Question

What is parliament? What are the functions of parliament?

Answer 1

Parliament makes laws and holds the Government to account for its policies, actions, and spending. 
The functions of Parliament include:
1. Legislative Functions 2. Financial Control 3. Providing and exercising control over Cabinet 4. Critical Assessment of the Work of the Cabinet 5. Role of opposition 6. An organ of information 7. Constitutional Functions 8. Judicial Functions 9. Elective functions.

Answer 2

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The Parliament needs to perform the following functions:-

▪️ To Select the National Government:-

• Parliament of India consists of the President, the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha .One of
• the most important functions of the Lok Sabha is to select the executive or the national
• government. After the Lokh Sabha elections , the leader of the party with the majority of
• the elected members is invited by the president to form the government.

▪️ To Control,Guide and Inform the Government:-

• The parliament keeps a check on the ministers and their work. MPs have the right to
• question the ministers during the question hour. Opposition parties highlight drawbacks
• in various policies and programs of the government and mobilise popular support for
• their own policies.

▪️Law-Making:-

• Law-making is a significant function of Parliament.