The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs is an Indian government

Government of India

The Government of India, officially known as the Union Government, and also known as the Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of the union of 28 states and seven union territories, collectively called the Republic of India...

 ministry

Ministry (government department)

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It handles affairs relating to the Parliament of India

Parliament of India

The Parliament of India is the supreme legislative body in India. Founded in 1919, the Parliament alone possesses legislative supremacy and thereby ultimate power over all political bodies in India. The Parliament of India comprises the President and the two Houses, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha...

, and works as a link between the two chambers

Chambers of parliament

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, the Lok Sabha

Lok Sabha

The Lok Sabha or House of the People is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by direct election under universal adult suffrage. As of 2009, there have been fifteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India...

 ("House of the People," the lower house

Lower house

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) and the Rajya Sabha

Rajya Sabha

The Rajya Sabha or Council of States is the upper house of the Parliament of India. Rajya means "state," and Sabha means "assembly hall" in Sanskrit. Membership is limited to 250 members, 12 of whom are chosen by the President of India for their expertise in specific fields of art, literature,...

 ("Council of States," the upper house

Upper house

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). It was created in 1949 as a department but now is a full ministry.

The Minister of Parliamentary Affairs holds cabinet

Cabinet (government)

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 rank as a member of the Council of Ministers. The current minister is Pawan Kumar Bansal

Pawan Kumar Bansal

Pawan Kumar Bansal is a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India.He is currently the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs. He was also Minister of State, Ministry of Finance and Minister of state for Parliamentary Affairs in the First Manmohan Singh Cabinet...

. He is assisted by two Ministers of State

Minister of State

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, Prithviraj Chavan

Prithviraj Chavan

Prithviraj Chavan is the current Chief Minister of Maharashtra. The Indian National Congress selected him to be the successor of Ashok Chavan. He is a Member of the Parliament of India representing Maharashtra in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament...

 (Rajya Sabha) and V. Narayanasamy

V. Narayanasamy

V. Narayanasamy a politician from Indian National Congress party is presently a Member of the Parliament of India in the Lok Sabha representing Pondicherry constituency. He earlier was an MP representing Pondicherry in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament.-Early life:V....

 (Lok Sabha).

Functions

• Renders secretarial assistance to the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs.
• Constitutes consultative committees of members of Parliament and makes arrangements for holding their meetings, both during and between sessions
  Parliamentary session
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• Pursues other ministries for prompt and proper implementation of assurances given by ministers in the Parliament.
• Sets dates for summoning and prorogation of the two houses of Parliament: dissolution
  Dissolution of parliament
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   of Lok Sabha, President's
  President of India
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   Address to Parliament
• Plans and coordinates legislative and other official business in both houses
• Acts as liaison with leaders
  Party leader
  In politics, the party leader is the most powerful official within a political party.The party leader is typically responsible for managing the party's relationship with the general public. As such, he or she will take a leading role in developing and communicating party policy, especially election...
  
   and whips
  Whip (politics)
  A whip is an official in a political party whose primary purpose is to ensure party discipline in a legislature. Whips are a party's "enforcers", who typically offer inducements and threaten punishments for party members to ensure that they vote according to the official party policy...
  
   of various parties and groups represented in Parliament
• Sets government's stand on private members' bills
  Bill (proposed law)
  A bill is a proposed law under consideration by a legislature. A bill does not become law until it is passed by the legislature and, in most cases, approved by the executive. Once a bill has been enacted into law, it is called an act or a statute....
  
   and resolutions
  Resolution (law)
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• Advises to ministries on procedural and other parliamentary matters
• Organises of Youth Parliament Competitions in schools and colleges throughout the country
• Deals with salaries and allowances of officers of Parliament and salary, allowances, and pension
  Pension
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  s of members of Parliament, as well as for Leaders of the Opposition
  Leader of the Opposition (India)
  Each House of the Parliament of India has a Leader of the Opposition. While the position also existed in the former Central Legislative Assembly of British India, and holders of it there included Motilal Nehru, it got statutory recognition through the Salary and Allowances of Leaders of Opposition...