SOCIAL SCIENCE

In a state, the legislature, executive and state judiciary is collectively known as state government. In every state, there is a house formed by elected representatives who are elected by the citizens on the basis of adult franchise. This house of the legislature is known as Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha). Those states which have the second house of the legislature also are known as Legislative Council (Vidhan Parishad) . At present, seven states of Indian Union have bicameral legislatures. These include Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and the remaining states have unicameral legislature. In these seven states which have bicameral legislatures, following are the three organs of the state legislature-             1.          Governor             2.  ...

There are three organs of a government- Legislature, Executive and Judiciary. Legislature Legislature is the first organ among the three organs of the government. In context to Indian governance, system, the legislature has been formed on two levels-(1) Union Legislature, and (2) State Legislature. Our constitution has named the Union legislature as the Parliament. According to the provision of Article 79 of the Indian constitution, there is a parliament in the Indian Union which is formed jointly by the President and the two houses namely- the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. Lok Sabha : The maximum strength of the Lok Sabha can be 552. Out of these, 530 members are elected from the constituencies of various states, a maximum number of 20 members will be elected from the union territories and maximum 2 members from Anglo-Indian community will be nominated by the President. To become member of Lok Sabha one should be age of 25 years. The interval between two respect...