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Parliament |
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Articles 79 to 122 in Part V of Indian Constitution contains provisions about Parliament. |
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According to Article 79 parliament consists of |
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a) The President and |
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b) Two Houses namely Council of States and House of the People. |
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Council of States(Rajya Sabha) is the upper house. House of the People(Lok Sabha) is the lower house |
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Power of the Parliament: |
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Power to make laws on the subjects included in the Union List and the Concurrent List. |
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Exercising control over union executive(union council of ministers). |
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Approving money bills, approve new taxes, revise old taxes and abolish existing taxes. |
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Impeaching the President, the Vice-President, the Chief Justice and other Judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts on the ground of corruption, inefficiency etc. |
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Amending the provisions of the Indian Constitution as per Article 368. |
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Electing President and Vice-President. |
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Discussing at length the contemporary national and international issues. |
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power to create new states or alter the boundaries of States and to change name of the states. |
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Power to create or abolish State Legislative Council. |
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Union executive(union council of ministers) shall be responsible to the parliament. |