PrimeMinister

President

Thechiefofgovernment,chiefadvisortothe TheheadofstateoftheRepublicofIndia.
PresidentofIndia,headoftheCouncilof
Ministersandtheleaderofthemajorityparty
inparliament.
ThePrimeMinisterofIndiaisthechiefof
government,chiefadvisortothePresidentof
India,headoftheCouncilofMinistersandthe
leaderofthemajoritypartyinparliament.

Theformalheadoftheexecutive,legislature
andjudiciaryofIndiaandisthe
commanderinchiefoftheIndianArmed
Forces.

ThePrimeMinisterdirectstheworkofthe
Governmentandoverseesthepreparation
andconsiderationofGovernmentbusiness.

Ifitbecomesnecessarytohavealawthen
thePresidentcanpromoteordinanceswhen
theparliamentisnotinsession.

WhenthePrimeMinisterispreventedfrom
attendingtohisorherduties,theseare
assumedbytheministerdesignatedto
deputiseforthePrimeMinister,orifthat
ministerisunavailable,bytheGovernment's
longestservingminister.

AllmajorappointmentsoftheUnion
GovernmentarevirtuallymadebythePrime
Ministerandallthemajordecisionmaking
bodieslikestheUnionCabinet,Planning
Commission,CabinetCommitteefunctions
underhissupervisionanddirection.

He/SheistheChairmanofthePlanning
Commissions.

ThePresidentcandissolvetheLokSabha.

He/SheistheLeaderofPartyandCabinet.

He/ShecommandsboththeHousesofthe
Parliamentandalsocanpostponethesame.

He/SheistheChiefSpokesmaninforeign
relations.

Abillpassedbytheparliamentbecomesa
lawonlywhenitispassedbythePresident.

Bibliography:

http://www.differencebetween.info/differencebetweenpresidentandprimeministerofin
dia

http://www.mapsofindia.com/governmentofindia/executive/dutiespowerspresident.html

http://www.preservearticles.com/2011100314403/whatarethepowersandfunctionsoft
heprimeministerofindia.html

http://www.indianetzone.com/45/role_indian_prime_minister.htm

LokSabha

RajyaSabha

Motionsofnoconfidenceagainstthe

Anybill(nonfinancial),ingeneral,hastobe

governmentcanonlybeintroducedand

approvedbyRajyaSabhaevenifapproved

passedintheLokSabha.Ifpassedbya

byLokSabha.

majorityvote,thePrimeMinisterandthe
CouncilofMinistersresignscollectively.The
RajyaSabhahasnopoweroversucha
motion,andhencenorealpoweroverthe
executive.However,thePrimeMinistermay
threatenthedissolutionbytheLokSabhaand
recommendthistothePresident,forcingan
untimelygeneralelection.ThePresident
normallyacceptsthisrecommendationunless
otherwiseconvincedthattheLokSabhamight
recommendanewPrimeMinisterbyamajority
vote.Thus,boththeexecutiveandthe
legislatureinIndiahavechecksandbalances
overeachother.

MoneybillscanonlybeintroducedintheLok
Sabha,anduponbeingpassed,aresenttothe
RajyaSabha,whereitcanbedeliberatedon
forupto14days.IfnotrejectedbytheRajya
Sabha,or14dayslapsefromtheintroduction
ofthebillintheRajyaSabhawithoutanyaction
bytheHouse,orrecommendationsmadeby
theRajyaSabhaarenotacceptedbytheLok
Sabha,thebillisconsideredpassed.The
budgetispresentedintheLokSabhabythe
FinanceMinisterinthenameofthePresident
ofIndia.

EqualPowerswiththeLokSabhaininitiating
andpassinganyBillforConstitutional
Amendment(byamajorityofthetotal
membershipoftheHouseandatleast
twothirdsmajorityofthememberspresent
andvoting).

Inmatterspertainingtononfinancial(ordinary) EqualPowerswiththeLokSabhaininitiating
bills,afterthebillhasbeenpassedbythe

andpassingamotionfortheimpeachment

Housewhereitwasoriginallytabled(Lok

ofthePresident(bytwothirdsofthe

SabhaorRajyaSabha),itissenttotheother

membershipoftheHouse).

house,whereitmaybekeptforamaximum
periodof6months.IftheotherHouserejects
thebilloraperiodof6monthselapseswithout
anyactionbythatHouse,ortheHousethat
originallytabledthebilldoesnotacceptthe
recommendationsmadebythemembersof
theotherhouse,itresultsinadeadlock.Thisis
resolvedbyajointsessionofbothHouses,
presidedoverbythespeakeroftheLokSabha
anddecidedbyasimplemajority.Thewillof
theLokSabhanormallyprevailsinthese
matters,asitsstrengthismorethandouble
thatoftheRajyaSabha.

EqualPowerswiththeRajyaSabhaininitiating EqualPowerswiththeLokSabhaininitiating
andpassinganyBillforConstitutional

andpassingamotionfortheimpeachment

Amendment(byamajorityofthetotal

ofthejudgesoftheSupremeCourtandthe

membershipoftheHouseandatleast

stateHighCourts(byamajorityofthe

twothirdsmajorityofthememberspresent

membershipoftheHouseandatleast

andvoting).

twothirdsmajorityofthememberspresent
andvoting).

EqualPowerswiththeRajyaSabhaininitiating EqualPowerswiththeLokSabhaininitiating
andpassingamotionfortheimpeachmentof

andpassingaresolutiondeclaringwaror

thePresident(bytwothirdsofthemembership nationalemergency(bytwothirdsmajority)
oftheHouse).

orconstitutionalemergency(bysimple
majority)inastate.

EqualPowerswiththeRajyaSabhaininitiating Thehouseisnotsubjecttodissolution
andpassingamotionfortheimpeachmentof

whichisalimitationforLokSabha.

thejudgesoftheSupremeCourtandthestate
HighCourts(byamajorityofthemembership
oftheHouseandatleasttwothirdsmajorityof
thememberspresentandvoting).
EqualPowerswiththeRajyaSabhaininitiating
andpassingaresolutiondeclaringwaror
nationalemergency(bytwothirdsmajority)or
constitutionalemergency(bysimplemajority)
inastate.
IftheLokSabhaisdissolvedbeforeorafterthe
declarationofaNationalEmergency,theRajya
SabhabecomesthesoleParliament.Itcannot
bedissolved.ThisisalimitationontheLok
Sabha.Butthereisapossibilitythatpresident
canexceedthetermtonotmorethan1year
undertheproclamationofemergencyandthe
samewouldbelowereddowntosixmonthif
thesaidproclamationceasestooperate.

Bibliography:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lok_Sabha#Powers

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajya_Sabha#Functions