Vice President of India

Vice President's House, New Delhi, India

The Vice President of India is the second-highest office in India after the President.
This office is modeled on the lines of the American Vice President.
Article 63 of the Indian Constitution states that “There shall be a Vice President of India.”
The Vice President acts as President in the absence of the President due to death, resignation, impeachment or other situations.
The Vice President of India is also ex-officio Chairperson of Rajya Sabha.
When a bill is introduced in Rajya Sabha, the Vice President decides whether it is a financial bill or not.
If he believes, a bill introduced in the Rajya Sabha is a money bill, he would refer the case to the Speaker of the Lok Sabha for deciding it.
Residence: Vice President's House
Appointer: Electoral College of India
Term length: 5 years
Salary: Rs. 400,000 (US$5,800) (Budget 2018)
Article 66 of the Indian Constitution states the manner of election of the Vice President.
The Vice President of India is elected indirectly by the members of an electoral college, consisting of the members of both Houses of Parliament, following the system of Proportional Representation, using the Single Transferable Vote and the voting is by secret ballot conducted by the Election Commission.
The Vice President of India also acts as the Honourable Chancellor of the Punjab University, Chandigarh.

Qualifications

To be eligible for election as Vice President a person should fulfill the following qualifications:

Election

The Vice President of India is elected indirectly by an electoral college, consisting of the members (elected as well as nominated) of both houses of the Parliament.
The election of the Vice President of India is slightly different from the election of the President of India, as the members of the State Legislature are not part of the electoral college, but the nominated members of both the houses are part of the electoral college for the Vice Presidential election.

Oath or Affirmation

Article 69 of the Indian Constitution provides the Oath/Affirmation for the office of the Vice President of India.
The President of India administers the Oath of office and secrecy to the Vice President of India.

Removal

The Constitution states that the Vice president can be removed by a resolution of Rajya Sabha, passed by an effective majority (i.e., majority of all the then member of the house) and agreed by the Lok Sabha with simple majority (Article 67 (b)).
But no such resolution may be moved unless at least 14 days advance notice has been given.
Supreme Court of India can also remove the Vice President for committing electoral malpractices and not fulfilling the eligibility criteria for the Rajya Sabha member, while in office as per Article 71 (1) of the Indian Constitution.

List of the Vice President of India

S. No.	Vice President	Tenure	President
1.	Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan	13 May, 1952-12 May, 1962	Dr. Rajendra Prasad
2.	Dr. Zakir Hussain	13 May, 1962-13 May, 1967	Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
3.	V.V. Giri	13 May, 1967-3 May, 1969	Dr. Zakir Hussain
4.	Gopal Swarup Pathak	1 September, 1969-1 September, 1974	V.V. Giri
5.	B.D. Jatti	1 September, 1974-25 July, 1977	Dr. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
6.	Justice Muhammad Hidayatullah	25 August, 1977-25 July, 1982	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
7.	Ramaswamy Venkataraman	25 August, 1982-25 July, 1987	Giani Zail Singh
8.	Shankar Dayal Sharma	3 September, 1987-24 July, 1992	Ramaswamy Venkataraman
9.	Kocheril Raman Narayanan	21 August, 1992-24 July, 1997	Shankar Dayal Sharma
10.	Krishan Kant	21 August, 1997-27 July, 2002	Kocheril Raman Narayanan
11.	Bhairon Singh Shekhawat	19 August, 2002-21 July, 2007	APJ Abdul Kalam
12.	Mohammad Hamid Ansari	11 August, 2007-11 August, 2017	Pranab Mukaerjee
13.	M. Venkaiah Naidu	6 August, 2017-Present	Ram Nath Kovind

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