The Gelfand-Tsetlin basis for irreducible c U q (gl(N4-1))-modules of finite dimensions is constructed by means of the lowering operators. § 0. IntroductionIn the previous paper [1], we constructed the Gelfand-Tsetlin basis for irreducible "Ug(^/(]V+l))-modules of finite dimensions, in terms of the lowering operators. In this paper, we will give detailed accounts of our construction of this basis.We give the result when q is a non-zero complex variable and not a root of unity, however from the view of technical arguments in its proof we also have to deal with the case of q to be a transcendental element over C.Let