CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -As of 2022, it has a maximum membership of 245, of which 233 are elected by the legislatures of the states and union territories using single transferable votes through open ballots, while the president can appoint 12 members for their contributions to art, literature, science, and social services.

Detailed explanation-2: -Rajya Sabha elections is to be held throughout 2022, to elect the retiring members of the Rajya Sabha, the Indian Parliament’s upper house. Elections to the 4 vacant seats from Jammu and Kashmir were not held in February as the union territory is under President’s rule and the assembly has been dissolved.

Detailed explanation-3: -The 2023 Rajya Sabha elections will be held as part of a routine six-year cycle among certain of the State Legislatures in India on July and August 2023 to elect 10 of its 245 members, of which the states through their legislators elect 233, and the remaining 12 are appointed by the President.