Council of Ministers

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executive body government council

The Council of Ministers is the chief executive decision-making body of the Indian government, composed of the Prime Minister and appointed ministers who collectively run the administration and formulate national policies.

Aliases (5)

Council of Ministers (India) ×49
Cabinet of India ×1
Prime Minister and Council of Ministers ×1
Union Cabinet ×1
Union Council of Ministers ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	executive body → government council →
adviceBindingOn	President of India →
advises	President of India →
appointedBy	President of India →
appointmentOnAdviceOf	Prime Minister of India →
canBeDissolvedBy	President of India →
collectiveResponsibilityTo	House of the People (Lok Sabha) →
composedOf	Cabinet Ministers of India → Deputy Ministers of India → Ministers of State of India → Prime Minister of India →
constitutionalArticle	Article 74 of the Constitution of India → Article 75 of the Constitution of India →
constitutionalHead	President of India →
constitutionalSystem	parliamentary system →
country	India →
decisionMakingMode	collective decision-making →
headedBy	Prime Minister of India →
headedByMemberOf	Parliament of India →
headedByTitle	Prime Minister →
includes	Union Cabinet →
jurisdiction	Union of India →
languageOfOfficialWork	English → Hindi →
legalBasis	Constitution of India →
levelOfGovernment	Union government →
meetsAt	New Delhi →
meetsWith	President of India →
mustEnjoyConfidenceOf	Lok Sabha →
partOf	Government of India →
policyAreas	defence of India → finance of the Union Government → foreign affairs of India → home affairs of India →
politicalSystem	Westminster-style democracy →
powerType	executive power →
realExecutiveAuthority	Prime Minister and Council of Ministers →
reportsTo	Parliament of India →
requiresMembershipIn	Parliament of India →
responsibilityType	collective responsibility →
responsibleTo	Lok Sabha →
role	administration of the Union Government → chief executive decision-making body of the Union Government → formulation of national policies →
scope	administration of Union subjects → national policy →
subclassOf	Union executive of India →
worksThrough	various Union ministries →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Government of India → Government of India ("Cabinet of India") →	includesBody
Prime Minister of India →	associatedWith
Lok Sabha →	authorityOver
Government of Italy →	cabinetName
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation →	hasOrgan
Council of Ministers (India) ("Union Cabinet") →	includes
Prime Minister of India ("Union Council of Ministers") →	memberOf
Council of Ministers (India) ("Prime Minister and Council of Ministers") →	realExecutiveAuthority