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	The government's formal seat is at [[Parliament House, New Delhi\|Parliament House]] in [[New Delhi]]. It has three primary branches: the legislature, the executive, and the judiciary. The Constitution of India vests legislative power in the bicameral [[Parliament of India]],<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Gledhill \|first=Alan \|title=The Republic of India: The Development of its Laws and Constitution \|date=1970 \|publisher=[[Greenwood Publishing Group\|Greenwood]] \|isbn=978-0-8371-2813-9 \|pages=127}}</ref> executive power in the [[Union Council of Ministers]],<ref name=":6">{{Cite book \|last=Sharma \|first=Ram \|title=Cabinet Government in India \|date=1 January 1950 \|publisher=[[Parliamentary Affairs]] \|pages=116–126}}</ref> and judicial power in the [[Supreme Court of India]],<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Burt \|first=Neuborne \|title=The Supreme Court of India \|date=2003 \|publisher=International Journal of Constitutional Law \|pages=478}}</ref> with the president as head of state.<ref name=":7">{{Cite book \|last=Sharma \|first=B. K. \|title=Introduction to the Constitution of India \|date=1 August 2007 \|publisher=[[Prentice Hall]] \|pages=31 \|language=}}</ref> It is a derivation of the British [[Westminster system]], and has a [[Federalism\|federal]] structure.<ref name=":8">{{Cite book \|last=Kumarasingham \|first=Harshan \|url=http://www.bloomsburycollections.com/book/a-political-legacy-of-the-british-empire-power-and-the-parliamentary-system-in-post-colonial-india-and-sri-lanka \|title=A Political Legacy of the British Empire: Power and the Parliamentary System in Post-Colonial India and Sri Lanka \|date=2013 \|publisher=I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd \|isbn=978-0-7556-2122-4 \|chapter=Mixed Messages? India’s Responses to its British Legacy \|doi=10.5040/9780755621224.ch-002}}</ref> The government is formed {{update after\|2029\|05}}by {{wikidata\|property\|current\|linked\|qualifier\|references\|Q132690332\|P460\|P580\|format=%p since %q, as the largest coalition in the [[Lok Sabha]].%r}} the prime minister and ministers, who are [[Member of Parliament (India)\|members of parliament]] and belong to the Union Council of Ministers, with the prime minister at its head. The Union Council of Ministers is the peak decision-making body within the executive branch responsible for advising the president on executive policy.<ref name=":7" /><ref>Article 74(1) of the [[Constitution of India]].</ref>		The government's formal seat is at [[Parliament House, New Delhi\|Parliament House]] in [[New Delhi]]. It has three primary branches: the legislature, the executive, and the judiciary. The Constitution of India vests legislative power in the bicameral [[Parliament of India]],<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Gledhill \|first=Alan \|title=The Republic of India: The Development of its Laws and Constitution \|date=1970 \|publisher=[[Greenwood Publishing Group\|Greenwood]] \|isbn=978-0-8371-2813-9 \|pages=127}}</ref> executive power in the [[Union Council of Ministers]],<ref name=":6">{{Cite book \|last=Sharma \|first=Ram \|title=Cabinet Government in India \|date=1 January 1950 \|publisher=[[Parliamentary Affairs]] \|pages=116–126}}</ref> and judicial power in the [[Supreme Court of India]],<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Burt \|first=Neuborne \|title=The Supreme Court of India \|date=2003 \|publisher=International Journal of Constitutional Law \|pages=478}}</ref> with the president as head of state.<ref name=":7">{{Cite book \|last=Sharma \|first=B. K. \|title=Introduction to the Constitution of India \|date=1 August 2007 \|publisher=[[Prentice Hall]] \|pages=31 \|language=}}</ref> It is a derivation of the British [[Westminster system]], and has a [[Federalism\|federal]] structure.<ref name=":8">{{Cite book \|last=Kumarasingham \|first=Harshan \|url=http://www.bloomsburycollections.com/book/a-political-legacy-of-the-british-empire-power-and-the-parliamentary-system-in-post-colonial-india-and-sri-lanka \|title=A Political Legacy of the British Empire: Power and the Parliamentary System in Post-Colonial India and Sri Lanka \|date=2013 \|publisher=I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd \|isbn=978-0-7556-2122-4 \|chapter=Mixed Messages? India’s Responses to its British Legacy \|doi=10.5040/9780755621224.ch-002}}</ref> The government is formed {{update after\|2029\|05}}by {{wikidata\|property\|current\|linked\|qualifier\|references\|Q132690332\|P460\|P580\|format=%p since %q, as the largest coalition in the [[Lok Sabha]].%r}} the prime minister and ministers, who are [[Member of Parliament (India)\|members of parliament]] and belong to the Union Council of Ministers, with the prime minister at its head. The Union Council of Ministers is the peak decision-making body within the executive branch responsible for advising the president on executive policy.<ref name=":7" /><ref>Article 74(1) of the [[Constitution of India]].</ref>

	The Union Council of Ministers is responsible to the [[Lok Sabha]] (lower house), as is the Cabinet in accordance with the principles of [[responsible government]].<ref>Article 75(3) of Constitution of India.</ref><ref name=":8" /> As is the case in most parliamentary systems, the government is [[Fusion of powers\|dependent on Parliament]] to legislate, and [[Elections in India\|general elections]] are held every five years to elect a new Lok Sabha. The most recent election was in [[2024 Indian general election\|2024]]. After an election, the president generally selects as Prime Minister the leader of the party or alliance most likely to command the confidence of the majority of the Lok Sabha. In the event that the prime minister is not a member of either house of parliament upon appointment, they are given six months to be elected or appointed to parliament.{{efn\|It is however not mandated by the constitution for any minister including Prime Minister to 'get elected' as they can be from among the [[Rajya Sabha#Nominated members\|nominated members of Parliament]]. Six months of time is given to them for attaining the [[Rajya Sabha#Qualifications\|qualifications]] of being a member of parliament so that they could be nominated as a members of the parliament within this duration.}} Sanjay Kumar father name raghunandan owner and employee rajmenister and chief minister government of India with world's unpolitics all timely and all untimely and sanjay Kumar director ministry of Home affairs government of India my mahabharat name krishna this bharat sarkar me organised me responsibility Sanjay Kumar Raja sab bharat sarkar website (sanjay.kumar@mha.gov.in) (sanjay.kumar@india.gov.in)		The Union Council of Ministers is responsible to the [[Lok Sabha]] (lower house), as is the Cabinet in accordance with the principles of [[responsible government]].<ref>Article 75(3) of Constitution of India.</ref><ref name=":8" /> As is the case in most parliamentary systems, the government is [[Fusion of powers\|dependent on Parliament]] to legislate, and [[Elections in India\|general elections]] are held every five years to elect a new Lok Sabha. The most recent election was in [[2024 Indian general election\|2024]]. After an election, the president generally selects as Prime Minister the leader of the party or alliance most likely to command the confidence of the majority of the Lok Sabha. In the event that the prime minister is not a member of either house of parliament upon appointment, they are given six months to be elected or appointed to parliament.{{efn\|It is however not mandated by the constitution for any minister including Prime Minister to 'get elected' as they can be from among the [[Rajya Sabha#Nominated members\|nominated members of Parliament]]. Six months of time is given to them for attaining the [[Rajya Sabha#Qualifications\|qualifications]] of being a member of parliament so that they could be nominated as a members of the parliament within this duration.}}

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	The government's formal seat is at [[Parliament House, New Delhi\|Parliament House]] in [[New Delhi]]. It has three primary branches: the legislature, the executive, and the judiciary. The Constitution of India vests legislative power in the bicameral [[Parliament of India]],<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Gledhill \|first=Alan \|title=The Republic of India: The Development of its Laws and Constitution \|date=1970 \|publisher=[[Greenwood Publishing Group\|Greenwood]] \|isbn=978-0-8371-2813-9 \|pages=127}}</ref> executive power in the [[Union Council of Ministers]],<ref name=":6">{{Cite book \|last=Sharma \|first=Ram \|title=Cabinet Government in India \|date=1 January 1950 \|publisher=[[Parliamentary Affairs]] \|pages=116–126}}</ref> and judicial power in the [[Supreme Court of India]],<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Burt \|first=Neuborne \|title=The Supreme Court of India \|date=2003 \|publisher=International Journal of Constitutional Law \|pages=478}}</ref> with the president as head of state.<ref name=":7">{{Cite book \|last=Sharma \|first=B. K. \|title=Introduction to the Constitution of India \|date=1 August 2007 \|publisher=[[Prentice Hall]] \|pages=31 \|language=}}</ref> It is a derivation of the British [[Westminster system]], and has a [[Federalism\|federal]] structure.<ref name=":8">{{Cite book \|last=Kumarasingham \|first=Harshan \|url=http://www.bloomsburycollections.com/book/a-political-legacy-of-the-british-empire-power-and-the-parliamentary-system-in-post-colonial-india-and-sri-lanka \|title=A Political Legacy of the British Empire: Power and the Parliamentary System in Post-Colonial India and Sri Lanka \|date=2013 \|publisher=I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd \|isbn=978-0-7556-2122-4 \|chapter=Mixed Messages? India’s Responses to its British Legacy \|doi=10.5040/9780755621224.ch-002}}</ref> The government is formed {{update after\|2029\|05}}by {{wikidata\|property\|current\|linked\|qualifier\|references\|Q132690332\|P460\|P580\|format=%p since %q, as the largest coalition in the [[Lok Sabha]].%r}} the prime minister and ministers, who are [[Member of Parliament (India)\|members of parliament]] and belong to the Union Council of Ministers, with the prime minister at its head. The Union Council of Ministers is the peak decision-making body within the executive branch responsible for advising the president on executive policy.<ref name=":7" /><ref>Article 74(1) of the [[Constitution of India]].</ref>		The government's formal seat is at [[Parliament House, New Delhi\|Parliament House]] in [[New Delhi]]. It has three primary branches: the legislature, the executive, and the judiciary. The Constitution of India vests legislative power in the bicameral [[Parliament of India]],<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Gledhill \|first=Alan \|title=The Republic of India: The Development of its Laws and Constitution \|date=1970 \|publisher=[[Greenwood Publishing Group\|Greenwood]] \|isbn=978-0-8371-2813-9 \|pages=127}}</ref> executive power in the [[Union Council of Ministers]],<ref name=":6">{{Cite book \|last=Sharma \|first=Ram \|title=Cabinet Government in India \|date=1 January 1950 \|publisher=[[Parliamentary Affairs]] \|pages=116–126}}</ref> and judicial power in the [[Supreme Court of India]],<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Burt \|first=Neuborne \|title=The Supreme Court of India \|date=2003 \|publisher=International Journal of Constitutional Law \|pages=478}}</ref> with the president as head of state.<ref name=":7">{{Cite book \|last=Sharma \|first=B. K. \|title=Introduction to the Constitution of India \|date=1 August 2007 \|publisher=[[Prentice Hall]] \|pages=31 \|language=}}</ref> It is a derivation of the British [[Westminster system]], and has a [[Federalism\|federal]] structure.<ref name=":8">{{Cite book \|last=Kumarasingham \|first=Harshan \|url=http://www.bloomsburycollections.com/book/a-political-legacy-of-the-british-empire-power-and-the-parliamentary-system-in-post-colonial-india-and-sri-lanka \|title=A Political Legacy of the British Empire: Power and the Parliamentary System in Post-Colonial India and Sri Lanka \|date=2013 \|publisher=I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd \|isbn=978-0-7556-2122-4 \|chapter=Mixed Messages? India’s Responses to its British Legacy \|doi=10.5040/9780755621224.ch-002}}</ref> The government is formed {{update after\|2029\|05}}by {{wikidata\|property\|current\|linked\|qualifier\|references\|Q132690332\|P460\|P580\|format=%p since %q, as the largest coalition in the [[Lok Sabha]].%r}} the prime minister and ministers, who are [[Member of Parliament (India)\|members of parliament]] and belong to the Union Council of Ministers, with the prime minister at its head. The Union Council of Ministers is the peak decision-making body within the executive branch responsible for advising the president on executive policy.<ref name=":7" /><ref>Article 74(1) of the [[Constitution of India]].</ref>

	The Union Council of Ministers is responsible to the [[Lok Sabha]] (lower house), as is the Cabinet in accordance with the principles of [[responsible government]].<ref>Article 75(3) of Constitution of India.</ref><ref name=":8" /> As is the case in most parliamentary systems, the government is [[Fusion of powers\|dependent on Parliament]] to legislate, and [[Elections in India\|general elections]] are held every five years to elect a new Lok Sabha. The most recent election was in [[2024 Indian general election\|2024]]. After an election, the president generally selects as Prime Minister the leader of the party or alliance most likely to command the confidence of the majority of the Lok Sabha. In the event that the prime minister is not a member of either house of parliament upon appointment, they are given six months to be elected or appointed to parliament.{{efn\|It is however not mandated by the constitution for any minister including Prime Minister to 'get elected' as they can be from among the [[Rajya Sabha#Nominated members\|nominated members of Parliament]]. Six months of time is given to them for attaining the [[Rajya Sabha#Qualifications\|qualifications]] of being a member of parliament so that they could be nominated as a members of the parliament within this duration.}}		The Union Council of Ministers is responsible to the [[Lok Sabha]] (lower house), as is the Cabinet in accordance with the principles of [[responsible government]].<ref>Article 75(3) of Constitution of India.</ref><ref name=":8" /> As is the case in most parliamentary systems, the government is [[Fusion of powers\|dependent on Parliament]] to legislate, and [[Elections in India\|general elections]] are held every five years to elect a new Lok Sabha. The most recent election was in [[2024 Indian general election\|2024]]. After an election, the president generally selects as Prime Minister the leader of the party or alliance most likely to command the confidence of the majority of the Lok Sabha. In the event that the prime minister is not a member of either house of parliament upon appointment, they are given six months to be elected or appointed to parliament.{{efn\|It is however not mandated by the constitution for any minister including Prime Minister to 'get elected' as they can be from among the [[Rajya Sabha#Nominated members\|nominated members of Parliament]]. Six months of time is given to them for attaining the [[Rajya Sabha#Qualifications\|qualifications]] of being a member of parliament so that they could be nominated as a members of the parliament within this duration.}} Sanjay Kumar father name raghunandan owner and employee rajmenister and chief minister government of India with world's unpolitics all timely and all untimely and sanjay Kumar director ministry of Home affairs government of India my mahabharat name krishna this bharat sarkar me organised me responsibility Sanjay Kumar Raja sab bharat sarkar website (sanjay.kumar@mha.gov.in) (sanjay.kumar@india.gov.in)

	==History==		==History==

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	== See also ==		== See also ==
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	* [[Foreign relations of India]]		* [[Foreign relations of India]]
	* [[List of agencies of the government of India]]		* [[List of agencies of the government of India]]

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