Indian Polity-4

Indian Polity-3

1. Joint session of the house is conducted:

a. After every general election

b. In the beginning of first session

c. When one house passes a bill while the other house rejects or does not give assent for six months.

2. A joint Session is presided over by the speaker of the Lok Sabha.

3. The first hour of every sitting in both houses is devoted to asking and answering of questions. This is called Question Hour.

4. The immediately following Question Hours is called Zero Hour. It starts at 12 O’clock and press gave the name ‘zero hour’.

5. There are three categories of questions

a. Starred questions can be answered orally on the floor of the house.

b. An unstarred question, which does not carry an asterisk mark, is not given orally but in written form.

c. A short notice question can be asked with notice shorter than the ten days prescribed for an ordinary question.

6. Half an hour discussion can be held in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.

7. There are three types of motions

a. Call Attention Motion: A member may call the attention of a minister on an urgent matter through this motion.

b. Adjournment Motion: If speaker agrees, a matter of urgent public importance can be brought before the house, by interrupting the regular business.

c. No-confidence Motion: It expresses a lack of confidence of the Lok Sabha in the council of ministers.

d. Cut Motion is a device to initiate discussions and demands for grants.

8. Only five states have legislative council namely: Bihar, UP, Karnataka, Maharastra and J &K.

9. 5/6 members of Vidhan Parishad are elected directly while 1/6 of them are nominated by the governer.

10. The term of the Vidhan Sabha is fixed for 5 years, but for J & K it is 6 years.

President, Vice President of India

Government of the Union (Part-V)
Article (52-151) deals with: Executive, legislature, union judiciary and CAG.
The Union executive in India consists of President, the Vice-President, the council of ministers and the Attorney General of India.

The President

Electroral Procedure: It consists of elected members of the two houses of Parliament and elected members of all the SLA.

Value of vote of an MLA= (Population of the state)/Elected members of SLA X 1000

Value of vote of an MP= No of votes assigned to all MLA/ Total no of elected MPs

Election of president should be done by a secret ballot and based on a system of proportional representation by means of a single transferable vote.

Art 56: President term is 5 years. His term may terminate either by

-Resignation in writing to VP of India
-By impeachment.

Qualification: -Citizen of India
- 35 years of age
- Be qualified for election as member of LS
- Must not hold any office of profit.

President should not be a member of either house of parliament or a house of any state legislature. Salary 50,000 per month. Pension 3 Lakh/year

Impeachment:
- Either house may start the procedure.
- Can be brought not less than 2/3 of the total membership of the house.
- Also to be passed by at least 2/3 of the members.

Vacancy: - Due to some unnatural cause then
- VP
- Chief- Justice of India
- Senior- Most member of the SC.

The term ‘Executive Power’, actually refers to the power exercised by the council of Ministers in the name of the President.

The Vice President

- Vide Article 63
- Election: By an electoral collage of members of two houses of Parliament
- Qualification: Identical as of president of India except the candidate should be qualified to be a member of the Rajya Sabha.
- Term , Emoluments: 5 years. May terminate by resignation or by removal.
- Gets a salary of 40,000 Rs. Per month
- Functions as Ex-officio chairman of Rajya Sabha ( Article 64)