Editing Filibuster (section)

===India===
The [[Rajya Sabha]] (Council of states) — which is the upper house in the Indian [[bicameralism|bicameral]] legislature — allows for a debate to be brought to a close with a simple majority decision of the house, on a closure motion so introduced by any member.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Government of India |url=http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/handbook/hand_book_2010.pdf |title=Handbook for Members of Rajya Sabha |date=January 2010 |page=60 |chapter=2: General Matters |access-date=2014-03-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120515160055/http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/handbook/hand_book_2010.pdf |archive-date=2012-05-15 |url-status=live}}</ref> On the other hand, the [[Lok Sabha]] (Council of the people) — the lower house — leaves the closure of the debate to the discretion of the [[Speaker of the Lok Sabha|speaker]] once a motion to end the debate is moved by a member.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Government of India |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/membersbook/Chapter2.pdf |title=Handbook for Members of Lok Sabha |edition=Fifteenth |page=67 |chapter=2: General |access-date=2014-03-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813162644/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/membersbook/chapter2.pdf |archive-date=2014-08-13 |url-status=live}}</ref>