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Our Government - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Consists of President, Vice-President, Council of Ministers headed by Prime Minister.
        
        President
        
        Elected by M.Ps and the State Legislative Assemblies
        
        Head of the State
        
        Office at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi
        
        Period of office - 5 years
        
        Is elected by M.Ps and M.L.As
        
        Prime Minister
        
        Leader of the political party which has majority in the Lok Sabha
        
        Chooses ministers of different departments.
        
        Office Term - 5 years
        
        Most powerful minister. Real head of the Government
        
        Vice President
        
        Handles the duties of the President during his absence.
        
        Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha
        
        Elected for a term of 5 years.
        
        Council of Minsters
        
        Consists of the Cabinet Minister, Ministers of State, and Deputy Minister.
        
        Most powerful unit of the Executive
    - - The Parliament is the law making body. It has two houses.
        
        Rajya Sabha
        
        At present has 245 seats.
        
        Members are elected for 6 years.
        
        12 members are nominated by the President.
        
        The rest of them are elected by M.L.As
        
        In total, it has 250 members capacity out of which 238 are elected by M.L.As and 12 are nominated by the President.
        
        Indirect Elections
        
        1/3 of the members retire every 2 years
        
        The Upper House / Council of States / Permanent House
        
        Lok Sabha
        
        At present the strength of the house is 545
        
        543 members elected directly by people
        
        2 members may be nominated by President from the Anglo-Indian community if it is not already adequately represented.
        
        The Maximum number of seats is 552
        
        530 (states)
        
        20 (U.Ts)
        
        2 (Anglo Indian Rep)
        
        Direct / General Elections
        
        Held by the Election Commision of India
        
        Citizens who are 18+ can vote and elect representatives.
        
        These representatives are nominated by various parties.
        
        Citizens above 25 can stand for elections to the Lok Sabha.
        
        Members are elected for a term of 5 years
        
        Lower House / House of People
        
        Members of the Lok and Rajya Sabha are called as members of Parliament (M.P)
        
        A Council of Ministers called the cabinet is formed. It is responsible to the Parliament.
    - - Defence
        
        Relationship with other countries
        
        Other aids to states
  - - - Each state has its own legislature and one or two houses.
        
        A two house legislature is known as bicameral.
        
        Legislative Council (Vidhan Parishad)
        
        Members have a term of 6 years.
        
        1/3 of its members retire every two years.
        
        Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) - Lower House
        
        At this level also, the representatives elected by the people make laws and run the government.
        
        Elected members become members of State Legislative Assembly and are known as Members of the Legislative Assembly (M.L.A)
        
        These members are elected for a 5 year term.
        
        A one house legislature is known as unicameral.
    - - Consists of the Governor, C.M. and the Council of Ministers
        
        Governor
        
        The Governor is the highest authority in the state and is appointed by the President.
        
        The Governor appoints the leader of the majority party in the Legislative Assembly as Chief Minister (C.M)
        
        The C.M selects his Council of Ministers
        
        The Governor is the nominal head of the state and the real power lies in the hands of the C.M. and his Council of Ministers.
    - - Education
        
        Maintaining law and order.
        
        Others
  - - - Municipal Corporations
      - Municipal Councils
    - - Zilla Parishad (District)
      - Anchalik Panchayat (Block)
      - Gram Panchayat (Village)
  - - - Law making body
    - - Law implementation body
    - - Law enforcement body
- - - - High Courts have a number of subordinate courts below them.
        
        District Courts
        
        Revenue Courts
        
        Panchayat Court
        
        Lok Adalat