Sansad

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Sansad is the supreme legislative body of India, comprising the President and two houses—the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha—that together enact national laws and oversee the government.

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Sansad canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bicameral legislature ⓘ
Legislature ⓘ
Parliament ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Indian Parliament ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of India
constitutionalBasis Articles 79 to 122 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
Part V of the Constitution of India ⓘ
country India ⓘ
elects President of India ⓘ
Vice President of India ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of India ⓘ
establishedOn 26 January 1950 ⓘ
hasComponent Lok Sabha ⓘ
President of India ⓘ
Rajya Sabha ⓘ
hasPower Legislative power at the Union level ⓘ
Power to alter state boundaries and create new states ⓘ
Power to approve proclamations of Emergency ⓘ
Power to impeach judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts ⓘ
Power to impeach the President of India ⓘ
Power to remove the Council of Ministers through no-confidence motion in Lok Sabha ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
legislativeChamber Lok Sabha ⓘ
Rajya Sabha ⓘ
location New Delhi ⓘ
linked to: New Delhi, India
lowerHouse Lok Sabha ⓘ
mainFunction Amending the Constitution of India ⓘ
Approving the Union budget ⓘ
Enacting national laws ⓘ
Overseeing the Government of India ⓘ
Representing the people of India ⓘ
meetsIn Sansad Bhavan ⓘ
nativeName Bhāratīya Sansad ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of India
numberOfHouses 2 ⓘ
officialName Parliament of India ⓘ
oversees Council of Ministers ⓘ
predecessor Constituent Assembly of India ⓘ
Imperial Legislative Council ⓘ
responsibleTo People of India ⓘ
linked to: Indians
sessionType Budget Session ⓘ
Monsoon Session ⓘ
Winter Session ⓘ
supremeLegislativeBodyOf India ⓘ
termLengthOfLowerHouse 5 years ⓘ
upperHouse Rajya Sabha ⓘ
votingSystemInLowerHouse First-past-the-post ⓘ
votingSystemInUpperHouse Single transferable vote ⓘ

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Parliament of India → alsoKnownAs → Sansad ⓘ
subject linked to: House of Parliament