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  2. Government of India - Wikipedia

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    India has a quasi-federal form of government, called "union" or "central" government, [48] with elected officials at the union, state and local levels. At the national level, the head of government , the prime minister , is appointed by the president of India from the party or coalition that has the majority of seats in the Lok Sabha .

  3. Federalism in India - Wikipedia

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    The Constitution of India establishes the structure of the Indian government, including the relationship between the federal government and state governments. Part XI of the Indian constitution specifies the distribution of legislative, administrative and executive powers between the union government and the States of India. [1]

  4. List of ministries and departments of the Government of India

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    The Government of India exercises its executive authority through a number of government ministries or departments of state. A ministry is composed of employed officials, known as civil servants, and is politically accountable through a minister . Most major ministries are headed by a Cabinet Minister, who sits in the Union Council of Ministers ...

  5. Constitution of India - Wikipedia

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    With the aid of its constitution, India is governed by a parliamentary system of government with the executive directly accountable to the legislature. Under Articles 52 and 53: the president of India is head of the executive branch; Under Article 60: the duty of preserving, protecting, and defending the constitution and the law.

  6. List of agencies of the government of India - Wikipedia

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    The department acts as a facilitator, in consultation with central ministries/departments, states/UT administrations, organisations and individuals, to improve government functioning through administrative reforms in the spheres of restructuring the government, process improvement, organisation and methods and grievance handling, and by ...

  7. Politics of India - Wikipedia

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    India is a parliamentary secular democratic republic in which the president of India is the head of state & first citizen of India and the Prime Minister of India is the head of government. It is based on the federal structure of government, although the word is not used in the Constitution itself.

  8. List of countries by federal system - Wikipedia

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    The Government of India (referred to as the Union Government) is the governing authority of a federal union of 28 states and 8 union territories. The government of India is based on a three tiered system, in which the Constitution of India delineates the subjects on which each tier of government has executive powers.

  9. Union Council of Ministers - Wikipedia

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    The Union Council of Ministers is the principal executive organ of the Government of India, which serves to aid and advice the President of India in execution of their functions. [1] It is chaired by the Prime Minister of India and consists of the heads of each of the executive government ministries.