Question

Powers of the Prime Minister ?
And Powers of the President ?

Answer 1

Power Of The Prime Minister And President

In what concerns the power, an important point would be to outline the relationship between the external factors, internal factors and a persons access to options and choice. Therefore, when faced to powerful external factors it is able to show the right power to confront without putting at risk the realisation of important goals, the knowledge of alternative actions and the ability to adapt to the presence of a pathological factor inside the situation. States as empowered actors, have a series of different resources that can be included in the ample definition of power. These resources consist of money power, military power and control of several systems and mechanisms within the state.

Resources are related to a broad range of material and ideological benefits. A persone that is empowered with a social or political status can use its authority as a system, to influence on people or organizations in order to achieve its goals. However, power is based on dependence. If the state uses power, it is dependend on the ones that are supposed to respond and on resources of any kind. Therefore, power is a very relative term and possesion when regarding the situation in which, the weak actor, with no material resources, or little possesion of authority, can use observation in order to detect the powerful actor’s weaknesses with the scope of speculating with them in order to resist without puting at risk its situation. This situation is often found in literature as micro-resistance (Foucault) or asymetrie. Martin J. Smith Power and the State2009 palgrave macmillan publishers limited, basingstoke, uk.

However, power is not always uniformly distributed with the state,it is divided in structures.

According to Smith(2009: 84), structures are the institutions with access to certain resources which ensure that specific groups have more access to resources that others. Thereofore, power is not structural, but resources are distribitued in structures and these structures are used to exercise power. However, the way the resources are distributed and in which structures, is decided by the constitution.

Answer 2

Powers of the prime minister-

1) He can distribute and redistribute work among ministers.

2)PM is the head of cabinate ministry and play very important role if prime minister quit then the whole ministry quit.

3) The president proclaims emergency on the advice of Prime Minister.

4)Prime minister is the leader of party


Powers of the President-

1) Administration of the whole country is in the name of President.

2) President can appoint chief justice and other judges of the Supreme court of India and the State High court.

3) No money bill can be passed on the lok sabha without the president prior permission.

4) President appoints Prime Minister.

5) President has emergency powers.