Consider the following statements: 1) The president of India can summon a session of parliament at such a place as he/she thinks fit. 2) There is no minimum number of days that the parliament is required to meet in a year. [2020]

Consider the following statements:

The president of India can summon a session of parliament at such a place as he/she thinks fit.
The constitution of India provides for three sessions of the parliament in a year but it is not mandatory to conduct all three sessions
There is no minimum number of days that the parliament is required to meet in a year.

Article 85(1) of the Constitution empowers the President to summon each House of Parliament to meet at such time and place as he thinks fit, but six months shall not intervene between its last sitting in one Session and the date appointed for its first sitting in the next Session. The President exercises the power to summon the Houses on the recommendation of the Prime Minister or the Cabinet

India does not have a fixed parliamentary calendar. By convention, Parliament meets for three sessions in a year.
- The longest, the Budget Session, starts towards the end of January, and concludes by the end of April or first week of May. The session has a recess so that Parliamentary Committees can discuss the budgetary proposals.
- The second session is the three-week Monsoon Session, which usually begins in July and finishes in August.
- The parliamentary year ends with a three week-long Winter Session, which is held from November to December.

The Constitution does not provide specific details regarding the timing or duration of Parliament sessions. According to Article 85, it is only mandated that there should not be an interval exceeding six months between two consecutive sessions of Parliament.