STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF RAJYA SABHA SECRETARIAT

(ix)
(x)
(xi)
(xii)
Photo identity cards to officials/ staff of the Secretariat, and allied staff
deputed in Rajya Sabha Sector;
Parking Labels (For MPs, Ex-MPs, officials, etc.);
Cable Television (CATV); and
Liaisoning with CPIC for issue of control room and Bilingual Integrated
Information Display System (BIIDS).
6. QUESTIONS BRANCH
Parliamentary Question is a potent weapon in the armoury of the Members to
elicit information from the Government on the floor of the House and thereby securing
the accountability of the Executive. Questions Branch, therefore, is one of the most
important sections of the Secretariat. This branch handles the following items of work,
majority of them, during the session period:
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
Deals with all matters relating to the questions, issue of bulletins and
charts showing dates and programmes of sittings of Rajya Sabha;
Supply of printed forms for giving notice of Questions/ Short Notice
Questions and receipt of notice of questions;
Diarising & Balloting of questions;
Processing & examination of notices of questions for admission under the
Rules, preparation, finalization and supply of manuscripts of lists of
Starred and Unstarred questions, preparation of sets of reply; and
Correspondence with the Ministries and Members of Rajya Sabha in
relation to questions.
(A) Committee Sections – Standing Committee Sections and Department-related
Standing Committee Sections
These Sections are basically responsible for providing secretarial assistance to
various Standing Committees/ Department-related Committees of the House. These
Sections may also provide secretarial service to Select Committees on Bills or Joint
Committees constituted from time to time.
1. Standing Committee Sections of Rajya Sabha
There are 12 Standing Committees in the Rajya Sabha. Each of them deals with
subjects specifically allotted to them. These Committees aim at addressing issues that
have immense relevance to such functioning of the House. The Department–related
Standing Committees * are:
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
General Purposes Committee
Committee on Rules
Business Advisory Committee
* While the Business Advisory Committee is looked after by the Table Office, Committee of Privileges and
Committee on Rules comes within the secretarial purview of the Legislative Section. Similarly, House
Committee is looked after by the M.A. Section.