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Chapter 19

Prime Minister

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Constitutional Position of the Prime Minister

  • The Prime Minister is the real executive authority (de facto executive) in India's parliamentary system.
  • The President is the nominal executive (de jure executive) and head of the State.
  • The Prime Minister is the head of the Government and leads the Council of Ministers.
  • The constitutional framework relating to the Prime Minister is primarily found in Articles 74, 75, 77 and 78.

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What Prime Minister covers

  1. Constitutional Position of the Prime Minister
  2. Appointment of the Prime Minister
  3. Oath of the Prime Minister
  4. Term and Tenure
  5. Salary and Allowances
  6. Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers
  7. Prime Minister as Link Between President and Council of Ministers
  8. Prime Minister and the President
  9. Prime Minister and Parliament
  10. Other Powers and Functions
  11. Prime Ministerial Position in the Parliamentary System
  12. Prime Ministers from the Rajya Sabha
  13. Chief Ministers Who Became Prime Ministers
  14. President–Prime Minister Relationship
  15. Prime Minister: High-Yield Constitutional Position
  16. Prelims Traps
  17. Rapid Recall
All 36 chapters in Indian Polity
  1. Historical Background
  2. Making of the Constitution
  3. Salient Features of the Constitution
  4. Preamble of the Constitution
  5. Union and its Territory
  6. Citizenship
  7. Fundamental Rights
  8. Directive Principles of State Policy
  9. Fundamental Duties
  10. Amendment of the Constitution
  11. Basic Structure of the Constitution
  12. Parliamentary System
  13. Federal System
  14. Centre–State Relations
  15. Inter-State Relations
  16. Emergency Provisions
  17. President
  18. Vice-President
  19. Prime Minister
  20. Central Council of Ministers
  21. Cabinet Committees
  22. Parliament
  23. Supreme Court
  24. Judiciary - Judicial Review and Judicial Activism, PIL
  25. Governor
  26. Chief Minister
  27. State Council of Ministers
  28. State Legislature
  29. High Court
  30. Tribunals
  31. Subordinate Courts
  32. Panchayati Raj
  33. Municipalities
  34. Union Territories
  35. Elections - Election Laws, Electoral Reforms
  36. Anti-Defection Law

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