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04 OUR GOVERNMENT
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THE THREE ORGANS OF THE

GOVERNMENT
Legislature
Executive
Judiciary

Government of India

LEGISLATURE
o
President
o
Loksabha
o Rajyasabha

EXECUTIVE
President
Vice president
Prime minister
Council of
ministers
bureaucracy

JUDICIARY
Supreme court

High courts
District courts

Sub courts
Munsif courts

Magistrate
courts

LEGISLATURE IN INDIA
The legislature in India is known as Parliament
It consists of the president and the two
houses namely Rajya sabha and Loksabha
Rajya sabha-upper house
Lok sabha-lower house
Two houses it is known as Bicameral
Legislature

RAJYASABHA
238 elected members
12 nominated members
Known as council of states
Permanent house
Vice president presides over the
sessions

LOKSABHA

543 Directly elected members

2 nominated members

Known as House of Represantatives

Elected for a term of five years

Presided over by the Speaker

FUNCTIONS OF PARLIAMENT

Legislation is the primary function of the parliament

The loksabha and Rajyasabha assembles separately for legislation

A law in draft form is known as a bill

The bill passes different stages

first house
bill

Approv
al of
the

First
reading

Third

Second
reading

Second

Third reading

First

MONEY BILL

The procedure of passing a money bill is different from that of an ordinary

bill

Any bill relating to the collection of revenue or expenditure from the

concolsolidated fund can be termed as a money bill

A money bill can be introduced only in the lok sabha

After the bill is passed by the lok sabha,it is sent to the Rajya sabha with
the certificate to the speaker that the bill is a money bill

The rajya sabha must return the bill along with its recommendations to
the lok sabha with in a period of 14 days

The lok sabha can be accept or reject the recomentation of the rajya
sabha

OTHER FUNCTIONS OF
PARLIAMENT

Control over
executive
Asking
questions
Deliverating
various bills
and
resolutions
Passing or
rejecting
the no
confidence
motion

Electorial
function
Participati
ng in the
election of
the
president
and vice
president

Constitutional
amendment
Timely
amendment
of the
constitutional
provisions

EXECUTIVE IN INDIA

There are two level of executive

The central executive and state executive

The central executive consists of the president, central

ministers and bureaucracy

The president and ministers are elected and they are

the political executive

PRESIDENT

THE PRESIDENT IS THE HEAD OF THE INDIAN

REPUBLIC
He is elected by electoral collage for a term
of five years
The electorial collage consists of
Elected members of lok sabha
Elected members of rajya sabha
Elected members of state legislative
assemblies

FUNCTIONS OF THE PRESIDENT

Appoint prime minister and other
ministers
Appoint chief justice and judges of the supreme court
Take decision on mercy petitions
Act as the supreme commander of armed forces
Give assent to bills passed by the parliament

VICE PRESIDENT

Besides the president,india has a vice president as well

The vice president is also elected by an electorial college

He is elected for a term of five years

Funtions of vice president

Performs the funtions of the president in his absence

Presides over the sessions of rajya sabha

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