Parliament and its two Houses - Working of Institutions Video Lecture | Civics for Class 9

the Parliament is the National Assembly
of elected representatives of the people
it exercises supreme political authority
on behalf of the people the Assembly of
elected representatives of the people at
the state level is called the
legislature or the Legislative Assembly
the Parliament exercises political
authority in several ways the Parliament
has the authority to enact laws it can
add new laws and change or abolish
existing laws the parliament has direct
and complete control over the government
all major decisions are made after the
approval and support of the Parliament
the Parliament controls how the
government spends public money the money
can be spent only of the Parliament
approves of it national policy and
important public issues are discussed
and debated in the parliament the
parliament consists of the Office of the
President of India and two houses the
Rajya Sabha or the Council of states and
the Lok Sabha or the house of the people
did you know the President of India is
part of the Parliament but not a member
of either house the Rajya Sabha is the
upper house of the Parliament of India
of India the Rajya Sabha consists of 250
members of which 12 are nominated by the
President of India for their expertise
in specific fields of art literature
science and social services these
members are known as nominated members
the remainder of the Rajya Sabha is
elected by state and territorial
legislatures the term of office is six
years and one third of the members
retire every two years the
vice-president is the ex officio
chairman of the Rajya Sabha it is not
subject to dissolution because when one
third of the members retire the same
number are elected the Lok Sabha is
directly elected by the people of India
the Lok Sabha can have a maximum of 552
members
in two members including 20 members from
the Union Territories and two from the
anglo-indian community the speaker
presides over the sessions though the
Rajya Sabha has some special powers the
Lok Sabha has supreme powers before a
law is passed it is discussed in both
the houses if there is a difference the
final decision is made after a joint
session of both the houses houses due to
a large number of members the view of
the Lok Sabha matters a lot in a money
Bill it has the final authority
once the Lok Sabha passes the budget or
a law related to money the Rajya Sabha
cannot reject it the Rajya Sabha can
just delay it by 14 days or suggest
changes the Lok Sabha controls the
Council of Ministers to become a prime
minister one needs the support of a
majority of the members of the Lok Sabha
if the majority of the members of the
Lok Sabha have no confidence in the
Council of Ministers
then the entire Council of Ministers and
the Prime Minister have to resign