Indian Politics Questions

The sources of state power are specifically outlined in the Tenth Amendment of the Bill of Rights.
When the Constitution was first proposed, many people were concerned about the federal government become too powerful. A group known as the anti-federalists pushed for a way to legally set aside certain rights and powers to individual states.

This amendment was added to satisfy the anti-federalists who were concerned that the Constitution would grant the federal government unlimited power.

The Tenth Amendment states that all powers that are not specifically given to the federal government are reserved to individual states.

Deficit spending means spending more than the income getting. A government need to take debts for deficit spending.

A lessee is a person who rents land or property from a lessor. The lessee is also known as the "tenant".

A right of lessee can be described as the right to exclusive possession.

The Preamble proclaims the solemn resolution of the people of India to constitute India into a 'Sovereign socialist secular democratic republic'.

Nullification is the legal theory that a state has the right to nullify (invalidate) any federal law that it deems unconstitutional

So far, there have not been any situations where this tactic has actually held up, though. In each case, nullification has failed.

The Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha presides over the proceedings of the Rajya Sabha in the absence of the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha. The Deputy Chairman is elected internally by the Rajya Sabha.

NDA's Harivansh Narayan Singh becomes Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairperson on the opponent Hari Prasad.