General Studies II · Subtopic
Functioning and conduct of business
Official syllabus
Parliament and State legislatures—structure, functioning, conduct of business, powers & privileges and issues arising out of these.
UPSC CSE 2026 notification
What this covers
Explain how a legislature schedules, debates, scrutinizes, votes and records business under constitutional and House-specific procedural rules.
Key ideas
- Sessions and agenda
- Questions and motions
- Bill stages
- Committee scrutiny
- Voting and assent