1.What is the difference between an ordinary bill and a money bill ?Explain briefly
how a bill is passed in the parliament?
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An ordinary is any bill which contains matters other than the matters covered in the money bill, finance bill, ordinance replacing bills and constitution amendment bills.Introduced in Lower House or Upper House of the Parliament, by a minister or a private member.Rajya Sabha can hold the money bill for a maximum of 6 months.Joint Sitting Can be held in case of deadlock.
A money bill refers to a government bill that deals with matters relating to money, such as imposition and abolition of taxes, borrowings, government expenditure, etcIntroduced in the Lower House of the Parliament by a minister only.Rajya Sabha can hold the money bill for a period not exceeding 14 days.Joint Sitting cannot be held.
A bill is the draft of a legislative proposal. It has to pass through various stages before it becomes an act of Parliament.[7][8] There are three stages through which a bill has to pass in one house of Parliament. The procedure is similar for the legislative assemblies of states.
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A bill deemed to be money bill if it contains “only provisions dealing with imposition, abolition, remission, alteration or regulation of any tax”. An Ordinary Bill can be introduced in any of the Houses of Parliament while money bill can only be introduced in the Lok Sabha. 1