Role of the Parliament Video Lecture | Civics for Class 8

zone of the Parliament in this module
you will learn about the key functions
of the parliament in a democracy the
Parliament of India is the symbol of
Indian democracy it represents the faith
that the people of India have in the key
democratic principles being the
repository of democratic expression
there are certain functions that the
Parliament performs one of the key
functions of the parliament is to select
the national government in order to form
a government a party must secure
majority of elected representatives to
the Lok Sabha while the party is
occurring the majority in Lok Sabha
forms the government in the remaining
parties constitute the opposition the
opposition keeps a check on the
government in power by highlighting the
drawbacks in various policies and
programs of the government the leader of
the majority party in Lok Sabha becomes
the prime minister he in turn assigns
portfolios and other responsibilities to
different ministers the parliament also
plays a crucial role in keeping a check
on the national government
there are several devices through which
the activities of the government can be
controlled the question our is one such
device through the question our the
members of parliament can elicit
information about the working of the
government by the questions posed the
government is made aware of its
shortcomings and the opinions of the
people on the activities and decisions
of the government in addition the
Parliament controls and sanctions the
government budget public money cannot be
spent by the government without
parliamentary sanction in this way the
Parliament acts as the custodian of the
National purse one of the most
significant functions of the Parliament
is to make laws pertaining to the
governance of the country the Parliament
formulates and enacts laws on several
crucial issues faced by the country
performing all these functions the
Parliament controls guides and informs
the government in a positive way
over the years since independence we
find that the membership of the
Parliament becoming more diverse
breaking away from the conventions we
find more representation from rural
areas regional parties tribals Dalits
and minorities with the aim to give more
representation to the historically
marginalized sections of society seats
have been reserved in the Parliament for
the SCS and STS
proposal for reservation of seats for
women in the parliament has also been
suggested on numerous occasions let's
recall what you have learned the
Parliament of India is the symbol of
Indian democracy one of the key
functions of the Parliament is to select
the national government in order to form
the government a party must secure
majority of representatives elected to
the Lok Sabha the Prime Minister is the
leader of the majority party in Lok
Sabha recent years have witnessed the
inability of a single party to secure
the majority required in the Lok Sabha
to form the government in this situation
several political parties come together
to form the government this is called
the coalition government the Parliament
also plays a crucial role in keeping a
check on the national government through
devices like question our the Parliament
controls and sanctions the government
budget Parliament makes laws pertaining
to the governance of the country
performing all these functions the
parliament controls guides and informs
the government in a positive way over
the years since independence we find
that the membership of the parliament
becoming more diverse