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India's form of government, traditionally described as "quasi-federal" with a strong centre and weak states, [243] has grown increasingly federal since the late 1990s as a result of political, economic, and social changes. [244] [245] The Government of India comprises three branches: the Executive, Legislature, and Judiciary. [246]
India was the lower Indus basin in Herodotus's view of the world. The English term is from Greek Indikē (cf. Megasthenes' work Indica) or Indía (Ἰνδία), via Latin transliteration India. [3] [4] [5] The name derives ultimately from Sanskrit Sindhu, which was the name of the Indus River as well as the lower Indus basin (modern Sindh, in ...
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 .
Merged to form Ministry of Food and Consumer Affairs with three departments - Department of Food & Civil Supplies, Department of Sugar and Edible Oils and Department of Consumer Affairs. On 15 October 1999, the new ministry was renamed as the Ministry of Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution, having the same three departments.
Indian cultural influence (Greater India) Timeline of Indian history. Chandragupta Maurya overthrew the Nanda Empire and established the first great empire in ancient India, the Maurya Empire. India's Mauryan king Ashoka is widely recognised for his historical acceptance of Buddhism and his attempts to spread nonviolence and peace across
Barack Obama addressing the Indian Parliament. Form of government: Sovereign socialist secular federal parliamentary multi-party representative democratic republic. Sovereign – this means an independent nation. Socialist – this implies social and economic equality for all Indian citizens. This guarantees equal opportunity and equal social ...
Minister of State for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju, as a response in the Rajya Sabha, that was released on 26 November 2014 by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India stated that "the NPR is the first step towards creation of National Register of Indian Citizens (NRIC) by verifying the citizenship status of every usual residents."
Flag of India Location on the world map. India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia.It is the seventh-largest country by area; the most populous country from June 2023 onwards; and since its independence in 1947, the world's most populous democracy.