A legislature having single chamber is known as unicameral legislature. ┬аThe other type of legislature is bicameral legislature which has two chambers. ┬аIndian Parliament is a bicameral legislature. ┬аThe Loksabha where the 543 members are directly elected by the people and the Rajyasabha which has 250 members indirectly elected by the state legislatures are its two chambers. ┬а ┬аLegislature of Maharashtra state has two chambers – Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) and Vidhan Parishad (Legislative council) and therefore its bicameral.
Many states in India have abolished┬аtheir second or the upper chamber where members are indirectly elected. ┬аCurrently only seven Indian states have bicameral legislatures – Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. ┬аAll other states and union territories have unicameral legislatures. ┬аAvoiding duplication of work, reducing expenditure are the main objectives of having unicameral legislatures.