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Composition of the Rajya Sabha:
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The Rajya Sabha can have a maximum strength of 250 members; out of these 238 are to be the representatives of the States and remaining 12 members are to be nominated by the President from amongst persons who have achieved distinctions in the fields of art, literature, science or social services.
At present, the Rajya Sabha has 245 members 233 elected and 12 nominated. Members of each State Legislative Assembly, together elect their allotted number of MPs for Rajya Sabha. The President nominates 12 MPs of Rajya Sabha. Odisha has 10 seats in the Rajya House.
II. Method of Election:
The members of the Rajya Sabha are elected indirectly by the people. The people of each state elect the members of their state legislative assembly who then elect the members of Rajya Sabha by a method of proportional representation—single transferable vote system. Each State Legislative Assembly elects as many representatives as have been allocated to it by the Constitution. Odisha Legislative Assembly has 147 MLAs who together elect 12 members of Rajya Sabha.
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III. Qualifications for the membership of Rajya Sabha:
(a) He must be a citizen of India.
(b) He must be above the age of 30 years.
(c) He must possess all other qualifications as laid down by the Parliament.
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(d) He must not hold any office of profit under any government.
(e) He should not be an insane or a bankrupt.
(f) He should not have been disqualified under any law of the Parliament.
Now any person residing in any part of India can contest election to the Rajya Sabha from any state. For this purpose residence of the concerned state is not essential.
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IV. Tenure:
The Rajya Sabha is a quasi-permanent House. It is not subject to dissolution as a whole. One third of its members retire after every two years and elections are held only for the vacant seats. The tenure of each member of the Rajya Sabha is six years
VII. Privileges of Members:
The members of the Rajya Sabha enjoy several privileges. They enjoy unrestricted freedom to express their views in the House. Ho action can be taken against them for anything said by them in the House. They cannot be arrested for any civil offence during, and 40 days before and after the session of the Rajya Sabha. For protecting the privileges of the members of the House, the Committee on Privileges has been in existence since the inception of the Rajya Sabha.
VIII. Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha:
The Vice-President of India is the ex-officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha. He is not a member of the House. However, he presides over its meetings and conducts its proceedings. During the absence of the Vice-President, the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha presides over the meetings. The Deputy Chairman is elected by the Rajya Sabha MPs from amongst themselves.
Powers and Functions of the Rajya Sabha:
1. Legislative Powers:
In the sphere of ordinary law-making the Rajya Sabha enjoys equal powers with the Lok Sabha. An ordinary bill can be introduced in the Rajya Sabha and it cannot become a law unless passed by it. In case of a deadlock between the two Houses of Parliament over an ordinary bill and if it remains unresolved for six months, the President can convene a joint sitting of the two Houses for resolving the deadlock.
This joint sitting is presided over by the Speaker of the Lok Sabha. If the bill is passed in the joint sitting, it is sent to the President for his signatures. But if the deadlock is not resolved, the bill is deemed to have been killed.