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The Government of India exercises its executive authority through a number of government ministries or departments of state. A ministry is composed of employed officials, known as civil servants, and is politically accountable through a minister. Most major ministries are headed by a Cabinet Minister, who sits in the Union Council of Ministers ...
India has a quasi-federal form of government, called "union" or "central" government, [45] with elected officials at the union, state and local levels. At the national level, the head of government , the prime minister , is appointed by the president of India from the party or coalition that has the majority of seats in the Lok Sabha .
The department acts as a facilitator, in consultation with central ministries/departments, states/UT administrations, organisations and individuals, to improve government functioning through administrative reforms in the spheres of restructuring the government, process improvement, organisation and methods and grievance handling, and by ...
Every state in India is governed by its council of ministers with rules and procedures similar to the union council of ministers per Articles 163, 164 and 167(c). In March 2020, the Supreme Court of India used its powers for the first time to do "complete justice" under Article 142 of the Indian Constitution to remove a minister functioning in ...
State legislature has exclusive powers over subjects enumerated in the State List (List II of the Seventh Schedule) of the Constitution and concurrent powers over those enumerated in sub List III. Financial powers of legislature include authorization of all expenditure, taxation and borrowing by the state government. The Legislative Assembly ...
President of the Republic of India: Droupadi Murmu: 25 July 2022 [1] Vice President of the Republic of India: Jagdeep Dhankhar: 11 August 2022 [2] Prime Minister of the Republic of India: Narendra Modi: 26 May 2014 [3] Chief Justice of the Republic of India: Sanjiv Khanna: 11 November 2024 Speaker of Lok Sabha: Om Birla: 19 June 2019 [4] Chief ...
In 1921, it was established under the provision of the government of India act of 1919 and has since been in existence. However, for the first time, a member from the Opposition in Lok Sabha, was appointed as the chairperson of the committee by the Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
The Attorney General for India (ISO: Bhārata Ke Mahānyāyavādī) is the chief legal advisor of the Government of India.The Attorney General is appointed by the President of India at the instance of the Union Cabinet under Article 76(1) of the Constitution and hold office during the pleasure of the President.