{"id":56840,"date":"2026-03-07T22:03:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T16:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=56840"},"modified":"2026-03-19T10:58:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T05:28:30","slug":"article-83-of-indian-constitution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/article-83-of-indian-constitution\/","title":{"rendered":"Article 83 of Indian Constitution, Interpretation, Significance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Article 83 of the Constitution of India provides the duration of both the Houses of Parliament that is the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. It provides a five-year term to the Lok Sabha in order to ensure governance and the Rajya Sabha is a permanent body which does not have a fixed term. One-Third members of Rajya Sabha keep retiring every two years. In this article, we are going to discuss Article 83 of the constitution, its interpretations and significance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Article 83 of Indian Constitution Interpretation<\/span><\/h2>\n

Article 83 of the Indian Constitution states – \u201c<\/span>1)The Council of States shall not be subject to dissolution, but as nearly as possible one-third of the members thereof shall retire as soon as may be on the expiration of every second year in accordance with the provisions made in that behalf by Parliament by law. 2)The House of the People, unless sooner dissolved, shall continue for five years from the date appointed for its first meeting and no longer and the expiration of the said period of five years shall operate as a dissolution of the House: Provided that the said period may, while a Proclamation of Emergency is in operation, be extended by Parliament by law for a period not exceeding one year at a time and not extending in any case beyond a period of six months after the Proclamation has ceased to operate.<\/span><\/i>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Article 83 of the Constitution of India can be interpreted in the following manner:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n