QUESTION 14
GS2
15 marks
Rajya Sabha has been transformed from a ‘useless stepney tyre’ to the most useful supporting organ in past few decades. Highlight the factors as well as the areas in which this transformation could be visible.
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11 min
250 words
What the examiner wants
Highlight why and where the Rajya Sabha has become an effective supporting chamber.
HighlightBring the key points to the front, briefly.
Demand-wise check
- 1Factors: coalition era and different majorities in both Houses, rise of regional parties, quality of debate, committee work≈50 words
- 2Areas: revising bills, stopping hasty legislation, special powers (Art. 249, 312), federal voice≈50 words
- 3Examples: bills amended or held (Land Acquisition ordinance 2015), committee scrutiny≈50 words
- 4Limits: money bill route, nomination issues≈50 words
Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.
Answer plan
Original criticismFactorsAreasLimitsConclusion
Where marks usually go
- Only constitutional powers
- No example, e.g. Land Acquisition ordinance 2015 stalled, or bills sent to select committees
Draw this
- Timeline of Rajya Sabha milestones
Value addition
- FactThe Land Acquisition Amendment ordinance (2015) lapsed after the government lacked a Rajya Sabha majority.PRS
- CaseRoger Mathew v South Indian Bank (2019) referred the money bill certification question to a larger bench, after the Aadhaar Act was passed as a money bill.Supreme Court
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Reviewed public-source references related to this PYQ. Same-syllabus references are labelled separately.
- Ritika Chitlangia · Page 41 ↗Reviewed PYQ reference
- Abhishek Singh · Page 41 ↗Reviewed PYQ reference
- Akash Kumar · AIR 101 · Page 17 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 3 ↗Same syllabus reference
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