The Rajya Sabha,also known as the Council of States,is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of India. As of 2023,it has a maximum membership of 245,of which 233 are elected by the legislatures of the states and union territories using single transferable votes through open ballots,while the president can appoint 12 members for their contributions to art,literature,science,and social service. The total allowed capacity is 250 according to article 80 of the Indian Constitution. The current potential seating capacity of the Rajya Sabha is 245,after the Jammu and Kashmir (Reorganisation) Act. The maximum seats of 250 members can be filled up at the discretion and requirements of the house of Rajya Sabha.
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India,abbreviated as ICAI,is India's largest professional accounting body under the administrative control of Ministry of Corporate Affairs,Government of India. It was established on 1 July 1949 as a statutory body under the Chartered Accountants Act,1949 enacted by the Parliament for promotion,development and regulation of the profession of Chartered Accountancy in India.
Khurshed Alam Khan was an Indian politician and a senior leader of the Indian National Congress political party.
Central Waqf Council is an Indian statutory body operated by the Government of India under the Waqf Act,a subsection of the Waqf Act,1995.
Qamar ul Islam,was an Indian politician who was the Six-term Member of the Karnataka Legislative assembly,one-term Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Kalaburagi and All India Congress Committee secretary (AICC) in-charge of Kerala. He served as the Cabinet Minister for Housing and Labour,Minister of Municipal Administration,Public Enterprises and Minister of Wakf and the MLA from Kalaburagi-North constituency for the state of Karnataka.
Surendrajeet Singh Ahluwalia is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),and a senior Member of Parliament in his 32nd year as a Parliamentarian.
S. Tarlochan Singh is an Indian politician. He is a Member of the Parliament of India,representing Haryana. He served as Chairman National Commission for Minorities from 2003 to 2006,was member,National Human Rights Commission of India,Govt. of India,2003 to 2006. He served as Vice Chairman,National Commission for Minorities from 2000 to 2003.
Pulikkal Veettil Abdul Wahab is an Indian politician and social worker from Nilambur,Malappuram. He currently serves as a Member of Parliament from Kerala in the Rajya Sabha. He is also a non-resident Indian businessman with activities in India and the Middle East.
Kamlesh Shivji Vikamsey is an Indian Chartered Accountant and a Past President of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and a Past President of The Confederation of Asian and Pacific Accountants (CAPA). He is an expert on governance and oversight;and has served in his personal capacity on several international organizations like UNDP,IMF,UNICEF,ITU and WMO in Audit and Oversight Committees.
Tiruchi Siva is a member of the Parliament of India representing Tamil Nadu in the Rajya Sabha,the upper house of parliament. He is from the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party,and was elected in 1996,2002,2007,2014 and 2020. He is a speaker and a writer.
Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) is one type of ad hoc parliamentary committee constituted by the Indian parliament.
Narendra Kumar Prasadrao Salve was a veteran Indian politician from Indian National Congress,parliamentarian and a cricket administrator. Former Union minister and president of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) (1982–1985),he was instrumental in bringing the Cricket World Cup outside England and to the Indian subcontinent in 1987. Salve was a staunch advocate for the separate statehood of Vidarbha.
Although a parliamentary democracy,Indian politics has increasingly become dynastic,possibly due to the absence of a party organization,independent civil society associations that mobilize support for the party,and centralized financing of elections. Family members have also led the Congress party for most of the period since 1978 when Indira Gandhi floated the then Congress(I) faction of the party. It also is fairly common in many political parties in Maharashtra. The dynastic phenomenon is seen from national level down to district level and even village level.The three-tier structure of Panchayati Raj established in the 1960s also helped to create and consolidate the dynastic phenomenon in rural areas. Apart from government,political families also control cooperative institutions,mainly cooperative sugar factories,district cooperative banks in the state,and since the 1980s private for profit colleges. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party also features several senior leaders who are dynasts. In Maharashtra,the NCP has particularly high level of dynasticism.
Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim,also spelled as Hafiz Muhammad Ibrahim,was a leader of Indian National Congress. He was governor of Punjab,India in 1965. Ibrahim was a member of Rajya Sabha from 1958 to 1962 and served as union minister of power and irrigation. He was leader of the Rajya Sabbha from 1961 to 1963. He served as Communication and Irrigation minister for United Provinces (1937–50).
Raghav Chadha is an Indian politician and a member of the Aam Aadmi Party,who is serving as a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha,the upper house of Indian parliament. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha by the Punjab Legislative Assembly in 2022. He served as the former Vice Chairman of the Delhi Jal Board and a Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly from the Rajendra Nagar constituency from 2020 till 2022. He is also a working chartered accountant.
Imran Pratapgarhi is an Indian Urdu-language poet and politician,who is a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha,the upper house of Indian Parliament. He represents the Indian state of Maharashtra. Pratapgarhi is known for his protest poetry that particularises the Muslim experience and identity in India and other parts of the world;he is especially known for his Urdu nazms "Madrasa" and "Han Main Kashmir Hoon."
Arun Singh is an Indian politician who holds the positions of National General Secretary and Head Quarter In-charge of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Singh is currently serving his second term as a member of parliament in the Rajya Sabha. Over the period,Singh has discharged the responsibility as BJP's State Incharge of various states,including Andhra Pradesh,Rajasthan,Karnataka,Odisha,Jharkhand and Ladakh.
Narain Dass Gupta is Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha from NCT of Delhi,practicing chartered accountant,and former president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). He is a financial policy expert who has written several books on taxation.
Muppala Sridhar is an Entrepreneur,Chartered Accountant and a Educationist. He is the founder and chairman of Tapasya College Of Commerce And Management and Tapasya group of Institutions. He is the member of the 25th council of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). He has been conferred with Business Leader Award,2012 from the then chief minister of Andhra Pradesh Sri Kiran Kumar Reddy.
The Waqf (Amendment) Bill,2024 was introduced in the Indian Lok Sabha on 8 August 2024. It seeks to repeal Mussalman Wakf Act,1923 and amend the Waqf Act,1995. The Act regulates waqf property in India,and defines Waqf as an endowment of movable or immovable property for purposes considered pious,religious,or charitable under Muslim law. Every state is required to constitute a Waqf Board to manage waqf. The Bill renames the Act to ‘United Waqf Management,Empowerment,Efficiency and Development Act,1995’.
