Question
Download Solution PDFThe Council of Ministers shall not exceed ______% of the total number of members of the Assembly of States.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is 15%.
Key Points
- The total number of ministers, including the Chief Minister, in the Council of Ministers in a state cannot exceed 15% of the total number of members of the Legislative Assembly of that state.
- The maximum strength of a Legislative Assembly is fixed at 500 and the minimum strength at 60 depending on the population size of the states.
- Some states like Arunachal Pradesh Sikkim Goa have the minimum number is fixed at 30 and in the case of Mizoram Nagaland, it is 40 and 46 respectively.
- Parliament can abolish the Legislative Council or create it.
- The maximum strength of a Legislative Council is fixed at one-third of the total strength of the assembly.
- The Legislative Council (Vidhan Parishad) is the upper house it is also known as the house of elders.
- The Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) is the lower house which is also known as the popular house.
- The provisions of the State legislature are given in Articles 168 to 212 in Part VI of the constitution.
- Currently, in India, only 6 States have a bicameral legislature they are Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra and Karnataka
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