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Chapter 18

Vice-President

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Constitutional Position of the Vice-President

  • The Vice-President is the second-highest constitutional office in India.

  • The office is broadly modelled on the American Vice-President.

  • The Constitution provides the Vice-President with two principal functions:

    • Ex-officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.
    • Acting as President or discharging the President's functions in specified situations.

  • The constitutional provisions relating to the Vice-President are contained mainly in Articles 63 to 71.

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What Vice-President covers

  1. Constitutional Position of the Vice-President
  2. Election of the Vice-President
  3. Disputes Regarding Vice-Presidential Election
  4. Qualifications
  5. Nomination Requirements
  6. Oath or Affirmation
  7. Conditions of Office
  8. Term of Office
  9. Removal of the Vice-President
  10. What is an Effective Majority?
  11. Vacancy in the Office
  12. Vice-President as Ex-officio Chairman of Rajya Sabha
  13. Vice-President as Acting President
  14. Vice-President as President: Effect on Rajya Sabha Duties
  15. Salary and Allowances
  16. Indian and American Vice-President
  17. Vice-President and President: Election Comparison
  18. Vice-President and President: Removal Comparison
  19. Constitutional Articles: Rapid Recall
  20. Important Constitutional Amendment
  21. High-Yield Prelims Traps
  22. One-Screen Revision Map
All 36 chapters in Indian Polity
  1. Historical Background
  2. Making of the Constitution
  3. Salient Features of the Constitution
  4. Preamble of the Constitution
  5. Union and its Territory
  6. Citizenship
  7. Fundamental Rights
  8. Directive Principles of State Policy
  9. Fundamental Duties
  10. Amendment of the Constitution
  11. Basic Structure of the Constitution
  12. Parliamentary System
  13. Federal System
  14. Centre–State Relations
  15. Inter-State Relations
  16. Emergency Provisions
  17. President
  18. Vice-President
  19. Prime Minister
  20. Central Council of Ministers
  21. Cabinet Committees
  22. Parliament
  23. Supreme Court
  24. Judiciary - Judicial Review and Judicial Activism, PIL
  25. Governor
  26. Chief Minister
  27. State Council of Ministers
  28. State Legislature
  29. High Court
  30. Tribunals
  31. Subordinate Courts
  32. Panchayati Raj
  33. Municipalities
  34. Union Territories
  35. Elections - Election Laws, Electoral Reforms
  36. Anti-Defection Law

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