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{{Infobox government
{{Infobox government
| government_name  = Government of India
| government_name  = Government of India
| nativename      = {{transl|hi|ISO|Bhārat Sarkār}}
| nativename      = भारत-सरकार
| image            = Emblem of India.svg
| image            = Emblem of India.svg
| image_size      = 90px
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{{Politics of India}}
{{Politics of India}}


The '''Government of India''' ({{lang-hi|भारत-सरकार}} {{transl|hi|ISO|Bhārata-Sarkāra}}; often abbreviated as '''GoI'''), also known as the '''Union Government''' or '''Central Government''' but often simply as the '''Centre''',{{Efn|The Constitution of India describes the federal government as "The Union".}} is the [[Government|national authority]] of the [[Republic of India]], a federal democracy located in [[South Asia]], consisting of 28 union states and eight union territories. Under the [[Constitution of India|Constitution]], there are three primary branches of government: the legislative, the executive and the judiciary, whose powers are vested in a [[Bicameralism|bicameral]] [[Parliament of India|Parliament]], [[President of India|President]], aided by the [[Union Council of Ministers|Council of Ministers]], and the [[Supreme Court of India|Supreme Court]] respectively. Through judicial evolution, the Parliament has lost [[Parliamentary sovereignty|its sovereignty]] as its [[Amendment of the Constitution of India|amendments to the Constitution]] are subject to judicial intervention. Judicial appointments in India are unique in that the executive or legislature have negligible say.
The '''Government of India''' ({{lang-hi|भारत-सरकार}} {{transl|hi|ISO|Bhārata-Sarkāra}}; often abbreviated as '''GoI'''), also known as the '''Union Government''' or '''Central Government''' but often simply as the '''Centre''',{{Efn|The Constitution of India describes the federal government as "The Union".}} is the [[Government|national authority]] of the [[Republic of India]], a federal democracy located in the [[Indian subcontinent]], consisting of 28 union states and eight union territories. Under the [[Constitution of India|Constitution]], there are three primary branches of government: the legislative, the executive and the judiciary, whose powers are vested in a [[Bicameralism|bicameral]] [[Parliament of India|Parliament]], [[President of India|President]], aided by the [[Union Council of Ministers|Council of Ministers]], and the [[Supreme Court of India|Supreme Court]] respectively. Through judicial evolution, the Parliament has lost [[Parliamentary sovereignty|its sovereignty]] as its [[Amendment of the Constitution of India|amendments to the Constitution]] are subject to judicial intervention. Judicial appointments in India are unique in that the executive or legislature have negligible say.


==Etymology and history==
==Etymology and history==
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