02 Parliamentary Procedure

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Parlimentary Procedure

Parliamentary Terms:

Parliament:

Consists of President and two Houses

Though President is constituent part of Parliament, he does not sit

or participate in discussions of either of the house

Rajya Sabha at present consists of not more than 250 members

(including 12 members nominated by President)

Maximum strength envisaged for Lok Sabha is 550 apart from two

nominated members(Anglo-Indians)

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Summoning of House:

From time to time President summons each House of Parliament to

meet& transact business

Gap between last sitting of one session and next session should not

exceed six months

Sitting of the House:

Assembly of members at House to transact the business allotted

on a day during session is termed as sitting & works as follows:

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Details Rajya Sabha Lok Sabha

Normal working hours 11001700 hrs 1100 -1800 hrs

Lunch hours 13001430 hrs 13001400 hrs


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Speaker/Dy.Spaker - Conduct proceedings for Lok Sabha

Chairman/Vice-ChairmanConduct proceedings for Rajya

SabhaSession:

A series of sittings of House over a period during which certain

pre-determined business are to be transacted

Normally there are 3 sessions in a year namely, Budget Session,

Monsoon Session & Winter Session

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Quorum:

It is minimum no. of MPs whose presence in the house necessary

Quorum for sitting of Lok Sabha is 1/10

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of total membersExisting of quorum ascertained before Speaker takes chair

Speaker takes chair only after there is quorum

Same procedure followed when House reassembles after lunch

break or after adjournment

During rest of the sitting of the day, the question of quorum isusually not raised by any member

Even if a single member raises it any time, proceeding have to be

interrupted & quorum bell rung. Proceeding can then be resumed

only after there is quorum

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Adjournment:

Means postponement of sitting of the house

Postponed for an hour or part of the same day or sine die(indefinite period)

Power to adjourn sitting vests with Presiding Officer

Sitting of the House adjourned may be called any time

Adjournment has no effect on business pending before House

Prorogation:

It is termination of session of house on order of

president

House after prorogation can be held only when

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Dissolution:

Means end of life of Lok Sabha

Takes place

on expiry of term of 5 years, on expiry of extended term during proclamation of emergency,

by exercise of Presidents power under Art 85(2)

Powers to dissolve Lok Sabha is vested in President

All business pending before Lok Sabha & in ParlimentaryCommittees lapses with dissolution except:

Bills originating in Rajya Sabha which have not been passed by

Lok Sabha

Assurances given by Minister on floor of house yet to be

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Minister means member of Council of Ministers

Leader of house:

Prime Minister is leader of house in Lok Sabha if he ismember of House. Otherwise Minister nominated by him

Rajya Sabha leader is appointed by PM among members

of his cabinet

Leader of house is responsible for arrangement of Govt.business in the House

Private memberAny member of Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha

who is not member of Council of Ministers

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Questions- types:

Starred Question:

Question to be answered only by Minister

Answered orally on the floor of the House

Members entitled to ask supplementary questions

These questions are distinguished by an asterisk(*) mark

Unstarred Question:

Call for written answers

Placed on the table of the House

Members cannot ask supplementary questions on the answers

Does not carry (*) mark

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Parliamentary Terms:Short Notice Question:

Questions on public importance of urgent nature can be asked under this

Answered orally

Discretion of Minister either to accept or not to accept questions under this

If Minister does not accept the question and the question is of sufficient public

importance, Speaker may admit the question as Starred Question & place as first

question in the list of Starred Question

Parliamentary committee:

Committee appointed/nominated/elected by Parliament

Reports to Presiding Officer

Works under the directions of Presiding Officer of the House

Serviced by Lok Sabha/Rajya Sabha Secretariat

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Well of the House:

U shaped area between Table of the House and the first row of

Ministers/Member

Zero hour:

Time immediately following the Question hour in both Houses(1200 hrs)

Matters are raised without prior permission or prior Notice of Presiding

Officer Normally Presiding Officers do not encourage such interruptions of the

regular business of the House

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Questions:

What is a question?

A Question is one of the devices available to a Member of

Parliament to raise a matter on the floor of House

Why is a question asked for by an MP?

To elicit information on matters of public importance

To focus on the omissions and commissions of the executive organ of

the Government

To gauge the public opinion

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TYPES OF QUESTIONS

Points of difference Starred Question Unstarred Question Short Notice

Questions

Nature of reply Written for original

Oral with

supplimentary

Written answers

No supplimentary

Written for original

Oral with

supplimentary

Notice period Not less than 15

days

Not less than 15

days

Less than 10 days

Max. number of

questions asked in a

day

20 + questions

transferred/

postponed

230 + Max.25

regarding States

under PresidentRule

One

Time During question

hour

During question

hour

Immediately after

one hour

Days As allotted to Dept. As allotted to Dept. Any day of the

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Questions:

Admissibility of questionsquestions not admitted:

Questions referring to character or conduct of any person except in

official or public capacity

Questions seeking expressions of opinion to an abstract legal

question or a hypothetical proposition

Questions to which information available in accessible documents or

in ordinary works of reference

Questions which are in substance repetitions of those answeredpreviously

Questions the subject matter of which is pending before any court of

law or before a parliamentary committee

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Questions:Questions making discourteous reference to foreign countries with

whom India has friendly relations

Questions seeking information, which are secret in nature

Questions to pursue a matter already under correspondence

between member and minister or Ministry

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Drafting a reply:

Prepare tentative draft reply immediately on receipt of

provisionally admitted list of questions

Prepare draft note for supplementary in case of Starredand short Notice Question

Review the drafts on receipt of printed list of question & if

necessary revise reply

In preparing the draft reply, re-produce the parts of thequestions and set out their replies in parallel columns

against each part

If Starred Question, indicate the position of the question

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Drafting a reply:The draft be precise, unambiguous and complete. Avoid evasive

expressions

As far as possible answer each part of question separately

As far as possible avoid interim reply

Place a copy of document whether published under authority of

Govt. or otherwise

If a question is on printed list, it has to be answered even though the

reply may be that it would not be in the public interest to give

information asked for

When question is in Hindi, the reply will be in Hindi and it will be

treated as authentic version. English version is treated as its

translation

Add Note for Supplementary for use of Minister to all draft replies

to starred questions and short notice questions 18

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