Council of Ministers to be collectively responsible to the House of the People

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constitutional principle feature of parliamentary government

The Council of Ministers to be collectively responsible to the House of the People is the constitutional principle establishing that the Indian Union executive is accountable as a whole to the Lok Sabha, forming the core of India’s system of parliamentary government.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional principle ⓘ feature of parliamentary government ⓘ
accountableTo	House of the People NERFINISHED ⓘ Lok Sabha NERFINISHED ⓘ
adoptedInDocument	Constitution of India as originally enacted NERFINISHED ⓘ
adoptedOn	26 January 1950 ⓘ
appliesLevel	Union level (central government) ⓘ
appliesTo	Council of Ministers of India NERFINISHED ⓘ Prime Minister of India and Council of Ministers NERFINISHED ⓘ Union executive of India ⓘ
associatedWith	motion of confidence in Lok Sabha ⓘ vote of no-confidence in Lok Sabha ⓘ
bindingOn	Cabinet Ministers of India ⓘ Deputy Ministers of India NERFINISHED ⓘ Ministers of State of India NERFINISHED ⓘ Prime Minister of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
constitutionalStatus	mandatory rule, not a convention ⓘ
contrastsWith	individual ministerial responsibility ⓘ
corePrincipleOf	parliamentary system in India ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
enforcedThrough	no-confidence motions ⓘ parliamentary procedures in Lok Sabha ⓘ questions and debates in the House of the People ⓘ
ensures	Lok Sabha control over the executive ⓘ executive remains in office only while enjoying majority support in the House of the People ⓘ political accountability of the executive to the legislature ⓘ
historicalOrigin	parliamentary conventions in the United Kingdom ⓘ
implies	Council of Ministers acts as a single unit ⓘ Council of Ministers must retain confidence of the Lok Sabha ⓘ decisions of the government are the collective responsibility of all ministers ⓘ ministers must support Cabinet decisions in the House of the People ⓘ resignation of the entire Council of Ministers if it loses majority support in the Lok Sabha ⓘ
influencedBy	Westminster model of parliamentary government NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction	Union of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfProvision	English text of Article 75(3) ⓘ Hindi text of Article 75(3) ⓘ
legalFormulation	"The Council of Ministers shall be collectively responsible to the House of the People." ⓘ
partOf	Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedConcept	collective cabinet responsibility ⓘ parliamentary confidence ⓘ responsible government ⓘ separation of powers in India ⓘ
relatedTo	parliamentary democracy in India ⓘ
relatesTo	Union Government of India NERFINISHED ⓘ executive branch of the Government of India ⓘ
scope	all decisions and actions of the Union Council of Ministers ⓘ
statedIn	Article 75(3) of the Constitution of India ⓘ

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Conventions of Indian Parliament → includesConvention → Council of Ministers to be collectively responsible to the House of the People ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha

Article 75 of the Constitution of India → requires → Council of Ministers to be collectively responsible to the House of the People ⓘ