Who is the chairperson of the Rajya Sabha?

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This question was previously asked in

SSC MTS 2020 (Held On : 20 Oct 2021 Shift 3 ) Official Paper 30

Answer 1

The correct answer is The Vice-President of India.

Key Points

The Vice-President of India is the chairperson of the Rajya Sabha.
Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu is an Indian politician who has been serving as India's vice president since 2017.
He formerly served in the Modi Cabinet as the minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Urban Development, and Information and Broadcasting.
He was a senior member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the party's national president from 2002 to 2004.
He formerly served in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee cabinet as the Union Cabinet Minister for Rural Development.
On August 11, 2017, he was sworn in as the Vice President of India and Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.
He earned 516 votes, compared to 244 for UPA candidate Gopalkrishna Gandhi.

Important Points

The vice president of India is the deputy to the president of India, who is the head of state of the Republic of India.
After the president, the vice president is the second-highest constitutional office, ranking second in order of precedence and first in line of succession to the presidency.
The vice president determines whether a bill is a money bill or not when it is introduced in the Rajya Sabha.
He will send a measure filed in the Rajya Sabha to the Speaker of the Lok Sabha if he believes it is a money bill.