STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF RAJYA SABHA SECRETARIAT

These eight Units are primarily responsible for the following items of work:
General Research Unit (Unit 1)
(i)
(ii)
Draft Speeches/ Messages, Conference Notes, Notes on Foreign
Parliaments, Sessional Reviews etc.
Research on parliamentary matters; procedural matters; relationship
between judiciary and legislature etc.
Publications and Who’s Who Unit (Unit 2)
Bringing out all routine and special publications which are presently brought out
by LARRDIS, including Performance Profile of Rajya Sabha Secretariat and Who’s Who
of Rajya Sabha.
Library and Reference Unit (Unit 3)
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
(vi)
Maintenance of Library.
Purchase of publications for Library and various Sections.
Processing of newspaper/ magazine bills of Hon’ble Chairman, Hon’ble
Deputy Chairman, Committee Chairmen, Secretary-General and other
officers.
Preparation of Newspaper Clippings Folder on daily basis.
Identification of issues for obtaining briefs from Government before the
beginning of each Session.
Reference requirement of Hon’ble Chairman, Hon’ble Deputy Chairman
and Secretary-General.
Media, Education and Audio-Visual Unit
(i) Servicing the Media Advisory Committee;
(ii) Issue of Press Gallery Passes for Session periods, admission of
newspapers/ news agencies to Press Gallery, issue of Sessional parking
labels to journalists, press correspondents, etc.; and
(iii) Management of press counter during Session periods for the supply of
parliamentary papers to representatives of Press;
(iv) Liaison with official as well as private print and electronic media
agencies;
(v) Facilitating media coverage and publicity of all official events, important
House developments, committee reports etc.;
(vi) Organizing official Press conferences;
(vii) Secretarial Assistance to Press Advisory Committee;
(viii) Organizing Orientation Programme for Media Persons in tandem with
Training Unit;
(ix) Videography and still photography of events;
(x) Maintenance of audio-visual records;