India
Parliament of India
Key Facts
Head of State: President Droupadi Murmu
Joined the Commonwealth: 1947
Capital City (location of Parliament): New Delhi
Unicameral/Bicameral: Bicameral - Lok Sabha (545), Rajya Sabha (245)
Further Information:
- Parliament of India
- IPU - House of the People and Council of States
- CPA India Region
- CPA Country Directory
- Commonwealth Secretariat
- UN Data
- BBC Country Profile
- British High Commission New Delhi
- India High Commission London
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CPA UK & India
CPA UK regularly engages with India, recognising its status as the world’s largest democracy, and the important historical, cultural, social and economic links with the UK.
This includes interactions with the national parliament, a range of state legislatures, as well as discussion events in the UK Parliament focusing on key developments in India.
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Examples of our Past Programmes
Chatham House on India-China Relations, 17 June 2025
CPA UK and BGIPU partnered with Chatham House to deliver a discussion event on based on their recent research paper 'How China–India relations will shape Asia and the global order.'
Senior Research Fellows Dr Chietigj Bajpaee and Dr Yu Jie introduced the publication, before participating in an open discussion of this topic with UK parliamentarians.
Asia-Pacific PAC Regional Workshop, 19-21 May 2025
From 19 – 21 May 2025, CPA UK partnered Parliament of the Republic of Fiji to hold a three-day workshop in Nadi, Fiji, on the role of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in scrutinising public finances. This workshop was attended by PAC members & officials from across the Asia-Pacific Region, including the national parliament of India, as well as a delegation from the UK PAC.
CAPAC Regional Workshop,1-3 August 2019
The Workshop was attended by Chairs, Members and Clerks from 6 Commonwealth Public Accounts Committees in the Asia and South East Asia region. The workshop formed part of CPA UK's work as part of the Commonwealth Partnership for Democracy (CP4D). Please click here for the official report.
