List and three salient features of the Presiding Officer of the Lok Sabha.
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The Speaker of the Lok Sabha (IAST: Lok Sabhā Adhyakṣa) is the presiding officer and the highest authority of the Lok Sabha (House of the People), the lower house of the Parliament of India.[2] The speaker is elected generally in the first meeting of the Lok Sabha following general elections. Serving for a term of five years, the speaker chosen from sitting members of the Lok Sabha (House of the People),
Speaker of the Lok Sabha
Lok Sabhā Adhyakṣa
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Incumbent
Om Birla
since 19 June 2019
Lok Sabha
Style
The Hon’ble (formal)
Mr. Speaker (informal)
Member of
Lok Sabha
Reports to
Parliament of India
Residence
20, Akbar Road, New Delhi, Delhi, India[1]
Seat
16, Parliament House, Sansad Marg, New Delhi, Delhi, India
Appointer
Members of the Lok Sabha
Term length
During the life of the Lok Sabha (five years maximum)
Constituting instrument
Article 93 of the Constitution of India
Precursor
President of the Constituent Assembly of India
Inaugural holder
Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar (1952–1956)
Formation
15 May 1952
Deputy
Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha
Salary
₹ 3.5 lakh per month (excl. allowances)
Website
speakerloksabha.nic.in
Explanation:
The Lok Sabha, or House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past-the-post system to represent their respective constituencies, and they hold their seats for five years or until the body is dissolved by the President on the advice of the council of ministers. The house meets in the Lok Sabha Chambers of the Sansad Bhavan, New Delhi.
Lok Sabha
17th Lok Sabha
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Type
Type
Lower house of the Parliament of India
Term limits
5 years
Leadership
Speaker
Om Birla, BJP
since 19 June 2019
Secretary General
Utpal Kumar Singh
since 30 November 2020[2]
Leader of the House
Narendra Modi, BJP
since 26 May 2014
Leader of the Opposition
Vacant[1]
Structure
Seats
543
Lok Sabha
Political groups
Government (334)
NDA (334)
BJP (300)
JD(U) (16)
LJP (6)
AD(S) (2)
AJSU (1)
AIADMK (1)
NDPP (1)
NPP (1)
NPF (1)
MNF (1)
SKM (1)
IND (3)
Opposition (205)
UPA (90)
INC (52)
DMK (24)
NCP (5)
JKNC (3)
IUML (3)
JMM (1)
RSP (1)
VCK (1)
Others (115)
AITC (22)
YSRCP (22)
SS (18)
BJD (12)
BSP (10)
TRS (9)
SP (5)
TDP (3)
CPI(M) (3)
SAD (2)
CPI (2)
AIMIM (2)
AIUDF (1)
KC(M) (1)
JD(S) (1)
AAP (1)
RLP (1)
Vacant (4)
Vacant (4)
Elections
Voting system
First past the post
Last election
11 April – 19 May 2019
Next election
May 2024
Meeting place
view of Sansad Bhavan, seat of the Parliament of India
Lok Sabha, Sansad Bhavan,
Sansad Marg, New Delhi, India – 110 001
Website
loksabha.nic.in
Constitution
Constitution of India
Rules
The Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha (English)
The maximum membership of the House allotted by the Constitution of India is 552 (Initially, in 1950, it was 500). Currently, the house has 543 seats which are made up by the election of up to 543 elected members and at a maximum. Between 1952 and 2020, 2 additional members of the Anglo-Indian community were also nominated by the President of India on the advice of Government of India, which was abolished in January 2020 by the 104th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2019.[3][4] The Lok Sabha has a seating capacity of 550.[5]
A total of 131 seats (24.03%) are reserved for representatives of Scheduled Castes (84) and Scheduled Tribes (47). The quorum for the House is 10% of the total membership. The Lok Sabha, unless sooner dissolved, continues to operate for five years for time being from the date appointed for its first meeting. However, while a proclamation of emergency is in operation, this period may be extended by Parliament by law or decree.[6][7]
An exercise to redraw Lok Sabha constituencies' boundaries is carried out by the Boundary Delimitation Commission of India every decade based on the Indian census, last of which was conducted in 2011.[8] This exercise earlier also included redistribution of seats among states based on demographic changes but that provision of the mandate of the commission was suspended in 1976 following a constitutional amendment to incentivize the family planning program which was being implemented.[9] The 17th Lok Sabha was elected in May 2019 and is the latest to date.[10]
The Lok Sabha has its own television channel, Lok Sabha TV, headquartered within the premises of Parliament.[11]