{"id":342805,"date":"2025-07-15T15:43:31","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T10:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=342805"},"modified":"2025-07-16T10:12:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T04:42:24","slug":"nominated-members-of-rajya-sabha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/nominated-members-of-rajya-sabha\/","title":{"rendered":"Nominated Members of Rajya Sabha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The government has nominated four people of eminence to the Rajya Sabha, including former foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla, Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam, C Sadanandan Master, and historian Meenakshi Jain.<\/p>\n<h2>About Nominated Members of Rajya Sabha<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_342808\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-342808\" style=\"width: 464px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-342808\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Source-Mathrubhumi.png?resize=464%2C308&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Nominated Members of Rajya Sabha\" width=\"464\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Source-Mathrubhumi.png?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Source-Mathrubhumi.png?resize=1024%2C681&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Source-Mathrubhumi.png?resize=768%2C511&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Source-Mathrubhumi.png?w=1322&amp;ssl=1 1322w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-342808\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; Mathrubhumi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Constitution provisions regarding Nominated Members of Rajya Sabha<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Article 80: \u201c<\/strong>Composition of the Council of States\u201d &#8211; The Council of States shall consist of:\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: lower-alpha;\">\n<li><strong>Twelve members to be nominated<\/strong> by the <strong>President<\/strong> in accordance with the provisions of <strong>clause (3);<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Not more than two hundred and thirty-eight<\/strong> <strong>(238)<\/strong> representatives of the <strong>States<\/strong> and of the <strong>Union territories<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Qualification:<\/strong> <strong>Clause 3 of the Article 80<\/strong> lays down the qualifications for the appointment:\n<ul>\n<li>The members to be nominated by the President shall consist of <strong>persons having special knowledge or practical experience<\/strong> in respect of such matters as the following, namely \u2014 <strong>Literature, science, art and social service<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Powers and Privileges of Nominated Members<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The nominated member can <strong>join a political party within six months<\/strong> of taking his\/ her seat in the House.<\/li>\n<li>They <strong>enjoy all the powers and privileges<\/strong> to which the elected Members of Parliament are entitled.<\/li>\n<li>They can <strong>take part in the proceedings of the House<\/strong> in the normal manner.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Voting:<\/strong> They are <strong>not allowed to vote in the election of the President<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li>They do have the <strong>right to vote in the election of the Vice-President<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The government has nominated four people of eminence to the Rajya Sabha, including former foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla, Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam, C Sadanandan Master, and historian Meenakshi Jain. About Nominated Members of Rajya Sabha Constitution provisions regarding Nominated Members of Rajya Sabha Article 80: \u201cComposition of the Council of States\u201d &#8211;&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/nominated-members-of-rajya-sabha\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Nominated Members of Rajya Sabha<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":342808,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1760,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-342805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-polity-and-nation","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Source-Mathrubhumi.png?fit=1322%2C879&ssl=1","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/342808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}