Indian Polity 3 Flashcards
___ presents the annual financial statement before the Parliament.
Finance Minister
3 emergency powers of the President.
National - war, aggression or rebellion
Constitutional - failure of constitutional machinery in state
Financial - threat to financial stability
This veto by the President can be over sided by the Legislature with an ordinary majority.
Suspensive Veto
This veto is when the President takes no action on the bill passed by the Legislature.
Pocket Veto
Vice President of India should have completed ___ years of age to be a candidate.
35
Ex-officio chairman of Rajya Sabha
Vice President
The VP can act as the President for the maximum period of ____.
6 months
First VP to die in office
Krishna Kant
1st VP of India
Dr. Radhakrishnan
VP with shortest tenure
VV Giri
Current VP
Venkaiah Naidu
Head of the Government
Prime Minister
____ article says the PM shall be appointed by the President.
75
The Prime Minister is expected to resign in this case:
When he loses majority support of the Lok Sabha
First PM of India
Nehru
- longest term; 17 years
First acting PM
Gulzari Nanda
- became acting PM twice
First Rajya Sabha member to become PM
Indira Gandhi
- also first woman PM
- first one to be assassinated
Oldest PM
Morarji Desai
- also first CM to become PM
First PM from south india
Narasimha Rao
PM with shortest tenure
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
First PM to step down after vote of no-confidence
VP Singh
These ministers are the real policy makers.
Cabinet ministers
Out of 8 UTs, only these two have representation in the Rajya Sabha.
Delhi & Pondi
Maximum strength in Rajya Sabha
250 seats
- current strength: 245 seats
Maximum strength of Lok Sabha
552 members
- current strength: 545 members
A candidate must not be lesser than ___ years of age for Rajya Sabha and ___ years for Lok Sabha.
30, 25
____ maintains order and decorum in the Lok Sabha
Speaker
First deputy speaker of Lok Sabha
MA Ayyangar
Current speaker of Lok Sabha
Om Birla
First speaker of Lok Sabha
GV Mavalankar
How many times has the joint session of Indian parliament been called?
3
Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961
Banking Service Commission Repeal Bill, 1978
Prevention of Terrorism Act, 2002
How many presidents of India so far have been elected unopposed?
2
- Sanjiva Reddy & Rajendra Prasad
The sessions of Parliament
Budget [Feb-May] (longest session)
Monsoon [July-Sept]
Winter [Nov-Dec]
These bills cannot be introduced in the Rajya Sabha
Money bills
Fiscal year
1st April-31st March
Govt of India has these two budgets
General & Railway
The Railway Budget was merged with the General Budget in 2017 on recommendation of ____.
Bibek Debroy Committee
These committees are created for a temporary period.
Adhoc committees
How many judges are currently present in the Supreme Court?
30 judges (including the Chief Justice of India)
- maximum strength is 34
Supreme court was inaugurated on ____.
28 Jan 1950
- Article 124 states need for SC