A powerpoint presentation on upper house RAJYASABHA...

1. Guided By: By:
Prof.Sachin Bhagat Shishir
Kulkarni

2. The Rajya
Sabha :
The Rajya Sabha or The Council of States is the upper
house of the Indian Parliament.
It is the second chamber in the Indian Parliament.
It represents the States.
It is Permanent body. Why?

3. Composition
:
 The maximum strength of house according to the Article
80 of Indian Constitution can at any time be 245.
233 members are elected .
12 members nominated by the President for the good work
in literature,art,scirnce, social science& sports.
233 members are elected by the legislative Assemblies of
states by the system of proportional representation.
The elected members represent the constituent units of the
states.(not uniformly but in proportion to their respective
population).

4. Representation of Some States in Rajya
Sabha:
Sr. No. Name of States No. of Seats in RS
1 Andhra Pradesh 18
2 Delhi 03
3 Goa 01
4 Gujarat 11
5 Himachal Pradesh 03
6 Madhya Pradesh 16
7 Maharashtra 19
8 Meghalaya 02
9 Uttar Pradesh 34
10 Pondechery 01

5. Some nominated members till now:
Sr No. Art Science Literature Social
Services
Sports
1. Hemamalini
(Artiste)
Raja Ramanna
(Scientist)
H.K.Dua
(Journalist)
Nana
Deshmukh
(Social
Worker)
Sachin
Tendulka
r
(Cricket)
2. Lata
mangeshkar
(Artiste)
Satyendranath
Bose
(Scientist)
Kuldip Nayyar
(Journalist)
Nirmala
Deshpande
(Social
Worker)
3. Rekha
(Artiste)
KasturiRangan
(Scientist)
Chandan Mitra
(Journalist and
Writer)
Prakash
Ambedkar
(Advocate
and Social
Worker)
4. Harivansh
Rai Bacchan
(Poet)
Dr.A.N.Khosla
(Engineer)
Javed Akhtar
(Script Writer
and Poet)
Anu Aga
(Social
Worker)

6. Qualifications for Membership Rajya
Sabha :
1.He/She is a citizen of India.
2. He/She has completed 30 years of age.
3. He/She possesses such other qualification as may be
prescribed by the Parliament.

7. Officers :
• The vice-President is the Ex-Office Chairperson of the
Rajya Sabha.
•The Deputy Chairperson is elected by the members of
the Rajya Sabha.
•The functions of the Chairperson are similar to those of
the speaker in Loksabha except speaker has certain
special powers.
•Chair-person has the right to speak & otherwise take
part in the proceedings of the Rajya Sabha while any
resolution for the removal of the Vice-President from
his/her office is under consideration. But he/she has no
right to vote.