Vice President of India; the Dignified
and Promising Post
This
is a dignified post in Indian administration after President of India.The wise
and talented persons like Dr. Radhakrishnan, VV Giri, Hidayetulla (former Chief
Justice) have increased the dignity of this post. Dr. Radhakrishnan, VV Giri,
Jakir Hosen, Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma were elected the presidents of India
hereafter from those posts of Vice Presidents of India.The post of
Vice-President of India is not a trifle post.He has as much importance as the
President of India in several matters.
Some Relevant Facts of Vice Presidents
of India
The
first Vice President of independent India, Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was
elected in 1952.There has no example of Vice President who was dismissed before
expiration.The former Vice Presidents of India K R Narayanan, Shankar Dayal
Sharma, R Venkataraman, V V Giri, Zakir Hussain and Dr. S Radhakrishnan were
elected as Presidents at different times.The present Vice President of India,
Mohammad Hamid Ansari is a scholar.There are two instances of Vice Presidents
who were re-elected in the election of Vice President of India.One is the great
Radha Krishnan and the other is the present Vice President Hamid Ansari.
The
present Vice President of India, Mr. Hamid Ansari has been serving his duty as
the Vice President of India since 11th August 2007. He has shown his brilliance
in several fields like Indian Foreign Service etc.He was the Chief of Indian
Missions in UAE, Australia, Afghanistan,Iran,Saudi Arab from 1976 to 1999,Chief
of Protocol in from 1980 to 1985, Permanent Representative to UN from 1993 to
1995,Vice-Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University from 2000 to 2002 ,member of
National Security Advisory Board from 2004 to 2006, Chairman of National
Commission for Minorities from March,2006 to July,2007, recipient of Padma Shri
in 1984. Thus to be a Vice President of India one need to struggle in his
life.To be the Vice President he needs to be excellent.
Qualification for a Would-be Vice
President
Criteria
He is an
Indian Citizen.He should have eligibility to be elected in RajyaSabha.He will
not be appointed in any Post of Profit either in Central Government or State
Government or in local Authority possessed by Government.This is not in the
case of a candidate who is either a Vice President or a Governor of a State at
present.The Vice President who is elected either by Parliament or State
Assembly must resign to his former membership before taking oath in the present
post.He is at least 35 years of age.Would-be Vice-President requires at least
20 M.P.s or Members of Parliament as proposers and at least 20 M.P.s or Members
of Parliament as seconders.Would-be Vice-President requires keeping a security
deposit of Rs.15,000/-.If a candidate fails to obtain one-sixth of the total
votes, he will not be given back his security deposit.
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1/2Who
was awarded Padma Shri?
Michael Jack
Or,
Mr. Hamid Ansari
Election Process for the Vice President
of India
Indian
Constitution attributes the post of Returning Officer to either the General
Secretary of Loksabha House of the People or the General Secretary of Rajya
sabha or Council of States. This title is attributed by rotation. The Returning
Officer in 2011 was from Loksabha. Then he gives notice inviting nominations. Within
due date and time nominations are filed in a proper manner. We should know that
only the members from Loksabha and Rajya sabha are eligible to vote for the
election of the Vice President. Unlike the election in the case of the
President of India, the members of legislatures or Members of Legislative
Assemblies can cast their votes. The Election Commission of India appoints two
senior secretariats for the assistance of the Returning Officer. Then a date is
fixed for casting votes and publication of result. In this vote, there are some
special features to affirm the election and its success. Among these feature
preferences and quota are prominent. An elector can vote to indicate definite
numeric figures such as 1,2,3,4 etc beside the names of contesting candidates
on ballot papers. After that counting process comes. After eliminating the
cancelled
ballots, the votes are counted according to the first choice. If someone gets
the quota, he will be declared the winner. But if one fails to obtain the
quota, counting will be going on eliminating the candidate with least votes. His
votes will be computed as per to take the second preferences from those
ballots. Among these votes, the second preferences will be added to the
definite candidates to whom the votes of the electors have been credited to. Thus
eliminations and exclusions will continue till one obtains the quota. If no one
gets the quota , the last remaining candidate will be crowned.
Procedure of Vice-President's Election
This
is an interesting process by which the Vice President is elected in India.Vice
President of India is elected indirectly by an Electoral College through
proportional representation by means of a single transferable vote, not as the
President.
Tenure, Salary, Dismissal or
Resignation
Tenure
A Vice
President is termed for 5 years.He is assigned to his post for five
years.Before his tenure, he can resign to the post.If a situation arises, he
may be removed from his office before the scheduled time.
Salary
Presently
the Vice President of India is given the salary of 1,25,000 INR.He does not
have any special privileges except the salary as in the case of the
President.He is only given such advantages when he takes the responsibility of
the President in the absence of the President. He is not given any lodging, unlike
the President who lives at the Rashtrapati Bhavan during his tenure.According
to the Vice President’s Pension Act of 1997, the Vice President is given half
of the salary at the time of his retirement from the office as the pension. It
was not written in Constitution.
Dismissal/Removal
Vice
President can be dismissed before the date or he can resign from the post.For
such dismissal, parliament will have given a notice for 14 days in Rajya
Sabha.If this application is accepted by majority in Rajya Sabha, it must be
granted in Lok Sabha to reject the Vice President.He can submit his resignation
to the President of India.Supreme Court can look into the debate created by the
election, resignation, and dismissal.Vice President of India is elected
indirectly by an Electoral College through proportional representation by means
of the single transferable vote similarly as in the case of the President of
India.
Function and Duty of vice-President of
India
Vice
President of India is next to President of India in rank. He is the Chairman of
Rajya sabha ex officio. In the absence of the President, Vice President will be
employed temporarily in the post of the President. Death, dismissal,
resignation of the President will permit the Vice President to take the full
responsibility as the President of India as long as a new President is not
elected. He will act as the temporary President if the present President is
absent or ill or unable to work due to some reasons.