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Working Of Institutions

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Describe the powers of the Prime Minister.

Solution

As head of the government, the Prime Minister has wide-ranging powers:
(i)He chairs Cabinet meetings. He coordinates the work of different Departments.
(ii)His decisions are final in case disagreements arise between Departments.
(iii)He exercises general supervision of different ministries.
(iv)All ministers work under his leadership. The Prime Minister distributes and redistributes work to the ministers.
(v)He also has the power to dismiss ministers. When the Prime Minister quits, the entire ministry quits.

Some More Questions From Working Of Institutions Chapter

Why is the Prime Minister in India not directly elected by the people? Choose the most appropriate answer and give reasons for your choice.

(a) In a parliamentary democracy only the leader of the majority party in the Lok Sabha can become the Prime Minister.

(b) Lok Sabha can remove the Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers even before the expiry of their term.

(c) Since the Prime Minister is appointed by the President there is no need for it.

(d) Direct election of the Prime Minister will involve lot of expenditure on election.

Three friends went to watch a film that showed the hero becoming Chief Minister for a day and making big changes in the state. Imran said this is what the country needs. Rizwan said this kind of a personal rule without institutions is dangerous. Shankar said all this is a fantasy. No minister can do anything in one day. What would be your reaction to such a film?

A teacher was making preparations for a mock parliament. She called two students to act as leaders of two political parties. She gave them an option: Each one could choose to have a majority either in the mock Lok Sabha or in the mock Rajya Sabha. If this choice was given to you, which one would you choose and why?

After reading the example of the reservation order, three students had different reactions about the role of the judiciary. Which view, according to you, is a correct reading of the role of judiciary?

(a) Srinivas argues that since the Supreme Court agreed with the government, it is not independent.

(b) Anjaiah says that judiciary is independent because it could have given a verdict against the government order. The Supreme Court did direct the government to modify it.

(c) Vijaya thinks that the judiciary is neither independent nor conformist, but acts as a mediator between opposing parties. The court struck a good balance between those who supported and those who opposed the order.

The Indian Parliament is

The Lower House of the Indian Parliament is known as

The Upper House of the Indian Parliament is known as

The tenure of the members of the Rajya Sabha is

The tenure of the Lok Sabha in normal time is

Speaker is elected for a period of

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