Politics of India
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Polity type | Federal Parliamentary Republic |
Constitution | Constitution of India |
Legislative branch | |
Name | Parliament |
Type | Bicameral |
Meeting place | Sansad Bhavan |
Upper house | |
Name | Rajya Sabha |
Presiding officer | Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Chairman of the Rajya Sabha |
Appointer | Electoral College |
Lower house | |
Name | Lok Sabha |
Presiding officer | Om Birla, Speaker of the Lok Sabha |
Executive branch | |
Head of state | |
Title | President |
Currently | Draupadi Murmu |
Appointer | Electoral College |
Head of government | |
Title | Prime Minister |
Currently | Narendra Modi |
Appointer | President |
Cabinet | |
Name | Union Council of Ministers |
Current cabinet | Third Modi ministry |
Leader | Prime Minister |
Appointer | President |
Ministries | 52 |
Judicial branch | |
Name | Judiciary |
Supreme Court | |
Chief judge | Sanjiv Khanna |
Politics of India
|
|
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Polity type | Federal Parliamentary Republic |
Constitution | Constitution of India |
Legislative branch | |
Name | Parliament |
Type | Bicameral |
Meeting place | Sansad Bhavan |
Upper house | |
Name | Rajya Sabha |
Presiding officer | Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Chairman of the Rajya Sabha |
Appointer | Electoral College |
Lower house | |
Name | Lok Sabha |
Presiding officer | Om Birla, Speaker of the Lok Sabha |
Executive branch | |
Head of state | |
Title | President |
Currently | Draupadi Murmu |
Appointer | Electoral College |
Head of government | |
Title | Prime Minister |
Currently | Narendra Modi |
Appointer | President |
Cabinet | |
Name | Union Council of Ministers |
Current cabinet | Third Modi ministry |
Leader | Prime Minister |
Appointer | President |
Ministries | 52 |
Judicial branch | |
Name | Judiciary |
Supreme Court | |
Chief judge | Sanjiv Khanna |