Our Government

1. aWELCOME

2. TOPIC
04 OUR GOVERNMENT
SUBMITTED BY,
SHIJIN BOSE.W
SOCIAL SCIENCE
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3. THE THREE ORGANS OF THE
GOVERNMENT
Legislature
Executive
Judiciary

4. Government of India
LEGISLATURE
o President
o Loksabha
o Rajyasabha
EXECUTIVE
• President
• Vice president
• Prime minister
• Council of
ministers
• bureaucracy
JUDICIARY
• Supreme court
• High courts
• District courts
• Sub courts
• Munsif courts
• Magistrate
courts

5. LEGISLATURE IN
INDIA
 The legislature in India is known as
Parliament
 It consists of the president and the two
houses namely Rajya sabha and Loksabha
 Rajya sabha-upper house
 Lok sabha-lower house
 Two houses it is known as Bicameral
Legislature

6. RAJYASABHA
238 elected members
12 nominated members
Known as council of states
Permanent house
Vice president presides over
the sessions

7. LOKSABHA
 543 Directly elected members
 2 nominated members
 Known as House of Represantatives
 Elected for a term of five years
 Presided over by the Speaker

8. FUNCTIONS OF PARLIAMENT Legislation is the primary function of the parliament
 The loksabha and Rajyasabha assembles separately for legislation
 A law in draft form is known as a bill
 The bill passes different stages
first house
bill
First
reading
Second
reading Third reading
Approv
al of
the
presid
ent
Third
reading
Second
reading
First
reading

9. OTHER FUNCTIONS OF
PARLIAMENT
• Control over
executive
• Asking
questions
• Deliverating
various bills
and
resolutions
• Passing or
rejecting
the no
confidence
motion
• Electorial
function
• Participati
ng in the
election of
the
president
and vice
president
• Constitutional
amendment
• Timely
amendment
of the
constitutional
provisions

10. MONEY BILL
 The procedure of passing a money bill is different from that of an ordinary
bill
 Any bill relating to the collection of revenue or expenditure from the
concolsolidated fund can be termed as a money bill
 A money bill can be introduced only in the lok sabha
 After the bill is passed by the lok sabha,it is sent to the Rajya sabha with
the certificate to the speaker that the bill is a money bill
 The rajya sabha must return the bill along with its recommendations to
the lok sabha with in a period of 14 days
 The lok sabha can be accept or reject the recomentation of the rajya
sabha

11. EXECUTIVE IN INDIA
 There are two level of executive
 The central executive and state executive
 The central executive consists of the president, central
ministers and bureaucracy
 The president and ministers are elected and they are
the political executive

12. PRESIDENT
• THE PRESIDENT IS THE HEAD OF
THE INDIAN REPUBLIC
• He is elected by electoral collage
for a term of five years
• The electorial collage consists of
 Elected members of lok sabha
 Elected members of rajya sabha
 Elected members of state
legislative assemblies

13. FUNCTIONS OF THE PRESIDENT
Appoint prime minister and other
ministers
Appoint chief justice and judges of the
supreme court
Take decision on mercy petitions
Act as the supreme commander of armed
forces
Give assent to bills passed by the
parliament

14. VICE PRESIDENT
 Besides the president,india has a vice president as well
 The vice president is also elected by an electorial college
 He is elected for a term of five years
Funtions of vice president
 Performs the funtions of the president in his absence
 Presides over the sessions of rajya sabha