Union Government II

PRIME MINISTER 

*Constitution not specified for selection of PM 
*Article 75 Prime minister shall be appointed by president ;President has to appoint leader of Majority party in lok sabha 
*When there is no majority president can apply his discretion 
*That time President may first appoint PM then ask to prove his majority in LokSabha 
*Supreme court judgement 1997 if PM is not member of either house he should become member of any house within 6 months 
*Term -Not fixed, hold office during pleasure of president
*PM and Council of Ministers individual responsibility to President and collective responsibility to Loksabha 
*Article78-PM acts as channel of communication between President and Council of Ministers 
*He is defacto executive ie)original powers 
*Oath administered by President 
*If PM resigns entire Council of Minister will resign 
RELATIONSHIP IN COUNCIL OF MINISTER 
*He allocates minister and his portfolio 
*He heads council of Ministers 
*Cabinet meetings are headed by him 
*He can ask minister to resign from his post or tell president to relieve that minister from council of minister 
PM RELATIONSHIP TO PRESIDENT 
*He is connecting channel for president and council of minister 
*He tells to president who are all to appoint as minister and president appoint those ministers 
*Advisor of President regarding Recommendations of some post 
PM RELATIONSHIP TO PARLIMENT 
*He can ask President to dissolve Loksabha when there is no majority 
*He is a leader of house of ruling party 
*He tells the decision of council of minister in Parliment
OTHER POWER AND FUNCTION 
*He heads Niti Aayog 
*He heads National Development Council 
*He heads National Integration Council 
*Heads Interstate Council 
*Heads National Disaster council as per National Disaster Management act 
*Heads National Water council 
COUNCIL OF MINISTERS 
*Article 74-Council of Minister to aid and advise the president 
*Article 75 -Council of Minister on advise of PM appointed by President .Total no of Council of Minister should not exceed 15% of total member of LS (91st CAA 2003) 
*When Loksabha passes a No Confidence Motion against Council of minister ,all ministers including those ministers who are member of Rajyasabha have to resign (collective responsibility) 
*If Members of either house disqualified on the ground of Defection,also disqualified to be appoint as ministers 
*Satisfaction of president-satisfaction of council of minister 
*Oath administered by President 
RIGHTS OF MINISTER 
*Minister can speech in both Loksabha and Rajyasabha but he votes where he is member 
TYPES OF MINISTERS 
*There are 3 types of ministers they are Cabinet Ministers,Minister of State(Independent Charge), Minister of State or Deputy Minister 
*Cabinet minister -Head important matters  ,PM heads Cabinet,Play Important role in decision making and frame policies , Important ministries ,They attend cabinet meetings 
*Minister of states Independent Charge-They work under supervision of cabinet ministers ,They not attend cabinet meeting but if they ask to attend cabinet meeting then they will attend ,They take care of independent portfolios 
*Minister of State or Deputy ministers-They are not given independent charge but they assist cabinet minister in policy formulating  they also not attend cabinet meeting 
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CABINET MINISTER AND COUNCIL OF MINISTERS 
*Cabinet consists of Many senior minister and important portfolios while Council of minister consists of Cabinet Ministers,Minister of states and Deputy ministers 
*Size of cabinet is around 15 to 20 while size of council of minister is around 70 to 80 
*Cabinet meets frequently to frame policy and to discuss national importance while meeting between council of minister is rare 
*They both are collective responsibility to Loksabha 
SOME IMPORTANT FACTS ON PRIME MINISTER 
*Long Term PM-Jawarharlal Nehru 
*PM who nationalized banks-Indira Gandhi 
*Dashkanth Treaty signed-Lalbahadur Sasthri 
*PM who born on February 29-Moraji Desai 
*Man of Peace-Lal Bahadur Sastri 
*Term ended without facing Parliment-Charan Singh 
*Born on Gandhi Jayanthi-Lalbahadur Sasthri 
*PM who got Bharat Ratna(India) and Nizami Pakistani(Pakistan)-Morazi Desai 
*Signed in simla agreement -Indira Gandhi 
*India first atom bomb testing -Indira Gandhi 
*Light of India foreign policy-Jawarharlal Nehru 
*Jai Jawan ,Jai kissan told by Lalbahadur Sastri 
*Jai jawan jai kisan jai vigyan said by vajbayee 
*27%Reservation for OBC-VP Singh 
*Drawing artist -VP Singh 
*Poem writer -Vajbayee 
*Appointed as PM after serving foreign administration-IK Gujral 
*First south indian PM- PV Narasivarav 
*PM who signed in money -Manmohan singh (When he appointed as RBI Governor )  
*Spoke Hindi in UNO-Vajbayee 
*November 19-Birthday of Indira Gandhi-National Integrity day 
*December 23-Birthday of Charan Singh-Farmers day 
*Two times interim prime minister-Kulsarilal Nandha 
*PM for short term-Chandrasekar 
*PM for 3 times -Vajbayee 
*From various constituency elected-Vajbayee 
CABINET COMMITEE 
*Extra Constitutional bodies 
*At 1994 13 cabinet Commitee 
*At 2013 10 cabinet Commitee 
*At present 6 Cabinet committee 
*Political affairs , Economic affairs and Appointment Commitee chaired by PM 
*Parlimentary affairs Commitee chaired by Home minister
*Security and accomodations Commitee 
GROUP OF MINISTERS AND EMPOWERED GROUP OF MINISTERS 
*This post abolished in 2014  
COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL 
*Article 148
*President appoints CAG and he is only be removed like impeachment of judges
*Term 6 years or 65 years of age 
*CAG most important officer in Indian constitution said by Ambedkar 
*Appleby said no need for the post of CAG 
*Apex authority responsible for internal and external audit which audits Central and State 
*To audit and report on all expenditure from Consolidated Fund of India, Contingency fund of India ,And all State Government expenditure 
*Audit and report all profit and loss account of Department or public sector enterprise 
*It's report laid on Parliment and is examined by the respective Parlimentary Commitee 
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF INDIA 
*Article 76 
*Highest law officer of india 
*Appointed by president of india on the recommendation of Union Government 
*Eligibility-Should completed  5 years as judge of High Court or 10 years as advocate or eminient jurist(as per president knowledge) 
*He can removed by president any time ,He can also give resignation to president ,He automatically remove from office when Government dissolves 
*He is first law advisor for Union Government 
*He can attend Parliment session but cannot vote 
*He should proceed in any court in favour of Union Government 
*He should not proceed in any court against Union Government
*He should not accept appointment as director in any corporation or company without permission of union Government 
*He should not defend accused person's without permission of union Government

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