India+Political+System

India's Political System

India is a ** federal republic **. It integrated ideas from the United Kingdom and democracies like the United States. India has a constitution that governs it.
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The government's power can be divided into three branches: ** executive, judiciary and parliament **. India is made up of individual ** states ** just like the United States. ** India's central government has power over these states **and even has the authority to change the boundaries of the states ([|Asian Info]).

India is a union of states. It is a **Sovereign, Secular, Democratic Republic with a Parliamentary system of Government **. Their Constitution was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 26 November 1949. The **President is the constitutional head of Executive of the Union **. There is also the **Council of Ministers with the Prime Minister ** as head. Article 74(1) of the Constitution provides that there shall be a Council of Ministers headed by the Prime Minister to aid and advise the President who shall, in exercise of his functions, act in accordance with such advice. The Council of Ministers is responsible to the Lok Sabha, the House of the People ([|Asian Info] ). In the states of India, the **Governor ** is the head of Executive. The Council of Ministers of a state is responsible to the elected legislative assembly of the state. The Union Executive consists of the President, the Vice-President and Council of Ministers with the Prime Minister at the head to aid and advise the President ([|Asian Info] )<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">.

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