1.4 Parliamentary Democracy in

. Parliamentary Democracy in India. Under Article , the Parliament of the Union consists of the President and two Houses known respectively as the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) and the House of the People (Lok Sabha). The Union Legislature is bicameral, and the need for a bicameral system of the legislature in a federation is admitted: the Upper House represents the units, the Lower House represents the people; the two Houses respectively functions to preserve the integrity of the units and to secure the integration of the Union. The Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Rajya Sabha is the booklet that provides explicit conduct of its members. There are various discussions namely: half an hour discussion, short duration discussion and motions of matters in public interests. Constructive debates in Tamil Nadu State legislative Assemblys “India, that is Bharat, shall be a Union of States. Article ( )”