This PSEB 9th Class Social Science Notes Civics Chapter 4 India’s Parliamentary Democracy will help you in revision during exams.
PSEB 9th Class Social Science Notes Civics Chapter 4 India’s Parliamentary Democracy
→ There are three organs of government-legislature, executive, and judiciary.
→ The major function of the legislature is to make laws, the executive is to implement the laws and the judiciary is to use the laws.
→ Our country has the parliamentary form of government which means that the members of the council of ministers must be the members of Parliament.
→ Any minister can remain on his post until he enjoys a majority in Legislature.
→ In the parliamentary form of government, there is a constitutional Head of the country who is given enormous powers.
→ But practically he cannot use his powers. On his name, his powers are used by the Council of Ministers.
→ In this system, the administration of the country is run by the political party, for a fixed period of time which enjoys a majority in the Parliament (Lok Sabha).
→ In the Parliamentary form of government, Prime Minister is the leader of the Council of Ministers and the leader of the majority party. He uses all the powers assigned to the President.
→ Article 79 of the Indian Constitution has made arrangements of the Parliament which consists of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha and the President.
→ Lok Sabha is elected by the whole public on the basis of Universal Adult Franchise and it represents the people.
→ Rajya Sabha represents the states and its members are elected indirectly by the members of State Legislative Assemblies.
→ The Constitutional Head of the country is the President who is elected by the elected members of an electoral college.
→ The whole of the country’s administration is run in the name of the President.
→ The Constitution has given many powers to the President but an arrangement has been made that he will use all of his powers on the advice of the council of ministers.
→ He is given many legislative, executive, financial, judicial, emergency powers, etc.
→ To aid Prime Minister, a council of ministers is appointed which consists of three types of ministers-Cabinet Minister, Minister of state, and Deputy Minister.
→ In the Parliamentary form of government, actual power lies in the hands of the Prime Minister.
→ Whichever political party gets a clear-cut majority after Lok Sabha elections, elects its leader who is appointed as the Prime Minister by the President.
→ After looking at the powers of the Prime Minister, it seems that he is above all but it’s not that.
→ His powers are limited to an extent and he cannot oppose public opinion.