What is lok sabha and rajya sabha together called?

Legislature of the Union, which is called Parliament, consists of the President and two Houses, known as Council of States (Rajya Sabha) and House of the People (Lok Sabha).

The joint sitting of the Parliament is called by the President of India (Article 108) and is presided over by the Speaker of the Lok Sabha or, in their absence, by the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha, or in their absence, the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.

In India, if an ordinary bill has been rejected by any house of the parliament and if more than six months have elapsed, the President may summon a joint session for purpose of passing the bill. The bill is passed by a simple majority of a joint sitting.

The Lok Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India’s bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha.

The Concurrent List incorporates subjects of common interest. These include Marriage, adoption, forest, education, trade unions, and succession. The Union and the States can make laws for the subjects included in the Concurrent List.

Article 85(1) of the Constitution empowers the President to summon each House of Parliament to meet at such time and place as he thinks fit, but six months shall not intervene between its last sitting in one Session and the date appointed for its first sitting in the next Session.

The correct answer is President. According to Article 108 of the Indian constitution, the joint sitting of the Parliament is called by the President. It is presided over by the Speaker of Lok Sabha or, in his absence, by the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha or in his absence, the Deputy-Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.

For example, on January 6, 1941, Congress met in joint session to count electoral votes for President and Vice President, and then met again in joint session to receive President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Annual Message.

Necessity of Two Houses:

Rajya Sabha reflects a federal character by representing the units of the Union. While, Lok Sabha represents spirit of people. 2. Both Houses plays positive role in matters of Legislations.

The State Legislative Assembly, or Vidhan Sabha, or also Saasana Sabha, is a legislative body in the states and union territories of India.

From each constituency, the people elect one representative who then becomes a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). Each state has between seven and nine MLAs for every Member of Parliament (MP) that it has in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of India’s bicameral parliament.

42nd amendment Act 1976 shifted below mentioned five subjects from State list to Concurrent List:

• Education.
• Forests.
• Protection of wild animals and birds.
• Weights and measures and.
• Administration of justice, constitution and organisation of all courts except the Supreme Court and the High Courts.

The Concurrent List or List-III (Seventh Schedule) is a list of 52 items (though the last subject is numbered 47) given in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India. It includes the power to be considered by both the union and state government.

The Union List details the subjects on which the Parliament may make laws while, state list details those under the purview of state legislatures. The Concurrent list on the other hand has subjects in which both Parliament and state legislatures have jurisdiction.

A sitting means the period commencing with the meeting of the House and concluding at the adjournment of the House.[ 1] A sitting commences when the Speaker takes the Chair.[