ROLE OF THE PARLIAMENT IN INDIAN DEMOCRACY

India's Parliament forms the basic foundation of the functioning of the country's parliamentary democracy, and is vested with the very vital functions of legislation, executive superintendence and constitutional development. This is a research paper about parliament, its composition, operational functions and doctrinal restraints presented in a systematic analysis format suited to scholarly pursuit and orientation based on reliance on primary constitutional provisions, authoritative government publications and official records. Its fundamental functions are laid out systematically: wide-ranging legislative powers over national priorities, tight control over the nation's finances with annual budgetary procedures for revenue and expenditure and various forms of accountability, such as collective ministerial responsibility to the popular chamber of parliament,otted scheduled question hours, motions for urgent discussion and special parliamentary committees which rigorously scrutinise the conduct of the While there are still great strengths of federal accommodation and democratic participation, there are some evident weaknesses where calibrated reforms are required. The recommendations of the paper put a strong emphasis on strengthening parliamentary committees with more powers, speeding up the adoption of digital infrastructure for their smooth functioning and making sittings mandatory at a minimum. Parliament is consequently the key institution of the Indian democracy, combining the disparate properties such as representation, supervision, and flexibility in an ordered constitutional context.