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Parliamentary Form of Government in India

The document summarizes India's parliamentary form of government. It discusses that India adopted this system as it could accommodate the country's diverse social groups. Some key points made are that in a parliamentary system, the executive is responsible to the legislature; lawmaking powers are divided between central and state governments; and the Indian Parliament consists of the President and two houses - Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha. The roles of Parliament include selecting the national government, lawmaking, and controlling the government.

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Parliamentary Form of Government in India

The document summarizes India's parliamentary form of government. It discusses that India adopted this system as it could accommodate the country's diverse social groups. Some key points made are that in a parliamentary system, the executive is responsible to the legislature; lawmaking powers are divided between central and state governments; and the Indian Parliament consists of the President and two houses - Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha. The roles of Parliament include selecting the national government, lawmaking, and controlling the government.

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PARLIAMENTARY

FORM OF
GOVERNMENT IN
INDIA
Name - Shivam Dixit
Class - BTech (4th semester)
Roll Number – 251904056
Submitted to – Mr. Ravinder Chaudhary

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Types of Democratic Government

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What is Parliamentary Government?

A democratic form of government in which the people vote


for those who represent the political party they feel best
represents their views of how the government should
operate.
This type of government is also called Prime Ministerial
form of government because the head of the government
is Prime Minister.

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Why Parliamentary government in India?

Our constitution makers were highly influenced by the


system of parliamentary democracy in Britain.
Our forefathers thought that this type of government can
accommodate various social groups residing in India.
In this system of government, parliament is supreme and
executive is responsible to the legislature. Thus, this system
holds a accountable government.

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Some key features of Parliamentary Government

A form of government based on elected representation.


Constitutional guarantee of Universal Adult Suffrage
( voting rights to all )
People can directly elect their representatives and contest
the election too.
The elected representatives are accountable to the people.

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Division of Powers

Union list – Consists of issues of national concern :


currency, defence. Only central government can make
laws.
State list – Consists of issues of state concern : housing,
transport. Only state government can make laws.
Concurrent list – Consists of issues common in both the
list : education etc. Both the governments can make laws.

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The Parliament of India consists of

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About the Parliament of India

Union legislature is known as Parliament


The Parliament consists of President, the council of states:
Rajya Sabha and the house of the people: Lok Sabha.
The member of both the houses are known as MP or the
member of the Parliament.
The Parliament has to meet at least twice in a year.

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Strength of Rajya Sabha

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Strength of Lok Sabha

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The key roles of the Parliament

To select the national government

To control, guide and inform the


government

Law - Making

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Powers of Parliament

Power of making Putting laws into


laws action
Powers of
Parliament
Control over Powers to provide
finance justice

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Making a Law

First Bill in other


Reading house President’s
Assent

Second Third
Reading Reading

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Categories of Bills

Ordinary Constitu-
Money Bill
Bill tional Bill

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