250th SESSION OF RAJYA SABHA

Key highlights of the publication:

• First sitting of the House was held on 13.5.1952
  
  
• First Bill passed : The Indian Tariff (Second Amendment) Bill, 1952
  
  
• First Bill concerning social change: The Special Marriages Bill, 1952
  
  
• First Constitution Amendment Bill passed by Rajya Sabha: The Constitution (Second Amendment) Bill, 1953 for readjustment of representation in Lok Sabha by increasing the size of population per constituency.
  
  
• First on reorganization of States: The Andhra State Bill, 1953
  
  
• Members: Mahendra Prasad is serving the highest number of 7th term followed by Dr.Manmohan Singh serving 6th term.
  
  
• The representation of women in Rajya Sabha increased from 15 (6.94%) in 1952 increased to 31(12.76%) in 2014 and is now 26(10.83%) in 2019.
  
  
• The first and the only time when a Presiding Officer of Rajya Sabha cast his vote was in 1991 when the Panel Chairman Shri M.A.Baby did so when the voting was tied on the Statutory Resolution moved by the opposition seeking disapproval of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Ordinance resulting in the victory of the opposition in the House.
  
  
• President Rule approved only by Rajya Sabha: It happened only twice in respect of extension of President Rule in Tamil Nadu and Nagaland in 1977 and in case of Haryana in 1991 when Lok Sabha was dissolved.
  
  
• Bill passed by Rajya Sabha but negative by Lok Sabha: The Constitution (Sixty-fourth Amendment) Bill, 1990 seeking to amend Article 356 relating to extension of President’s Rule in Punjab.