The correct answer is Neither 1 nor 2. PROCEDURE OF AMENDMENT (ARTICLE 368): The amendment process is initiated by introducing a bill in any of the two houses of the Parliament, but not in the state legislatures. A minister or any private member can initiate the bill and prior permission of the President is not required. A special majority (i.e. majority of the total membership of the House) and a simple majority (i.e. majority of two-thirds of the members of the House present and voting) is required in each house for the bill to be passed. Federal provisions of the Constitution can be amended only after the ratification by the legislatures of half of the states by a simple majority. The bill is then sent for the assent of the President. He can neither withhold his assent to the bill nor return the bill for reconsideration of the Parliament, i.e. he has to give his assent in any case. With the President's assent to the bill, it becomes a Constitutional Amendment Act and the Constitution stands amended in accordance with the terms of the Act.