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"On normal business days the Lok Sabha assembles from eleven o'clock in the forenoon to one o'clock in the afternoon "

"forenoon"?? is this some english word used only in India?

- cogent, 15 oct 2004

• forenoon is an english word meaning period of time between sunrise and noon; i,e morning. It is an older english word not in common use. I changed it to morning.kaal

[edit] Union Territories

What are union territories? Some sort of federally governmed states? A bit like DC in the USA, or what Brussels will become in the next decades? :-) Wouter Lievens 09:56, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

I know it's pretty late, but better late than never. Yes, union territories are federally administered to a large extent although UTs like Pondicherry do have provincial assemblies and Chief Ministers. -- Sundar ^{\talk \contribs} 07:27, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Eligibility to contest elections to the Lok Sabha

Only Citizens of India who are criminally convicted are debarred from standing for Lok Sabha Elections. Those who just have criminal proceedings in courts i.e. not yet convicted, IMHO, are not barred, but instead are required by law to mention all such procedures in their affidavit to be filed to the returning officer of the Election Commission. This information is merely collected to be made public to the electorate along with other information such as the educational background, wealth, tax status, etc.

Therefore changes should be made, but I would rather like to confirm this. Drjagan

I have removed the secretary-general from the list of important members of the house.Secretary general, though the highest ranking officer(equivalent to the rank of Cabinet Secretary of Central govt) of the lok sabha secretariat, is not an elected member of the house.Bharatveer 07:24, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lok Sabha Seats and Reservation

In many Indian States seats for Lok Sabha are also reserved for Scheduled Castes and Tribes.

vkvora 04:00, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

In all, infact.--May the Force be with you! Shreshth91^{(esperanza elections!)} 05:02, 9 July 2006 (UTC)