What is the purpose of the legislative branch? Who is involved in its processes? How does it affect our life?
The legislative branch of India has the duty of creating laws for the entire country. The Indian legislature is a bicameral legislature that consists of two houses, the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha. These two houses and the president form the largest law making organization known as Parliament. The representatives that are a part of either of these houses advocate the voice of their local constituency.
Rajya Sabha
The Rajya Sabha is a house of parliament that is also known as Council of States. This house consists of 250 representatives from various states in India. These representatives are nominated by the state government of their native constituency. The number of representatives for each state is dependent on the population of the state. Out of the 250 members 12 of these members chosen by the president as they are experts in certain subjects. They provide guidance on matters of culture and other diverse subjects. Did you know that some of the people who are a part of this group include the famous indian actress known as Rekha and also include world famous cricket player Sachin Tendulkar!
Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha is the second house of parliament that is also known as the House of the People. This house can consist of a maximum of 552 people, a certain number of people are designated for different tasks. Currently in the Lok Sabha there are 545 people; 530 of the people are representatives of different states, 13 of the people are representing the union territories (smaller territories governed directly by the federal government of India), and the remaining 2 people people speak for the Anglo-Indian (people who are of British lineage and have developed Indian roots) community. The constituents of each state can vote for three people to go and be a part of the Lok Sabha Each (although the State of Uttar Pradesh has more representatives as it is a large state with a heavy population density).
Both of these houses have an equal amount of power although the Lok Sabha has more power when it comes to matters that have to deal with money. When these two houses argue all of parliament comes together and resolve this conflict.
The legislative branch of India has the duty of creating laws for the entire country. The Indian legislature is a bicameral legislature that consists of two houses, the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha. These two houses and the president form the largest law making organization known as Parliament. The representatives that are a part of either of these houses advocate the voice of their local constituency.
Rajya Sabha
The Rajya Sabha is a house of parliament that is also known as Council of States. This house consists of 250 representatives from various states in India. These representatives are nominated by the state government of their native constituency. The number of representatives for each state is dependent on the population of the state. Out of the 250 members 12 of these members chosen by the president as they are experts in certain subjects. They provide guidance on matters of culture and other diverse subjects. Did you know that some of the people who are a part of this group include the famous indian actress known as Rekha and also include world famous cricket player Sachin Tendulkar!
Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha is the second house of parliament that is also known as the House of the People. This house can consist of a maximum of 552 people, a certain number of people are designated for different tasks. Currently in the Lok Sabha there are 545 people; 530 of the people are representatives of different states, 13 of the people are representing the union territories (smaller territories governed directly by the federal government of India), and the remaining 2 people people speak for the Anglo-Indian (people who are of British lineage and have developed Indian roots) community. The constituents of each state can vote for three people to go and be a part of the Lok Sabha Each (although the State of Uttar Pradesh has more representatives as it is a large state with a heavy population density).
Both of these houses have an equal amount of power although the Lok Sabha has more power when it comes to matters that have to deal with money. When these two houses argue all of parliament comes together and resolve this conflict.
Law Making Process
What is the process of making a law?
There are three stages which a bill has to go through while being considered in the house of parliament. Let us say (this is fake) that the Minister of Power, Mr. Jyotiraditya Scindia, proposes a bill to make sure that students have electricity in schools at all times. He submits it to the Lok Sabha and the process begins…
The first stage that this bill will go through is the Introduction stage, in which this bill would be introduced. In this stage, any member could introduce this bill and Mr. Jyotiraditya Scindia can state the main idea of the bill and could also talk about what the bill is about and the resources it will take to make this bill possible
The second stage is called the discussion stage, and is cut into three internal parts.
The third stage is called the voting stage. In the third stage they will debate and mainly argue if this bill should become a law or not. After the bill is passed, they will send it to the Rajya Sabha where the members will vote for or against the bill. If the for and against are tied, the leader of the Rajya Sabha will state if it passes as a law or not.
If the Rajya Sabha chooses to amend some of the parts of the bill, then the bill is sent back to the Lok Sabha. If the Lok Sabha doesn’t agree with the amendments, then it counts as a disagreement between the two houses. If this happens, the Mr. Pranav Mukerjee (the president) would summon a joint session between the two houses. The bill would then be passed or not passed with a simple majority during this session. When this bill is passed, it would then be sent to Mr. Mukerjee for his approval. He can approve, not approve, or return the bill for reconsideration. If he approves the bill, it becomes an act, although if he does not approve a bill, it is known as a veto. If Mr. Mukerjee returns the bill for reconsideration and the parliament reconsiders it and sends it back to him, he is compelled to approve it.
What is the process of making a law?
There are three stages which a bill has to go through while being considered in the house of parliament. Let us say (this is fake) that the Minister of Power, Mr. Jyotiraditya Scindia, proposes a bill to make sure that students have electricity in schools at all times. He submits it to the Lok Sabha and the process begins…
The first stage that this bill will go through is the Introduction stage, in which this bill would be introduced. In this stage, any member could introduce this bill and Mr. Jyotiraditya Scindia can state the main idea of the bill and could also talk about what the bill is about and the resources it will take to make this bill possible
The second stage is called the discussion stage, and is cut into three internal parts.
- In the first part of the second stage, the different parts of the bill will be discussed (generally) on a certain date. After this the bill can either proceed to the next stage, it could go to one of the smaller committees that focuses on electricity (also known as a standing committee), or the house could use media (such as publishing the bill in newspapers) to receive feedback from the people.
- The second part of the second stage is voting on the different clauses one by one to see if they should be discarded or kept.
- The third part of the second stage is when they could make amendments to the bill such as “should have power for 24 hours” to “should have power while children are in school”. An amendment of the bill is only kept if it wins the vote for it to be kept i.e. Majority.
The third stage is called the voting stage. In the third stage they will debate and mainly argue if this bill should become a law or not. After the bill is passed, they will send it to the Rajya Sabha where the members will vote for or against the bill. If the for and against are tied, the leader of the Rajya Sabha will state if it passes as a law or not.
If the Rajya Sabha chooses to amend some of the parts of the bill, then the bill is sent back to the Lok Sabha. If the Lok Sabha doesn’t agree with the amendments, then it counts as a disagreement between the two houses. If this happens, the Mr. Pranav Mukerjee (the president) would summon a joint session between the two houses. The bill would then be passed or not passed with a simple majority during this session. When this bill is passed, it would then be sent to Mr. Mukerjee for his approval. He can approve, not approve, or return the bill for reconsideration. If he approves the bill, it becomes an act, although if he does not approve a bill, it is known as a veto. If Mr. Mukerjee returns the bill for reconsideration and the parliament reconsiders it and sends it back to him, he is compelled to approve it.
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Do you guys like cricket? Have you been following the news recently?
As said before the legislative branch makes laws. A man named Ajay Rotti had written an interesting to create a law to make betting in the Indian Premier League. The Indian Premier League or for short the IPL is a cricket game, which is played through a series of months. Recently there have been some issues of something called spot fixing. Betting can lead to something called spot fixing is when a player is payed to play badly and influence the outcome of the game. Ajay Rotti believes that if you legalize betting then the people who pay the players to fix (Bookies) will come out into the open and they won’t be able to spot fix as easily as before when it was illegal. He thought if it became a law thatbetting is legal it would create less opportunity for the bookies to keep their job running.
As said before the legislative branch makes laws. A man named Ajay Rotti had written an interesting to create a law to make betting in the Indian Premier League. The Indian Premier League or for short the IPL is a cricket game, which is played through a series of months. Recently there have been some issues of something called spot fixing. Betting can lead to something called spot fixing is when a player is payed to play badly and influence the outcome of the game. Ajay Rotti believes that if you legalize betting then the people who pay the players to fix (Bookies) will come out into the open and they won’t be able to spot fix as easily as before when it was illegal. He thought if it became a law thatbetting is legal it would create less opportunity for the bookies to keep their job running.
Another article read that the ministry of youth had a law proposed to them. Saying, “to curb malpractices in all sports.” They also observed that the media was in favor of betting being legalized in all sporting events. This basically means they want to restrain all illegal activity in all sports. The media also wants to make betting legal in all sporting events. The ministry believes it is not right to legalize betting in all sporting events but they are in favor of restraining all illegal activity such as spot fixing in all sports.