Functions of the Parliament

The parliament is a legislative body of the government. This body of the government looks after the rules, laws, and other important decisions that are taken for the general public. 

The parliament of India is a bicameral legislature that comprises the President of India and the two houses, namely: Rajya Sabha or the Council of States and the Lok Sabha or the House of People. 

The function of the Parliament

• The parliament’s main function is to make laws and rules to run the system in a transparent and peaceful way. Any law that has to be executed in the country first needs a green signal from both houses. 
• Every bill that has to get executed first undergoes trial in both houses of legislation. Only after the approval of each member from both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha does the bill get passed and then is exercised in the general public.  
• The parliament also holds the power of making laws in the worst situation, if any prevails in the country. The president attains the power to make laws for the whole nation or any specific part of the country that undergoes any external aggression or war threats, or any similar distress conditions. 

The functions of the parliament are divided into certain categories under which the specific bodies take care of a specific part of the legislation. The parliament mainly has three types of legislation that take care of the specific roles. 

The three types of parliamentary legislation functions are:

• Legislative functions

• Executive functions

• Financial functions

The Legislative Functions 

Similar to other parliamentary bodies, the parliament of India has its main functionality given to its legislative body. The legislative body holds a greater power of civilisation and power making as compared to other bodies of governance. The legislative body is the chief body in the government that takes all the required decisions and makes the laws as and when required for the country.  

• The fundamental function of the legislation of India includes the administration, passing the Budget, ventilation of public criticisms. 
• The legislation comprises both the houses, i.e., the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. Any bills that require to be passed have to have the consent of both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. 
• The decisions or the laws related to the money bills hold a higher consent of the Lok Sabha than the Rajya Sabha. 
• The legislative body also does hold power to impeach the President. 

Executive Function 

The executive function of the parliament consists of the President, the Vice-President, and the Council of Ministers, along with the Prime Minister as the chief of the body to aid and advise the President. 

• The power to dismiss a proposed budget and remove the cabinet from power lies in the hands of the Executive body. 
• The executive parliamentary body holds power to remove a government in power from the office by approving a motion of no confidence. 
• The members of the parliament hold power to question the commissions and omissions made by the ministers and also have the power to expose the lapses made by any of the higher governmental bodies or ministers. 
• The Motion to Adjourn is a power that is mainly exercised by the members of the Lok Sabha, under which the Lok Sabha body is allowed to enact the adjourn motion to bring the attention of any current trending issue which requires to be mainly focused, as such topics affect the regular business of the country. 

Financial Functions

Any finance decisions, whenever it is made, have a higher priority in exercising power by the Legislative body. The final authority is the Parliament which regulates all finance-related issues, budgets, expenditures, etc. 

• The executive body cannot even spend a single penny on its own until and unless there is approval from the higher legislative body of the country. 
• Every year a Union budget is prepared by the finance ministers along with many other finance experts, which is then presented before the Parliamentary body for approval. 
• All the tax-imposition plans which are made undergo trials by the legislative body, after which, when approved, get imposed un action. 
• The two standing committees of the parliament, i.e., the Public Accounts and the Estimates Committee, regulate the flow of money in the country. This body of function checks out how the government spends its money. 

Conclusion

India being a democratic country, exercises its powers which are given to them by the public itself. The various governmental bodies make the system more transparent. Any law or bill that gets raised in the legislative body requires a period of trial that is undertaken by the members of the parliamentary body. This brings in clarification and improvement in any of the laws before getting enacted. The trial of the bills brings out the criticism along with the beneficiary of the law or bill to be passed. All the legislative powers that the federal government of India holds are primarily vested in the Parliament.