Test: Legislature- 2 - UPSC

At present, only six states have a bicameral legislature.

The president nominates the members of the Rajya Sabha.

Twelve members are nominated in Rajya Sabha by the president.

At present, there are 543 constituencies.

The actual task of drafting the bill is performed by the bureaucracy under the supervision of the minister concerned.

The cabinet decides the substance and even the timing of the bill. No major bill is introduced in the parliament without the cabinet’s approval.

The financial powers of the parliament involve the grant of resources to the government to implement its programmes.

The parliament is the highest forum of debate in the country.

In a democratic form as adopted by our constitution, the people are the final authority.

When a non-minister proposes a bill, it is called private members bill.

Before a bill is introduced in the parliament, there may be a lot of debate on introducing such a bill.

Preparation and presentation of the budget for the legislature’s approval is a government’s constitutional obligation. This obligation allows the legislature to exercise control over the government’s purse strings.