NCERT Solutions For Class 11 Political Science Chapter 9 Legislature

1. On the live telecast of proceedings of the parliament, the members fight bitterly, which create wastage of nation’s time and fund. Some of the members who do not fulfil their duty honestly, create uproars in the house.
2. Dolly views the decline of Parliament because less time is spent in discussions and disturbances are decreased in an unparliamentary method.
3. The party leaders should restrain own party members from creating such disturbances in the proceedings.
4. The presiding officers should take effective action on these misbehaviours as well as members should be made educated to constructive behaviour.

Of all the three statements, I agree with statement 2 because:

1. Party leaders have issued the party rules as if a member remains absent in the house on a particular day or votes against the instructions of the party, his membership of the party would be terminated.
2. If a legislature is free to join any party, then it will be against the will of voters who have elected them.

1. Yes, the parliament is supposed to ensure a responsible government but in the absence of proper time as well as boycott of sessions and oppositions delay the important bills also remain pending for longer period. Hence, the parliament should work for some longer duration to control the executives through debate, discussions and censures to avoid pendency of bills.
2. Yes, the attendance should be made compulsory for members of Parliament.

• The proceedings of the house get suspended due to lack of quorum.
• Money bills delays for a longer period.
• It shows an injustice towards the people who have elected them and whatever the constituencies are being represented by them.

      3.Yes, the speakers should be empowered to penalise members for interrupting the proceedings of the  house because:

• A speaker of Lok Sabha is a presiding officer to regulate the business of the House.
• Nowadays, some members create noisy uproars and disturb the proceedings of the house.
• Sometimes, members create so much discomfort to compel the speaker to adjourn the house.
• The precious time of the house is wasted and not utilised in the constructive debates.

• The members of the Lok Sabha are directly elected by the people.
• The government is formed by the party who gets the majority in the Lok Sabha.
• The Lok Sabha enjoys the power to remove any executive from the office while the Rajya Sabha cannot remove any executive from the office.

• The statement presented by Neha does not hold true because India is a large country, two houses are preferred to give due representations to all the sections of the society as well as the monopoly of either the chamber can be approached as check and balance.
• The president of India can nominate 12 members in the Rajya Sabha. The nominations are made from among those persons who have made significant contributions in the field of literature, art, social services, science, etc.
• Even if a country is not a federation, a need for the second chamber is there. The two houses of the national legislature are required to give representations to all the sections of the society and to give representations to all geographical regions or parts of the country. A bicameral legislature ensures a double check on every bill and every policy matter, thus realising the exact purpose of the legislative organ of the government.

The correct sequence is

1. Legislative department in the ministry of law, drafts a bill.
2. The concerned minister proposes the need for a bill.
3. The bill is referred to the subcommittee- the committee makes some changes and sends it back to the house for discussion
4. The bill is read clause by clause and each is voted upon.
5. The bill is passed in the house in which it was proposed.
6. The bill is referred to the other House and is passed.
7. The bill is referred to the president of India.

Though the consent of the President results in the enactment of a bill into a law. But if the president does not sign it, it can withhold or refuse to give assent to the bill (other than money bill), passed by the parliament.The president can send the bill back for reconsiderations. And if it is passed again by the parliament, the president is bound to give his assent to the bill.But there is no time limit to send the bill back for reconsideration. Hence, the president can keep the bill pending with him without any time constant.

• The council of ministers is accountable to the lower house and if a bill fails to be passed by the parliament, it shows the loss of the majority of the party in the house, hence the government will have to resign.
• A bill is introduced in either of the houses in case of the non-money bill and if money bill can be introduced only in the Lok Sabha for the debates and discussions in various stages.
• If any bill does not fulfil the interest of the people, the parliament pressurises the government to withdraw the bill but if it is in the interests of the people, it pressurises the government to initiate the bill.
• The money bill cannot be denied by the Rajya Sabha, it can delay it only for 14 days and after the 14 days are passed, the bill is deemed to have been passed.
• In case of a tussle between the two houses, a joint session of parliament resolves the issues.

1. The members of the Lok Sabha express their views on the bill during discussions.
2. These members carry sentiments and expectations of their constituencies’ people to the parliament.
3. A debate on a particular bill takes place and opens the path for its modifications, etc if required.
4. Money bills have to be introduced in the Lok Sabha only.
5. The parliament enjoys the power to frame laws on the subjects given in the union list and concurrent list if required.

Executive and legislature have two different domains of operation.

Going by the thought of Alok will lead to dictatorship and true representative democracy cannot be materialised:

The legislature is needed because of the following reasons:

1. It is the most important organ of all the organs of the government.
2. It frames the laws and the executives run the government/administration
3. It helps people to hold the council of ministers accountable
4. In the absence of the legislature, the council of ministers would become unresponsive to the people’s hopes and aspirations.

• The parliament meets only for sessions, hence it has limited time to consider the bill in depth.
• The parliament committee has been set up since 1983 in the various departments to public accounts committee, etc.
• The committee includes business advisory committees, estimate committee, the public accounts committee.
• These committees have reduced the burden of parliament as they gather whole information on the bill and can ask any member to appear before it.
• After that committee sends its report, the parliament debates on it as well as provide some necessary recommendations and approve it.
• Without the approval of parliament, no bill can become a law, but any suggestion is rarely rejected.