Parliament has its own unique place in a democratic country. Being a democratic country, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha have important place and role in Bharat.
In this article we will try to know what is the difference between Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.
the Parliament (President, Rajya Sabha, Lok Sabha) is the supreme body of law making.
In the Parliament, Rajya Sabha is considered as the upper house and Lok Sabha is considered as the lower house.
Apart from the similarities in both the houses, there are also dissimilarities which are as follows.
Difference between Rajya sabha and Lok sabha
| S.N. |
Rajya sabha |
Lok Sabha |
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1 |
Rajya Sabha is a permanent house which
can never be dissolved by anyone, one-third of the members retire after every two years and the same number are newly elected. |
The Lok Sabha is not a permanent house,
its tenure is five years and even before that it can be dissolved by the President on the advice of the Prime Minister. The election of the new Lok Sabha should be held within six months. |
|
2 |
The number of members of the Rajya Sabha is 250.
In this all states are not given equal representation. Members are elected on the basis of population. In this, 12 members are nominated by the President for making special contributions in any field. |
Lok sabha can have a maximum of 552
members, out of which 530 are from the states, 20 from the union territories and 2 Anglo-Indian members are nominated by the President. |
|
3 |
Election of the members of the Rajya Sabha is
done by the Legislative Assemblies of the respective states on the basis of proportional representation. |
Members of the Lok Sabha are elected
by the public by public and secret ballot, they are elected on the basis of population. |
|
4 |
The Chairman of Rajya Sabha is not its
member. The Vice President of India is the ex- officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha. Its Deputy Chairman is its member and only the members of Rajya Sabha elect it. |
The Speaker and the Deputy Speaker
of the Lok Sabha are its members and they are elected by the members of the House. |
|
5 |
Money Bill cannot be introduced or restored in Rajya Sabha. | Money Bill can be restored only in the Lok Sabha. |
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6 |
The Rajya Sabha has only the right to make
recommendations in relation to the Money Bill. 14 days time is given, if the bill is not returned in this time, then it is considered passed. |
The Lok Sabha is not bound to accept
the recommendations of the Rajya Sabha. The Lok Sabha has the final and real authority in relation to money bills. |
|
7 |
The Council of Ministers is not responsible to the Rajya Sabha. | The Council of Ministers is
responsible only to the Lok Sabha. |
|
8 |
The Rajya Sabha has the right to declare any subject
of the State List to be of national importance by a resolution supported by at least two-thirds of the members present and voting in the Rajya Sabha. |
The Lok Sabha does not have the right
to declare the subject of the State List as of national importance. |
|
9 |
All India Services to the Rajya Sabha by a two-
thirds majority of the members present and voting in the Rajya Sabha. has the right to create. |
Lok Sabha does not have the right to create All India Services.
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10 |
When the Lok Sabha is dissolved and
emergency is imposed, it is approved by the Rajya Sabha. |
The Lok Sabha does not need such a special
power because the Rajya Sabha does not dissolve. |
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11 |
For the removal of the Vice-President, a motion is
initiated in the Rajya Sabha itself. |
Lok sabha Approves the resolution passed by the Rajya Sabha. |
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