The first Government of our majestic India was established in 1950 under the guidelines of the Constitution of India. Till then, the last 59 years have seen a lot of turbulence as well as high – quality decisions. Today, the government of India represents the largest democracy in the world and successfully governs 28 states and 7 union territories, which are also known as the Republic of India.
The Indian government has been divided into three main parts – executive, legislative and the judiciary. These three branches work independently but are depended on each other in the core competencies of the currently such as decisions on the defence and economic front.
President of India heads the executive branch and exercises the powers given to him or her through Prime Minister who leads a council of ministers. These ministers are elected by their respective constituencies every five years.
The legislative branch constitutes of parliament (also known as Lok Sabha), upper house (known as Rajya Sabha) and the president. The members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha are elected by general public separately. The third branch, Judiciary, has 21 high courts, numerous criminal, civil and family courts and the Supreme Court as its apex.
The citizens of India are governed by Indian Penal Code, Civil Procedure Code and the Criminal Procedure Code. The legal system that is practised in states is majorly based on the Westminster system of the United Kingdom.
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