The government is integrated by three branches: the executive, the legislative and the judiciary.
The executive branch: The President is the head of State and she exercises her power directly or through officers subordinate to him. The president is Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, she is the first woman to have been elected.
The President of India is the head of state and the prime minister is the head of government and exercises most of executive functions. The prime minister was selected by the President. The executive is the president, vice president and the Council of Ministers headed by the prime minister. In the Indian parliamentary system, executive power is subordinate to the legislature, the Prime Minister and his Council are supervised directly by the parliament.
The Legislative branch or the Parliament, it is the supreme legislative body of a country. Parliament is formed by the President and the two Houses: Lok Sabha (House of the People) and Rajya Sabha (Council of States).
Lok Sabha: It is the body of representatives of the people. Its members are directly elected, normally once in every five years by the adult population who are eligible to vote. The present membership of Lok Sabha is 545. The number is divided among the different States and Union Territories.
Rajya Sabha: It has no more than 250 members. Members of Rajya Sabha are not elected by the Legislative Assemblies of the various States. No member of Rajya Sabha can be under 30 years of age. Twelve of Rajya Sabha members are nominated by the President from persons who have earned distinction in the fields of literature, art, science and social service. Rajya Sabha is a permanent body and there are at present 245 members.
The main function of both the Houses is to make laws. The principal Union subjects are Defence, Foreign Affairs, Railways, Transport and Communications, Currency and Coinage, Banking, Customs and Excise Duties.
The Judicial branch is formed by the Supreme Court, 21 High Courts, and numerous civil, criminal and family courts at the district level.
The executive branch: The President is the head of State and she exercises her power directly or through officers subordinate to him. The president is Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, she is the first woman to have been elected.
The President of India is the head of state and the prime minister is the head of government and exercises most of executive functions. The prime minister was selected by the President. The executive is the president, vice president and the Council of Ministers headed by the prime minister. In the Indian parliamentary system, executive power is subordinate to the legislature, the Prime Minister and his Council are supervised directly by the parliament.
The Legislative branch or the Parliament, it is the supreme legislative body of a country. Parliament is formed by the President and the two Houses: Lok Sabha (House of the People) and Rajya Sabha (Council of States).
Lok Sabha: It is the body of representatives of the people. Its members are directly elected, normally once in every five years by the adult population who are eligible to vote. The present membership of Lok Sabha is 545. The number is divided among the different States and Union Territories.
Rajya Sabha: It has no more than 250 members. Members of Rajya Sabha are not elected by the Legislative Assemblies of the various States. No member of Rajya Sabha can be under 30 years of age. Twelve of Rajya Sabha members are nominated by the President from persons who have earned distinction in the fields of literature, art, science and social service. Rajya Sabha is a permanent body and there are at present 245 members.
The main function of both the Houses is to make laws. The principal Union subjects are Defence, Foreign Affairs, Railways, Transport and Communications, Currency and Coinage, Banking, Customs and Excise Duties.
The Judicial branch is formed by the Supreme Court, 21 High Courts, and numerous civil, criminal and family courts at the district level.
i think this part es very important if we want to understand the Indian people
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