What is the function,work and power of the president,prime minister,civil servants,and election commission
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Prime Minister is the leader of the Cabinet Ministers. The main executive powers of the government are vested in the Prime Minister while the President is the nominal head of the State. Therefore, The President is the head of the State whereas the Prime Minister is the head of the Government.
The main duties of the Election Commission are: To supervise, direct, control and conduct all elections to Parliament and State Legislatures as also to the office of the President and Vice- President of India.
The powers of the President may be classified under the following heads: executive, legislative, financial, judicial and special powers. b. Executive Powers and Functions: All the ministers including the Prime Minister are appointed by him.
The president is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces. The president can declare war or conclude peace, on the advice of the Union Council of Ministers headed by the prime minister. All important treaties and contracts are made in the President's name.
President
1. The president is the nominal head of India. He is not directly elected by people in USA. the elected members of parliament (MP's) and the MLA's choose the president.
2. all the members of the parliament and the members of the state legislative elects him since he is elected indirectly he does not have the same power as the Prime minister.
3. the president exercise all his legislative, executive, financial, judicial, military power only on the advice of the Prime minister.
4. the president can also delay a bill. if the parliament passes it again he has to sign it.
5. president have the power to appoint the leaders when there is coalition on his own direction.
Prime minister:
1. He proposes the names of the members of his political party to President for appointment as Ministers.
2. He decides the distribution of charge to various ministers and can reshuffle their cabinet also.
3. He presides over the meetings of Cabinet and can change the decisions taken therein.
4. He can suggest the President of India about the resignation or removal of any Minister from his Cabinet.
5. He also controls and directs the functioning of Ministers in the Cabinet.
6. He can resign anytime and can suggest the President of India to dissolve the Cabinet. He can suggest the President to dissolve Lok Sabha and to organize fresh elections.
Civil servant:
The responsibility of the civil services is to run the administration of India. The country is managed through a number of Central Government agencies in accordance with the policy directions given by the ministries.
The members of the civil services are represented as administrators in the central government and state government; emissaries in the foreign missions/embassies; as tax collectors and revenue commissioners; as civil service commissioned police officers; as permanent representative(s) and employees in the United Nations and its agencies and as Chairman, Managing Director, full-time functional Director/Member of the Board of Management of various Public Sector Undertakings/ Enterprises, Corporations, Banks and financial institutions. Civil servants are employed to various agencies of India and can also be appointed as advisors or special duty officers or private secretaries to ministers of the Union and the State Government.
Election Commission:
1. The Election Commission of India is considered the custodian of free and fair elections.
2. It issues the Model Code of Conduct in every election for political parties and candidates so that the dignity of democracy is maintained.
3. It regulates political parties and registers them for being eligible to contest elections.
4. It publishes the allowed limits of campaign expenditure per candidate to all the political parties, and also monitors the same.
5. The political parties must submit their annual reports to the ECI for getting tax benefit on contributions.
6. It ensures that all the political parties regularly submit their audited financial reports.
Some of the powers wielded by the ECI are as follows:
1. The Commission can suppress the results of opinion polls if it deems such an action fit for the cause of democracy.
2. The Commission can advise for disqualification of members after the elections if it thinks they have violated certain guidelines.
3. In case, a candidate is found guilty of corrupt practices during the elections, the Supreme Court and High Courts consult the Commission.
4. The Commission can suspend candidates who fail to submit their election expense accounts timely.
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