How is the President of India elected?Mention a few powers and functions of the President.
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The president is indirectly elected by an electoral college comprising the Parliament of India (both houses) and the legislative assemblies of each of India's states and territories, who themselves are all directly elected.
Although the Article 53 of the Constitution of India states that the president can exercise his powers directly or by subordinate authority, with few exceptions, all of the executive powers vested in the president are, in practice, exercised by the prime minister (a subordinate authority) with the help of the Council of Ministers.[2]The president is bound by the constitution to act on the advice of the prime minister and cabinet as long as the advice is not violating the constitution.
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The primary duty of the president is to preserve, protect and defend the constitution and the law of India as made part of his oath (Article 60 of Indian constitution).[6] The president is the common head of all independent constitutional entities. All his actions, recommendations (Article 3, Article 111, Article 274, etc.) and supervisory powers (Article 74(2), Article 78 c, Article 108, Article 111, etc.) over the executive and legislative entities of India shall be used in accordance to uphold the constitution.[7] There is no bar on the actions of the president to contest in the court of law.
Although the Article 53 of the Constitution of India states that the president can exercise his powers directly or by subordinate authority, with few exceptions, all of the executive powers vested in the president are, in practice, exercised by the prime minister (a subordinate authority) with the help of the Council of Ministers.[2]The president is bound by the constitution to act on the advice of the prime minister and cabinet as long as the advice is not violating the constitution.
Duty
The primary duty of the president is to preserve, protect and defend the constitution and the law of India as made part of his oath (Article 60 of Indian constitution).[6] The president is the common head of all independent constitutional entities. All his actions, recommendations (Article 3, Article 111, Article 274, etc.) and supervisory powers (Article 74(2), Article 78 c, Article 108, Article 111, etc.) over the executive and legislative entities of India shall be used in accordance to uphold the constitution.[7] There is no bar on the actions of the president to contest in the court of law.
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The President of India is elected in the following way -
• The president of India is also elected by election process. But the president election is a special type of election.
• Here,the votes are given by the members of the electoral college. (These members belong to the upper and lower tiers of the parliament.)
• The candidate who gets the maximum votes from the electoral college ,is elected as the president of the India.
Powers and functions of the president of India :
• The head of the Indian armed forces is the president of India and the president can easily declare war.
• All the foreign relationship and treaties are indirectly operated by the president of India.
And many more.
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