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Rajya Sabha
Council of States
Rajya Sabha ; Council of States
	; Emblem of India;
Type
Type	; Upper house of the Parliament of India
Term limits	6 years
Leadership
; Chairman; (Vice President)	; Venkaiah Naidu; Since 11 August 2017
Deputy Chairman	; Harivansh Narayan Singh, JD(U) ; Since 9 August 2018
Leader of the House	; Arun Jaitley, BJP ; Since 2 June 2014;
Leader of the Opposition	; Ghulam Nabi Azad, INC ; Since 8 June 2014;
Structure
Seats	; 245 (233 Elected + 12 Nominated by the President); 1 Vacant (1 Elected Seat);
Political groups	; Government coalition (90); ; National Democratic Alliance (89); ; ; BJP (73) ; ; ; ; JD(U) (6); ; ; SAD (3); ; ; SS (3); ; ; BPF (1); ; ; NPF (1); ; ; RPI(A) (1); ; ; SDF (1); ; ; ; ; ; Chairman (1); ; Chairman, BJP (1); ; ; ; Opposition (155); ; ; United Progressive Alliance (66); ; ; INC (50); ; ; RJD (5); ; ; NCP (4); ; ; DMK (4); ; ; IUML (1); ; ; JD(S) (1); ; ; KC(M) (1); ; ; ; ; ; Janata Parivar Alliance (1); ; INLD (1); ; ; ; ; Other Parties (78); ; ; AIADMK (13); ; ; AITC (13); ; ; SP (13); ; ; BJD (9); ; ; TDP (6); ; ; TRS (6); ; ; CPI(M) (5); ; ; BSP (4); ; ; AAP (3); ; ; CPI (2); ; ; JKPDP (2); ; ; YSRCP (2); ; ; ; ; ; Others (10); ; ; Independents (6); ; ; Nominated (4); ; ; ; ; Vacant (1); ; ; Vacant (1); ;
Elections
Voting system	Single transferable vote
Last election	16 January, 23 March and 21 June 2018
Next election	May – June 2019
Meeting place
	Rajya Sabha chamber, Sansad Bhavan,; Sansad Marg, New Delhi, India - 110 001
Website
	rajyasabha.nic.in
Footnotes
	; ^† Out of 73 BJP members, 65 were elected and 8 were nominated;

Coordinates: 28°37′0″N 77°12′30″E / 28.61667°N 77.20833°E / 28.61667; 77.20833

The Rajya Sabha or Council of States is the upper house of the Parliament of India. Membership of Rajya Sabha is limited by the Constitution to a maximum of 250 members, and current laws have provision for 245 members. Most of the members of the House are indirectly elected by MLAs of state and territorial legislatures using single transferable votes, while the President can appoint 12 members for their contributions to art, literature, science, and social services. Members sit for staggered terms lasting six years, with a third of the members up for election every two years.^[4]

The Rajya Sabha meets in continuous sessions, and unlike the Lok Sabha, the lower house of Parliament, is not subject to dissolution. However, the Rajya Sabha, like the Lok Sabha can be prorogued by the President. The Rajya Sabha has equal footing in all areas of legislation with the Lok Sabha, except in the area of supply, where the Lok Sabha has overriding powers. In the case of conflicting legislation, a joint sitting of the two houses can be held. However, since the Lok Sabha has twice as many members as the Rajya Sabha, the former would normally hold the greater power. Joint sittings of the Houses of Parliament of India are rare, and in the history of the Republic, only three such joint-sessions have been held; the latest one for the passage of the 2002 Prevention of Terrorism Act.

The Vice President of India (currently, Venkaiah Naidu) is the ex-officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, who presides over its sessions. The Deputy Chairman, who is elected from amongst the house's members, takes care of the day-to-day matters of the house in the absence of the Chairman. The Rajya Sabha held its first sitting on 13 May 1952.^[5] The salary and other benefits for a member of Rajya Sabha are same as for a member of Lok Sabha.

Rajya Sabha members are elected by state legislatures rather than directly through the electorate by single transferable vote method. From 18 July 2018, Rajya Sabha MPs can speak in 22 Indian languages in House as the Upper House has facility for simultaneous interpretation in all the 22 official languages of India.^[6]

Qualifications

Article 84 of the Constitution lays down the qualifications for membership of Parliament. A member of the Rajya Sabha must:^[7]

Be a citizen of India.

Make and subscribe before some person authorized in that behalf by the Election Commission an oath or affirmation according to the form set out for the purpose in the Third Schedule to the Constitution.

Be at least 30 years old.

Be elected by the Legislative Assembly of States and Union territories by means of Single transferable vote through Proportional representation.^[8]

Not be a proclaimed criminal.

Not be a subject of insolvent, i.e. he/she should not be in debt that he/she is not capable of repaying in a current manner and should have the ability to meet his/her financial expenses.

Not hold any other office of profit under the Government of India.

Not be of unsound mind.

Possess such other qualifications as may be prescribed in that behalf by or under any law made by Parliament.

In addition, twelve members are nominated by the President of India having special knowledge in various areas like arts and science. However, they are not entitled to vote in Presidential elections as per Article 55 of the Constitution.

Limitations

The Constitution of India places some restrictions on the Rajya Sabha which makes the Lok Sabha more powerful in certain areas.

Money bills

The definition of a money bill is given in article 110 of constitution of India. A money bill can be introduced only in the Lok Sabha by a minister and only on recommendation of President of India. When the Lok Sabha passes a money bill then the Lok Sabha sends money bill to the Rajya Sabha for 14 days during which it can make recommendations. Even if Rajya Sabha fails to return the money bill in 14 days to the Lok Sabha, that bill is deemed to have passed by both the Houses. Also, if the Lok Sabha rejects any (or all) of the amendments proposed by the Rajya Sabha, the bill is deemed to have been passed by both Houses of Parliament of India in the form the Lok Sabha finally passes it. This is because the Lok Sabha has largest number of representatives of peoples of India and so the Lok Sabha, the lower house is more powerful in comparison with Rajya Sabha, the upper house. Hence, Rajya Sabha can only give recommendations for a money bill but Rajya Sabha cannot amend a money bill this is to ensure that Rajya Sabha must not add any non money matters in money bill. Lok Sabha can reject all the recommendations of Rajya Sabha or can accept some or all of the recommendations. Decisions of the speaker of the Lok Sabha are final. There is no joint sitting of both the houses with respect to money bills, because all final decisions are taken by the Lok Sabha.^[9]

Joint Sitting of the Parliament

Article 108 provides for a joint sitting of the two Houses of Parliament in certain cases. A joint sitting can be convened by the President of India when one house has either rejected a bill passed by the other house, has not taken any action on a bill transmitted to it by the other house for six months, or has disagreed to the amendments proposed by the Lok Sabha on a bill passed by it. Considering that the numerical strength of Lok Sabha is more than twice that of Rajya Sabha, Lok Sabha tends to have a greater influence in a joint sitting of Parliament. A joint session is chaired by the Speaker of Lok Sabha. Also, because the joint session is convened by the President on advice of the government, which already has a majority in Lok Sabha, the joint session is usually convened to get bills passed through a Rajya Sabha in which the government has a minority.

Joint sessions of Parliament are a rarity, and have been convened three times in last 71 years, for the purpose of passage of a specific legislative act, the latest time being in 2002:

1961: Dowry Prohibition Act, 1958

1978: Banking Services Commission (Repeal) Act, 1977

2002: Prevention of Terrorism Act, 2002

No-confidence motion

Unlike the Lok Sabha, a member of the Rajya Sabha cannot bring to the house a no-confidence motion against the government.

Powers

In the Indian federal structure, the Rajya Sabha is a representative of the States in the Union legislature (hence the name, Council of States). For this reason, the Rajya Sabha is granted powers that protect the rights of States against the Union.

Union-states relations

The Constitution empowers the Parliament of India to make laws on the matters reserved for States. However, this can only be done if the Rajya Sabha first passes a resolution by a two-thirds supermajority granting such a power to the Union Parliament. The union government cannot make a law on a matter reserved for states without any authorisation from Rajya Sabha.

Creation of All-India Services

The Rajya Sabha, by a two-thirds supermajority can pass a resolution empowering the Government of India to create more All-India Services common to both Union and States, including a judicial service.

Composition

Seats are allotted in degressive proportion to the population of each state or union territory, meaning that smaller states have a slight advantage over more populous states.^[10] As the members are elected by the state legislature, smaller Union Territories which are not States and do not have legislatures cannot have representation in Rajya Sabha. Hence, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu & Lakshadweep do not send any representatives to Rajya Sabha. 12 members are nominated by the President.^[11]^[12]

As per the Fourth Schedule to the Constitution of India on 26 January 1950, the Rajya Sabha was to consist of 216 members of which 12 members were to be nominated by the President and the remaining 204 elected to represent the States.^[12] The present strength, however, is 245 members of whom 233 are representatives of the states and union territories and 12 are nominated by the President.^[12] The 12 nominated members of the Rajya Sabha are persons who are eminent in particular fields, and are well known contributors in the particular field.

List of constituencies by States/Union Territories

State and Union Territory	Seats
Andhra Pradesh^[13]	11
Arunachal Pradesh	1
Assam	7
Bihar	16
Chhattisgarh	5
Goa	1
Gujarat	11
Haryana	5
Himachal Pradesh	3
Jammu and Kashmir	4
Jharkhand	6
Karnataka	12
Kerala	9
Madhya Pradesh	11
Maharashtra	19
Manipur	1
Meghalaya	1
Mizoram	1
Nagaland	1
National Capital Territory of Delhi	3
Nominated	12
Odisha	10
Puducherry	1
Punjab	7
Rajasthan	10
Sikkim	1
Tamil Nadu	18
Telangana^[13]	7
Tripura	1
Uttar Pradesh	31
Uttarakhand	3
West Bengal	16
Total	245

Membership by party

Members of Rajya Sabha by their political party (As of 1 January 2019):^[14]

Alliances	Party	MP
National Democratic Alliance Seats: 89	Bharatiya Janata Party	73
	Janata Dal (United)	6
	Shiromani Akali Dal	3
	Shiv Sena	3
	Bodoland People's Front	1
	Naga People's Front	1
	Republican Party of India (A)	1
	Sikkim Democratic Front	1
United Progressive Alliance Seats: 57	Indian National Congress	50
	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	4
	Indian Union Muslim League	1
	Janata Dal (Secular)	1
	Kerala Congress (M)	1
Janata Parivar Alliance Seats: 6	Rashtriya Janata Dal	5
Janata Parivar Alliance Seats: 6	Indian National Lok Dal	1
Other Parties Seats: 82	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	13
	All India Trinamool Congress	13
	Samajwadi Party	13
	Biju Janata Dal	9
	Telugu Desam Party	6
	Telangana Rashtra Samithi	6
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	5
	Bahujan Samaj Party	4
	Nationalist Congress Party	4
	Aam Aadmi Party	3
	Communist Party of India	2
	Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party	2
	YSR Congress Party	2
Others Seats: 10	Independents	6
Others Seats: 10	Nominated	4
Vacant Seats	1 Seat from Bihar	1
Total		245

Officers

Leader of the House

Besides the Chairman (Vice-President of India) and the Deputy Chairman, there is also a position called Leader of the House. This is a cabinet minister – the Prime Minister if he is a member of the House, or another nominated Minister. The Leader has a seat next to the Chairman, in the front row.

Leader of the Opposition

Besides the Leader of the House, who is leading the majority, there is also a Leader of the Opposition (LOP) – leading the opposition parties. The function was only recognized in the Salary and Allowances of Leaders of the Opposition in Parliament Act, 1977. This is commonly the leader of the largest non-government party, and is recognized as such by the Chairman.

The following is the list of the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha:

Sr No	Name	Term of office			Prime Minister
1	Shyam Nandan Mishra	December 1969	March 1971	INC (O)	Indira Gandhi
2	M. S. Gurupadaswamy	March 1971	April 1972	INC (O)	Indira Gandhi
3	Kamalapati Tripathi	30 March 1977	15 February 1978	INC	Morarji Desai
4	Bhola Paswan Shastri	24 February 1978	23 March 1978	INC (O)
5	Kamalapati Tripathi	23 March 1978	8 January 1980	INC
5	Kamalapati Tripathi	23 March 1978	8 January 1980	INC	Charan Singh
6	Lal Krishna Advani	21 January 1980	7 April 1980	Janata Party	Indira Gandhi
7	P. Shiv Shankar	18 December 1989	2 January 1991	INC	V. P. Singh
7	P. Shiv Shankar	18 December 1989	2 January 1991	INC	Chandra Shekhar
8	M. S. Gurupadaswamy	28 June 1991	21 July 1991	Janata Dal	P. V. Narasimha Rao
9	S. Jaipal Reddy	22 July 1991	29 June 1992	Janata Dal
10	Sikander Bakht	7 July 1992	23 May 1996	BJP
11	Shankarrao Chavan	23 May 1996	1 June 1996	INC	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
12	Sikander Bakht	1 June 1996	19 March 1998	BJP	H. D. Deve Gowda
12	Sikander Bakht	1 June 1996	19 March 1998	BJP	I. K. Gujral
13	Manmohan Singh	21 March 1998	21 May 2004	INC	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
14	Jaswant Singh	3 June 2004	16 May 2009	BJP	Manmohan Singh
15	Arun Jaitley	3 June 2009	26 May 2014	BJP	Manmohan Singh
16	Ghulam Nabi Azad	8 June 2014	Incumbent	INC	Narendra Modi

Secretariat

The Secretariat of Rajya Sabha was set up pursuant to the provisions contained in Article 98 of the Constitution. The said Article, which provides for a separate secretarial staff for each House of Parliament, reads as follows:- 98. Secretariat of Parliament – Each House of Parliament shall have a separate secretarial staff: Provided that nothing in this clause shall be construed as preventing the creation of posts common to both Houses of Parliament. (2) Parliament may by law regulate the recruitment and the conditions of service of persons appointed to the secretarial staff of either House of Parliament.

The Rajya Sabha Secretariat functions under the overall guidance and control of the Chairman. The main activities of the Secretariat inter alia include the following :

(i) providing secretarial assistance and support to the effective functioning of the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) possible to Members of Rajya Sabha;
(iv) servicing the various Parliamentary Committees;
(v) preparing research and reference material and bringing out various publications;
(vi) recruitment of manpower in the Sabha Secretariat and attending to personnel matters; and
(vii) preparing and publishing a record of the day-to-day proceedings of the Rajya Sabha and bringing out such other publications, as may be required concerning the functioning of the Rajya Sabha and its Committees.

In the discharge of his constitutional and statutory responsibilities, the Chairman, Rajya Sabha is assisted by the Secretary-General, who holds the rank equivalent to the Cabinet Secretary to the Government of India. The Secretary-General, in turn, is assisted by senior functionaries at the level of Secretary, Additional Secretary, Joint Secretary and other officers and staff of the Secretariat. Present secretary-general is Desh Deepak Sharma, IAS.^[15]

Media

Rajya Sabha Television (RSTV) is a 24-hour a day, seven day a week parliamentary TV channel fully owned and operated by the Rajya Sabha. The channel is aimed at providing in-depth coverage and analysis of parliamentary affairs especially the functioning of and developments related to Rajya Sabha. During sessions of Parliament, apart from telecasting live coverage of the proceedings of Rajya Sabha, RSTV presents incisive analysis of the proceedings of the House as well as other day-to-day parliamentary events and developments.^[16]

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External links

Rajya Sabha homepage hosted by the Indian government

Rajya Sabha FAQ page hosted by the Indian government

37 Rajya Sabha members have criminal background: Study – analysis by the Association for Democratic Reforms and National Election Watch

Nominated members list

State wise list

Rajya Sabha Television

MEMBERS OF RAJYA SABHA (STATE WISE LIST) TN

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v t e List of Members of the Rajya Sabha by States and Territories
Presiding Officers & Parliamentary Functionaries	Chairman Deputy Chairman Chairman Pro tem Panel of Deputy Chairmen Leader of the House Leader of the Opposition Chairmen of Parliamentary Committees (Rajya Sabha) Whips Secretary-General
Current members	List of current members of the Rajya Sabha See also: List of current members of the Lok Sabha
Members by state, territory or nomination	Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Assam Bihar Chhattisgarh Delhi Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Odisha Puducherry Punjab Rajasthan Sikkim Tamil Nadu Telangana Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand West Bengal Nominated
Elections	1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

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