Features of parliamentary form of governmnet

features of parliamentary form of government are described in this ppt in the simplest manner I can and this is for educational purposes .while making ppt I took help from various books and websites but the most profound material source is Indian polity by M laxmikanth .

1. Features of parliamentary form of government  By abhishek yadav  

2. Introduction  Modern democratic governments are classified into parliamentary and presidential on the basis of nature of relationship between their executive and legislative organs . In parliamentary system of government the executives are responsible for their acts and policies to the legislature on the other hand in presidential  form of government the executives are not responsible to legislature for their acts and policies and is constitutionally independent of the legislature in respects of its term of office .

3. introduction Parliamentary system of government is known as cabinet government or responsible government because the cabinet is the nucleus of power in parliamentary government  and cabinet is accountable to the parliament and stays as long as in office as it enjoys the parliament confidence . Parliamentary form of government is prevalent in countries like Britain , Canada , Japan and India .  The Indian constitution provides for parliamentary form of government for both Centre and state and it is incorporated in article 74 and 75   for Centre and in article 163 and 164 for states.

4. Features of parliamentary form of government are In following ways  1) nominal and real executive :    In parliamentary form of government the prime minister is real executive or de facto executive while the president is nominal or de jure executive thus the president is head of the state , while the prime minister is head of the government , article 74 of the Indian constitution connotes  there shall be a council of minister headed by prime minister to aid and advice the president in exercise of his functions and advice of prime minster and council of ministers is binding on president . 

5. 2) majority party rules The political party which wins the most of the seats in Lok Sabha elections forms the government and the leader of that party  (any person whom the party wants to be prime minister)  is appointed as the prime minster by the president and the council of minister is appointed by the president on the advice of  prime minister , however when no party gets majority , a coalition of parties may be invited by president to form the government and  leader of the coalition is appointed as the prime minister by the president and on his advice council of ministers .

6. 3) double membership   In parliamentary form of government the ministers are members of both the legislature and executive this means that a person cannot be minister without being the member of any houses of the parliament. However, according to article 75(5) of Indian constitution   a person can be minister  for period of six consecutive months even if he is not a member of either houses of parliament but after six months he ceases to be minister unless he got elected for either houses of parliament .

7. 4) leadership of prime minister  The prime minister plays the leadership role in parliamentary form of government. he is the leader of council of ministers , leader of parliament and leader of the party in power . In these capacities prime minister plays a very significant and highly crucial role in the functioning of the government . In the past the , British political and constitutional experts described the prime minister as primus inter pares ( first among equals ) in relation of cabinet. In the recent period the powers of prime minister increased significantly vis a vis cabinet . 

8. 5) dissolution of Lok Sabha  In Indian parliamentary system Lok Sabha or lower house  has a tenure of five years but it can be dissolved earlier by president on the advice of prime minister . Article 83(2) of Indian constitution deals with the dissolution of Lok Sabha and it provides that Lok Sabha is to be dissolved after the completion of five years from the first day of its meeting . In this case a new election is held to elect new members of parliament . This means that executives enjoy the right to dissolve the legislature even before their expiration of term . 

9. Conclusion  Framers of Indian constitution choses parliamentary form of government as Indians are more familiar to this type of government because Britishers too follow this type of government in colonial India and parliamentary form of government fits perfectly for a multiethnic , multilingual and multireligious population of India as it ensures representation to all sections of Indians .  

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