide the functioning, procedures, and relationships between the two Houses and other constitutional authorities beyond what is explicitly laid down in law.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf parliamentary convention system ⓘ
appliesTo Council of Ministers of India ⓘ
linked to: Cabinet of India

Lok Sabha ⓘ
Parliament of India ⓘ
President of India ⓘ
Rajya Sabha ⓘ
characteristic evolve gradually through practice ⓘ
generally followed as binding political rules ⓘ
may change with changing political and constitutional practice ⓘ
not expressly written in the Constitution or statutes ⓘ
country India ⓘ
derivedFrom British parliamentary conventions ⓘ
Constitution of India ⓘ
parliamentary practice and precedents ⓘ
enforcedBy parliamentary criticism ⓘ
political responsibility ⓘ
public opinion ⓘ
includesConvention Bills of great constitutional or political importance are usually referred to parliamentary committees ⓘ
Budget is treated as a matter of confidence in the government ⓘ
Chairman of the Rajya Sabha is the Vice‑President of India ⓘ
Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha ⓘ
Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha is usually from the opposition or a non‑ruling party ⓘ
Government resigns if it loses the confidence of the Lok Sabha ⓘ
Important international treaties are usually laid before Parliament ⓘ
Ministers are collectively bound by Cabinet decisions ⓘ
Ministers are responsible to Parliament for their departments ⓘ
Money Bills are introduced only in the Lok Sabha ⓘ
No‑confidence motions are taken up with priority over other business ⓘ
Opposition is allowed adequate time to speak and criticize the government ⓘ
Parliament does not ordinarily discuss the conduct of judges of the higher judiciary except in impeachment proceedings ⓘ
Parliamentary questions are answered by responsible ministers ⓘ
President acts on the aid and advice of the Council of Ministers ⓘ
President addresses a joint sitting of both Houses at the beginning of the first session after each general election ⓘ
President addresses a joint sitting of both Houses at the beginning of the first session of each year ⓘ
President does not refuse assent to a Money Bill duly passed by Parliament ⓘ
President normally appoints the leader of the majority party or coalition in the Lok Sabha as Prime Minister ⓘ
Prime Minister is normally a member of the Lok Sabha ⓘ
Prime Minister makes important policy announcements on the floor of the House ⓘ
Prime Minister replies to the debate on the President’s Address ⓘ
Rajya Sabha generally respects the primacy of the Lok Sabha in financial matters ⓘ
Rajya Sabha normally does not reject Money Bills ⓘ
Speaker of the Lok Sabha is elected from among members of the House ⓘ
Speaker of the Lok Sabha is not opposed in his or her constituency by major parties after election as Speaker ⓘ
Speaker of the Lok Sabha resigns from party positions after election as Speaker ⓘ
legalForce non‑justiciable ⓘ
legalStatus unwritten rules and practices ⓘ
purpose to ensure smooth and orderly conduct of parliamentary business ⓘ
to fill gaps in constitutional and statutory provisions ⓘ
to preserve the spirit of the Constitution ⓘ
to regulate relations between Parliament and the Executive ⓘ
to regulate relations between the two Houses of Parliament ⓘ
relatedConcept constitutional conventions ⓘ
parliamentary privilege in India ⓘ
rules of procedure and conduct of business in Lok Sabha ⓘ
rules of procedure and conduct of business in Rajya Sabha ⓘ

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Joint Committee → governedBy → Conventions of Indian Parliament ⓘ
subject linked to: Joint Committees
Ad hoc committees (India) → relatedConcept → Committee system of Parliament of India ⓘ
linked to: Conventions of Indian Parliament