The Lok Sabha is called the Upper House because it consists of directly elected members.
The Lok Sabha or the Lower House of the Parliament of India exercises supreme power because it has more members than the Upper House or Rajya Sabha and so in disputes its the Lok Sabha which has an upper hand. The Lok Sabha nominates the Executive(Prime Minister and his council of ministers) and plays a major role in maintaining it. All money related bills can pass only from the Lok Sabha. The Lok Sabha decides the budget of the country.
60 Lok Sabha MPs [15th Lok Sabha] and 26 Rajya Sabha MPs are women. Thus a total of 86 MPs are women in Indian Parliament as on September 2012.
The lower house of Parliament in India is called the Lok Sabha.
Lok Sabha is part of the Indian Parliament. It is the lower house of the parliament. The legislative assembly in India is the upper house.
The Lok sabha is the lower house of parliment.
Lok Sabha means House of the People.
Rajya Sabha = Council of States Lok Sabha = House of the People Upadhyaksh = Deputy Speaker
Sansad Bhavan is the other name of Indian Parliament.
The speaker of the lok sabha presides the session. He can be called as the president of the house.
The Lok Sabha is more powerful house of Indian Parliament.
It is bicameral. There is Lok Sabha elected by general public. The so called upper house Rajya Sabha is elected by state legislatures and some other groups.
Joint session of indian parliament can be called by the president, if:A bill passed by one house is rejected by other.The amendments made by the other house are not acceptable to the house where the bill originated.A bill remains pending un-passed for more than 6 months.Joint session is presided by the speaker of lok sabha or in his absence by the deputy speaker of lok sabha and in his absence also by the deputy chairman of Rajya sabha