ABSTRACT
India's polity has entered its eight decade and has until recently been considered one of the most stable and consolidated democracies in the developing world. The Lok Sabha is headed by the Speaker, who is elected by incoming newly elected Members of Parliament. The origins of parliamentary administration lie in colonial times when a Legislative Assembly was allowed to convene with limited representation and advisory capacity to the British staffed executive of the Governor-General and was allowed an administrative department that fell under the purview of the Speaker. The two parliamentary secretariats are required to be autonomous of the executive branch as well as the centralized civil services. India's parliamentary administration has faced two major challenges in recent times. India's parliamentary administration is well developed and specialized and serves the needs of its bicameral legislature well, if inconspicuously.
