Parliament

KERALA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

 Parliament

A parliament is a legislative body of government.

Functions
 representing the electorate
 making laws
 overseeing the government via hearings
 inquiries.
INDIAN PARLIAMENT
INDIAN PARLIAMENT

 The Parliament of India is the supreme legislative body.

 The Parliament is composed of the President of India.
 It is a bicameral legislature with two houses:
1. Rajya Sabha
2. Lok Sabha.
 Rajya sabha

 1952 april 3
 First meeting on may 13, 1952
 Chairman , (vice president )
 The Rajya Sabha or Council of States is theupper house of the
Parliament of india
 Membership of Rajya Sabha is limited- 250 members
 current laws have provision for 245 members.
 Most of the members of the House are indirectly elected by state and
territorial legislatures
 The President can appoint 12 members for their contributions to art,
literature, science, and social services.
 Members sit for staggered six-year terms, with one third of the members
retiring every two years.
 Loksabha

 1952 april 17
 1952 may 13 first meeting
 House of the people
 552 members (today 545, 2 nominated anglo indian representatives)
 25 years old
 The main role represnted by the president
 SpeakeR - leadership
 The Lok Sabha ( House of the People ) is thelower house of India
 bicameral Parliament
 The upper house being the Rajya Sabha.
 Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by adultuniversal suffrage a first-past-the-post system to
represent their respectiveconstituencies
 The members hold their seats for 5 years or until the body is dissolved by thePresident on the
advice of the council of ministers .
 The house meets in the Lok Sabha Chambers of the Sansad Bhavan in New Delhi
 Parliaments

 Parliament names of different countries – In any democratic form of

government the supreme legislative body is called as Parliament.
 It is also the executive governing body of the country.
 The Legislature can be Unicameral or Bicameral.
 Samller countries with small constituencies may prefer Unicameral
legislature but bigger countries generally have Bicameral type
legislature.
 In Bicameral legislature the Parliament have two houses- the Lower
House and the Upper House.
 The members of lower house are generally directly elected from
citizens
 The members of Upper house are generally nominated.
Unicamaral

 It is a representative form of government with a single legislative chamber.

 Unicameral parliament or unicameral legislature is a legislature which consists of one
chamber or house.
 Advantage
 There is more efficient lawmaking
 The legislative process is much simpler
 There is no possibility of deadlock.
 Disadvantage
 The main weakness of a unicameral system can be seen as the lack of restraint on
the majority
 Particularly noticeable in parliamentary systems where the leaders of the
parliamentary majority also dominate the executive.
 There is also the risk that important sectors of society may not be adequately
represented.
Bicamaral

 A bicameral legislature simply refers to a particular body of

government that consists of two legislative houses or chambers.
 The members of the two chambers are elected or selected by
different methods, which vary from country to country.
Differenciate between bicamaral
amd unicamaral legislature
Basis of camparison Bicamaral legislature Unicamaral legislature
Meaning The form of government The legislative system of
that consist of only one the country, comprising
legislative house or of two-tier assemblies is
assembly, is called known as bicameral
unicameral legislature. legislature
Powers Concentrated Shared
System of Government Unitary Fedaral
Decision on Policies Quick decision making Consumes time
Suitable for Small Countries Large Countries
Parliament of india
Structure of the Parliament of India

 The Indian Parliament is broken down into three parts: President , Lower
House , and Upper House.
 There is also a Prime Minister, who oversees the Upper House, that plays
an important role in lawmaking.
 The President
 The Indian president is chosen through an election by the members of
parliament
 In the Lower House, the president appoints two out of the 552 members,
while he appoints 12 of the Upper House's 250 members.
 The president must choose members that have shown honors or skill
from a variety of backgrounds, such as science, literature, and the arts.
 It is normal for the president to be elected from one of the individuals in
either the Upper or Lower House.
Lok Sabha /Lower House

 Lok Sabha , or the 'House of the People', currently contains 543

members, however, it can have up to 552 members.
 The members are elected for terms of 5 years at a time
 The age of each member has to be over 25 years old.
 The people voted into the Lower House must be broken down this
way
 84 seats for ''scheduled castes’
 47 seats for individual tribes of India
 131 reserved seats
 The whole Lower House can be dissolved if the president and
people believe it is necessary.
Rajya Sabha/Upper House

 The Upper House has 250 allowed members, though currently they
only have 245.
 Also called the 'Council of States’,the Upper House is considered
the less powerful house.
 This house cannot be dissolved for any reason — however, a third of
the members are required to retire every two years. This means there
is a constant movement of people into the Upper House.
 Individuals that are elected can only stay within the Upper House
for up to 6 years.
 The minimum age requirement for this house is 30 years old.
Session of parliament

1. Budget session : February to May

2. Monsoon session : July to September
3. Winter session : November to December
Lawmaking procedures

 Legislative proposals are brought before either house of the

Parliament in the form of a bill.
 A bill is the draft of a legislative proposal, which, when passed by
both houses of Parliament and assented to by the President ,
becomes an Act of Parliament .
 Money bills must originate in the Lok Sabha. The council of states
can only make recommendations over the bills to the House, within
a period of fourteen days.
Structure
What happens in parliament
Kerala Legislative Assembly
Kerala Legislative Assembly
(കേരള നിയമസഭ)
 The Kerala Legislative Assembly, popularly known as the
Niyamasabha (literally Hall of laws )
 It is the law making body of Kerala, one of the 29 States in India.
 The Assembly is formed by 140 elected representatives
 one nominated member from the Anglo-Indian community.
 Each elected member represents one of the 140 constituencies
within the borders of Kerala and is referred to as Member of the
Legislative Assembly (MLA).
Structure

 Seats 140
14th Legislative Assembly of Kerala

 Term limits 5 years

 Leadership Speaker P. Sreeramakrishnan (, CPI(M) (LDF )Since 3 June
2016)
 Deputy Speaker V. Sasi , CPI ( LDF )Since 29 June 2016
 Leader of the House( Chief Minister)Pinarayi Vijayan, CPI(M) ( LDF
)Since 25 May 2016
 Leader of the Opposition Ramesh Chennithala , INC ( UDF)Since 29
May 2016