Council of States (India)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Council_of_States_(India)
GPTKB entity
Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Upper house of Parliament
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:RS
gptkbp:age 30
gptkbp:amendedBy Requires approval
gptkbp:authority Equal to Lok Sabha except for money bills
gptkbp:cannotBeDissolved true
gptkbp:chairman gptkb:Jagdeep_Dhankhar
gptkbp:country gptkb:India
gptkbp:deputy gptkb:Harivansh_Narayan_Singh
gptkbp:electionMethod Indirect election by state and territorial legislatures
gptkbp:emblem gptkb:State_Emblem_of_India
gptkbp:established 1952
gptkbp:firstChampion gptkb:Sarvepalli_Radhakrishnan
gptkbp:firstDeputyChairman gptkb:S._V._Krishnamoorthy_Rao
gptkbp:firstSession 13 May 1952
gptkbp:hasMember States and Union Territories
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Council of States (India)
gptkbp:language gptkb:Hindi
English
gptkbp:lastElection 2024
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Piyush_Goyal
gptkbp:leaderOfTheOpposition gptkb:Mallikarjun_Kharge
gptkbp:legalBasis gptkb:Article_80_of_the_Constitution_of_India
gptkbp:maximumSpeed 250
gptkbp:meetingPlace gptkb:Sansad_Bhavan,_New_Delhi
gptkbp:moneyBills Cannot originate
gptkbp:motto gptkb:Satyameva_Jayate
gptkbp:nextEdition 2026
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:House_of_Elders
gptkbp:nominatedFor gptkb:President_of_India
gptkb:art
gptkb:community_service
gptkb:literature
gptkb:science
gptkbp:nominatedMembers 12
gptkbp:numberOfMembers 245
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Rajya_Sabha
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Parliament_of_India
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Council_of_State_(British_India)
gptkbp:presidingOfficerTitle gptkb:Vice_President_of_India
gptkbp:renewable One third of members retire every two years
gptkbp:sessionRoom Rajya Sabha chamber, Sansad Bhavan
gptkbp:symbol gptkb:Lotus
gptkbp:termLength 6 years
gptkbp:type Permanent house
gptkbp:votingSystem gptkb:Single_transferable_vote
gptkbp:website https://rajyasabha.nic.in/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Council_of_State_(British_India)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7