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q Parliamentary form of government q Organs of the government
q Parliament of India q Relationship between Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
q Making of the law and debating a bill q Implication of law
q The President of India q Prime Minister and Council of Ministers
q Relative position of the President and Prime Minister

Introduction responsible to the legislature (Lok Sabha)
collectively and individually. The Council of
The Indians struggled hard and sacrificed many lives
to make India free. Finally on 15th August 1947, Ministers remains in office so long it enjoys the
confidence of the legislature.
India got freedom. Just after independence, a big
task of framing the Constitution was in front of our This set up of the parliamentary form has some
national leaders. After a long discussion and merits and some demerits. Let us discuss them in
keeping the aspiration of the people of India in brief.
view, the leaders agreed for the parliamentary
government. Info Bits
Info Bits

PARLIAMENTARY FORM OF GOVERNMENT India, Britain, Canada, Australia and Japan have a
parliamentary form of government while USA,
There are several types of government, any one of Brazil, Chile and Cuba have presidential form of
which could have been chosen as the form of government.
government in India after we achieved
independence. Then, what was so special about Merits of Parliamentary Form of
the parliamentary form Government
of government that it The chief merits of the parliamentary form of
was preferred to other government are as follows :
forms. There were
1. The ministers in the Council of Ministers are
many reasons why this
form was chosen. At the members of the Parliament and they are
first, let us understand responsible for all their actions to the
Parliament. Thus, the Council of Ministers and
what a parliamentary
Rashtrapati Bhavan the Parliament work in coordination.
form of government is.
2. The Parliament judges all actions of the
In a parliamentary form of government, the real
power is vested in the Council of Ministers Council of Ministers and if it rejects any of the
actions of one or more ministers, then the
headed by the Prime Minister, while the head of
the state or President is only nominal, that is, all Council of Ministers has to resign. Therefore,
the Council of Ministers makes an effort to
business of the government is carried in the name
work for the welfare of the nation.
of the President, but the real power is enjoyed by
the Council of Ministers. The ministers are 3. Since the Council of Ministers has to get all its
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