Correct Answer - Option 3 : 6
The correct answer is 6.
Rajya Sabha:
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Article 80 of the constitution prescribes a maximum strength of 250 members of the Rajya Sabha,
- Of which 12 members are nominated by the President and 238 are the representatives of the Member States and the Union Territories.
- The members nominated by the President shall be persons who have special knowledge or practical experience in respect of subjects such as literature, science, arts, and social service.
- The current strength of Rajya Sabha is 245, out of which 233 are representatives of Member States and Union Territories of Delhi and Puducherry, and 12 are nominated by the President.
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Rajya members are elected for a term of 6 years.
- The Fourth Schedule to the Constitution provides for the allocation of seats to the States and Union Territories in the Rajya Sabha.
- The allocation of places is done on the basis of the population of each state.
- Representatives of States and Union Territories in the Rajya Sabha are elected by the indirect electoral system.
- The Rajya Sabha is a permanent house and does not dissolve.
- However, one-third of the members of the Rajya Sabha retire after every two years.
- The Second House in India began with the 1918 Montague-Chelmsford Report.
Thus, the members of Rajya Sabha an elected for the term of 6 years.
- The Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha presides over the proceedings of the Rajya Sabha in the absence of the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.
- The Deputy Chairman is elected internally by the Rajya Sabha.
- The Vice President of India is the ex-officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, who presides over its sessions.
