Indian Parliament (Rajya Sabha)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Indian_Parliament_(Rajya_Sabha)
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Upper house of Parliament
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Council_of_States
gptkbp:cannot_be_dissolved True
gptkbp:chairman gptkb:Jagdeep_Dhankhar
gptkbp:constitution gptkb:Article_80_of_the_Indian_Constitution
gptkbp:country gptkb:India
gptkbp:elected_members 233
gptkbp:electionMethod Indirect election by state legislatures
gptkbp:established 1952
gptkbp:firstChampion gptkb:Dr._S._Radhakrishnan
gptkbp:firstSession 13 May 1952
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Indian Parliament (Rajya Sabha)
gptkbp:legislative_function Reviews and passes bills
gptkbp:location gptkb:New_Delhi
gptkbp:maximum_strength 250
gptkbp:meetingPlace gptkb:Parliament_House,_New_Delhi
gptkbp:members_retire_every_two_years One third
gptkbp:minimum_age_for_membership 30 years
gptkbp:nominated_members 12
gptkbp:numberOfMembers 245
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:Hindi
English
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Parliament_of_India
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Parliament_of_India
gptkbp:presidingOfficerTitle gptkb:Vice_President_of_India
gptkbp:secretaryGeneral gptkb:PC_Mody
gptkbp:symbol gptkb:Emblem_of_India
gptkbp:termLength 6 years
gptkbp:type Permanent house
gptkbp:votingSystem gptkb:Single_transferable_vote
gptkbp:website https://rajyasabha.nic.in/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:M._G._K._Menon
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5