INDIAN GOVERNMENT

Indian Government Structure

2019 elections went again in the favor of Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) and the streak remained unbreakable . Our honorable Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi took the pledge again for the betterment of the country . 

Indian Government Structure

Different countries in the world is following different government structures like Federal system, Unitary system and Confederal system .

• Federal system - is a system in which power is divided  between central and state government according to the constitution of the country for example - setting up an age limit for smoking and sharing decentralization of power  in countries like US, Australia etc.
• Unitary system-  is a system in which all the power is enjoyed by the central government which only have the rights to make laws in countries like China.
• Confederal system -is a system in which state government is having a choice either  to go with or not to go with Central government  in countries like Soviet union.

Indian structure is following Federal system  in which government of India  or central government is divided into  three main structure which are Legislature , executive , Judiciary.

1. Legislature / parliament - India is a country with Bicameral parliament in which parliament  is divided into 2 parts which are Upper house and lower house also known as Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha . Lok Sabha is council of people. Lok Sabha  represents common people in the parliament who have been selected by different people of different states throughout the Nation. There can be maximum of 552 members in Lok Sabha (530 seats are from states , 20 seats are from union Territories  + 2 from Anglo Indians ) and Rajya Sabha is the council of states ,in which different individuals who are selected by the state legislature as the representative for their state comes as the speaker for the state in the Parliament, Rajya Sabha can have at most of 250 members and presently it has 245 members  as discussed above both the states and people are represented in parliament and these representative are known as MP's (members of parliament) .MP's discuss different problems of their states in the Parliament and Parliament is having the responsibility to understand the problems and solve them  and make laws .
2. Executive - This is having the responsibility to execute the laws made by the Parliament carefully , it is further classified into two parts Political Executive and Permanent Executive. Political executive includes PM ,president ,ministers etc. , they are selected from  the MP's and selected MP's have to be responsible for what they will do, they should be answerable in the Parliament these Executers are not having permanent fixed positions as  positions changes with the change of government .Permanent executives include IAS,IPS IFS directors ,Revenue Officers etc. who are having permanent fixed jobs in the government offices , Permanent Executives should ensure proper implementation and Execution of The policies and regulations made by the parliament . CAG (comptroller and auditor General of India) audit the reports of these executives and minimizes the frauds and illegal practices.
3. Judiciary - is having Supreme court of India, supreme court is having the responsibility to resolve the conflicts between legislative and Executives and making judgements on matters of citizens and people.

This was all the structure of central government.

State Government-

State government is also having a similar kind of structure like central government is having executive as PM , President etc. whereas state executives are CM ,Governor etc. State Legislature is handled by CM who is having some exceptional powers from parliament like police , prisons , agriculture , public health etc. similarly like central government is having 2 houses Lok Sabha And Rajya Sabha same way State Government Is having 2 Houses upper house and lower house where lower hose is known as Vidhan Sabha and Upper House as Vidhan Parishad , Vidhan Sabha is having its power and functions like Lok Sabha and Vidhan parishad is having its power and functions like Rajya Sabha .  Members of Vidhan Sabha are MLA's (members of Legislatives assembly ) which are selected by native people MLA's have the responsibility to solve the problems of their area people , Vidhan parishad members are called MLC's ( members of Legislative councils) MLC's are indirectly selected by MLA's as representatives for example ruling party 's MLA's proposes a bill and after that it needs to be reviewed by MLC's for execution.

• Structure of Union Territories in India

Union territories are not having  their own government. India is having 7 union territories which are Delhi ,Puducherry ,Daman and Diu ,Dadar and nagger , Chandigarh, Lakshadweep and Andaman Nico bar island  which are controlled by central government.

Delhi and Puducherry are considered as partial states ,These states are having their own legislative assembly and these states are headed by CM but still central government have some powers with them also like police, health care etc. rest all 5 union territories are controlled by IAS or MP's which are selected by the President.