IMPORTANT POINTS RAJYA SABHA V/S LOK SABHA

RAJYA SABHA V/S LOK SABHA

                                          

	RAJYA SABHA	LOK SABHA
	Upper House of Parliament	Lower House of Parliament
No. of member(max)	250	552
No. of member (present)	245	545
No. of member(nominated by president)	12	2 (Anglo Indian)
Minimum age	30	25

RAJYA SABHA

Rajya Sabha is a permanent body.

one-third of its members retire every two years. 

The Vice-President of India is the ex-officio Chairman of Rajya Sabha.

He is elected by en electorcal college consisting of members of both houses

And also elected a member as deputy chairman.

LOK SABHA

The President has the power to dissolve Lok Sabha.

 Its members are directly elected, normally once in every five years by the adult population who are eligible to vote.

Lok Sabha elects one of its own members as its Presiding Officer and he is called the Speaker and also a deputy speaker.