NCERT Solutions for Exploring Society: India and Beyond Chapter 6 The Parliamentary System: Legislature and Executive

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India’s Parliament is bicameral — it is composed of the President , the Lok Sabha (House of the People / Lower House) and the Rajya Sabha (Council of States / Upper House). Lok Sabha members are directly elected on universal adult suffrage (maximum strength envisaged by the Constitution: 550 ); Rajya Sabha members are elected indirectly by an electoral college. Both allocations follow each state’s population. There have been 17 Lok Sabhas since 1952; the 18th was constituted in June 2024 . The Constitution gives Parliament four broad functions — constitutional (electing the President and Vice President, amending the Constitution, upholding universal adult suffrage, separation of powers, federalism, Fundamental Rights and the Directive Principles), lawmaking , executive accounta

• Chapter opening
• Legislative Functions of the Parliament
• Lawmaking
• Executive accountability
• ) Financial accountability
• Executive Functions of Parliament
• ) The Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers
• –155The Judiciary
• Structure of State Legislatures
• Challenges to the Effective Functioning of the Legislatures