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Chief whip, in the Indian Parliament the chief whip of the Government party in Lok Sabha is the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; he directly responsible to the leader of the House and advisers the Government on Parliamentary business. He ensures quorum in the House and advices the Government on Parliamentary business. He ensures quorum in the House and that adequate number of members of the party are present at the time of voting and sends advance intimation through the familiar system of ordinary one, two and three line whips. He selects the speakers from his party and also the members for select committees etc. In the Rajya Sabha, the Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs holds the position of Chief Whip of the Government party. Practice and Procedure of Parliament, M.N. Kaul and S.L. Sakdhar, 5th Edn., 2001, p. 148.

The Government whip performs the most important duties, he is officially designated as Parliamentary secretary to the Treasury and his main work is the organization of government in consultation with opposition Chief Whip. The Chief Whip customarily moves the closer, the Office of the Speaker in the Parliaments of Commonwealth, Wilding and Philip Laundry, p. 786.

In U.K. the government as well as the opposition have Chief Whips who send out a document each week to their members detailing the business for each day of the following week, The Office of the Speaker in the Parliaments of Commonwealth, Wilding and Philip Laundry, p. 785.