NEW DELHI - A plan to reserve one-third of the seats in parliament for women has forced renewed...By LloydMarion
Lawmakers in India’s upper house of Parliament on Thursdayguaranteed to reserve 33 per cent of seats for womenin the lower house and state assemblies, in a bid to improve gender equality in the corridors of power. Only 104 of India’s 788 MPs, or slightly more than 13 per cent, were ...
Total parliamentary seats for different states, members in vidhan sabha and vidhan parishad. Lok sabha and Rajya sabha in India
Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook Member of Parliament (redirected fromMembers of the Parliament) Thesaurus Encyclopedia n (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a member of the House of Commons or similar legislative body, as in many Commonwealth countries. Abbreviation...
In the mid-1980s, Muslims accounted for 11% of India’s population, and had 9% of seats in parliament; today they are 14% of the population and have less than 5% of seats in parliament. Nine out of 10 members in parliament are Hindus, who make up 80 percent of India’s...
Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past-the-post system to represent their respective constituencies, and they hold their seats for five years or until the body is dissolved by the President on the advice of the council of ministers....
dollars case at India's state-owned multinational banking and financial services company - Punjab National Bank (PNB). Lawmakers from southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh were demanding special status, while as lawmakers from adjoining Tamil Nadu were demanding fair share of water from river Cau...
The upper chamber is formed either by direct elections (the USA, Italy) or indirect (multistage) elections (India, France). Some members of the upper chamber are appointed to their seats or inherit them (Great Britain and Canada). For the preliminary investigation of proposed laws or other ...
"As the House reassembled, the din continued with lawmakers from the Congress and TMC raising from their seats demanding explanation from the government over the recent Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam." However, Speaker Mahajan passed the crucial Finance Bill 2018 and Appropriation Bill without disc...
The office of leader of the house isnot mentioned in the Constitution but in the Rules of the House. Leader of the Opposition:Theleader of the largest Opposition partyhaving not less than one-tenth seats of the total strength of the House is recognised as the leader of the Opposition in ...