Lok sabha is called the lower house of the parliament of Indian because of the elected members of the loksabha. MP (member of Parliament) are the people who are elected through elections and are the choice of people .
If you see the hierarchy of the society people comes to be the lowest in position and hence the representatives of these people are known as Members of Loksabha / lower house.
Whereas the Rajya sabha is called as Upper house because people elected by MP of loksabha are of generally from high society, research scholars , academician, business tycoon, person with great intellectual minds, renowned social workers etc which constitute to posses high position in society.
The lower house of Parliament in India is called the Lok Sabha.
Lok Sabha is the Lower House of Indian Parliament.
Sansad Bhavan is the other name of Indian Parliament.
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.
Lower House of Indian Parliament.
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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 Parliament of India consists of the President of India, and two houses. The lower house is known as the House of the People made up of directly elected representatives. The are and Council of States. The upper house is known as the Council of States and is made up of members indirectly elected by the legislative bodies making up the house.
Rajya Sabha.
Maximum of 552 seats in Lok Sabha. At present the Lok Sabha strength is 545.
The President is the presiding officer of the Parliament when it is convened in the joint session. In day today working, the speaker of the house remains presiding officer in the lower house (Lok Sabha) and the Vice-president is the presiding officer of upper house (Rajya Sabha).
Which parliament? Many different countries have a bicameral parliament, and have different names for their lower house. For example:In England it is called The House of Commons. Other countries have different name for their houses.In Ireland it is called Dáil Éireann.In Australia, the lower House of Parliament is called the House of Representatives.In Canada, it is called the House of Commons (as for the UK).South Africans call their lower house of Parliament the National Assembly.The lower house in Germany is called the Bundestag.In Austria, it is the National Council.In India, the lower house is the Lok Sabha.