Public Accounts Committee (PAC): -The PAC is consist of 22 members of which 15 are from Lok Sabha, and 7 from Rajya Sabha. -None of the 22 members shall be a minister in the government. -The term of office of the members is one year. -The Chairman is appointed by the Speaker of Lok Sabha. -Its main function is to examine the audit report of Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) af...

Prorogation: When the business of a session is completed, than within next few days, the president issues a notification for Prorogation of the session. However President can also prorogue the House while in session. Dissolution: Unlike a prorogation, a dissolution ends the very life of existing house, and a new house is constituted after General elections are held. Rajya Sabha being a p...

ADJOURNMENT: Adjournment means suspension of sitting of Parliament for a specific time, which can be hours days or weeks. ADJOURNMENT SINE DIE: Adjournment Sine die means terminating a sitting of Parliament for an indefinite period. The power of the adjournment sine die lies with the presiding officer of the House. ADJOURNMENT MOTION: The primary objective of an adjournment motion i...

Functions of the Speaker of Lok Sabha: 1. Presides over Meetings: The Speaker presides over the meetings of the Lok Sabha. He adjourns the House. He has power to suspend its meeting in the absence of quorum (The quorum is one-tenth of the members of the House.) The Speaker also presides over the joint sitting of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha in case of disagreement between the two Houses of...

-Pro-tem speaker is the speaker who presides over the first sitting of the newly elected Lok Sabha or State Legislative Assemblies. -Pro-tem speaker is appointed (administer oath) by the President for Lok Sabha assemblies and for State assemblies & UT by Governor and LG. His main duty is to administer oath to the newly elected members He also enables the house to elect the new speaker....