Knowledge Themes
Articles 74 and 75
Articles 163 and 164
Article 75(3)
Collective Responsibility
Nominal vs Real Executive
Separation of Powers vs Fusion of Powers
Accountability vs Stability
Parliamentary Sovereignty vs Constitutional Supremacy
Majority Rule
No-Confidence Motion
Prime Ministerial Leadership
Swaran Singh Committee
Cabinet Form of Government
Double Membership
Dissolution of Lower House
Structural Subtopics
- Differences in executive-legislative relations
- Dual vs single executive systems
- Accountability of the executive to the legislature
- Stability and fixed tenure of the executive
- Principle of separation of powers vs fusion of powers
- Process of election and removal of the head of government
- Composition and role of the cabinet in both systems
- Merits and demerits of the parliamentary system in India
- Advantages and disadvantages of the presidential system for large democracies
- Constitutional provisions for parliamentary government in India (Articles 74 and 75)
- Comparison between Indian and British parliamentary models
- Feasibility of a presidential system in the Indian context
- Impact of party discipline and anti-defection laws on parliamentary functioning
- Role of the titular head of state in both systems
Study Material
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