Speaker of Lok Sabha is its ex-officio President.
It was founded in 1949, following a Motion adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 16 August 1948.
The management and control of the affairs of the Group are vested in the Executive Committee.
The Speaker, Lok Sabha is the ex-officio President of the Group.
A link between the Indian Parliament and its foreign counterparts, the group functions as the National Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), and the Main Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) in India.