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PRIME MINISTER
PRIME MINISTER:
Appointment:
Article 75 of the Indian Constitution specifies that the Prime Minster is appointed by
the President.
The general principle is that the President appoints the leader of majority party in
the Lok Sabha as the Prime Minister
If no party gets a clear majority then the President may exercise his personal
discretion in the appointment of the Prime Minister.
This power was first executed in India in the year 1979 when Dr Neelam Sanjeeva
Reddy appointed Charan Singh as the Prime Minister after the collapse of the Janata
Party Government.
A Minster may be a member of either houses of the Parliament.
The Prime Minister may be a member of any of the two houses of the Parliament.
Indira Gandhi (1966)
Deve Gowda (1996)

I K Gujral (1997)
Manmohan Singh (2004) were the members of Rajya Sabha.
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Term:
The tem is not fixed.
The Prime Minister holds the office during the pleasure of the President.
As long as the Prime Minister enjoys the majority support in the Lok Sabha, he
cannot be removed by the President.

Salary: This is determined by the Parliament from time to time.

Resignation: The PM submits the resignation to the President.

When the PM resigns or dies the Council of Ministers stands dissolved.

FUNCTIONS OF THE PRIME MINISTER:

The PM recommends to the President about the members who can be appointed as the
Ministers.
Note: The President appoints only those persons as Ministers who are recommended by
the Prime Minister.
The PM allocates various portfolios among the Ministers.
The PM reshuffles the portfolios.
The PM asks a Minister to resign.
The PM advises the President to remove a Minister.
The PM presides over the meeting of Council of Ministers.
The PM is the principal channel of communication between the President and the
Council of Ministers.
Article 78: It shall be the duty of the Prime Minister to communicate to the President all
decisions of the Council of Ministers relating to the administration of the affairs of the
Government and proposals for the legislation.
The PM advises the President with respect to the appointment of Attorney General,
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Union Public Service Commission Chairman and Members, Comptroller and Auditor
General, Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners, Chairman and
members of Finance Commission etc.
The PM advises the President with regard to the summoning and proroguing of the
Parliament.
The PM recommends the President for the dissolution of Lok Sabha.
The PM is the Chairman of Planning Commission, National Development Council,
National Integration Council, National Population Council, Inter State Council, National
Water Resource Council, National Disaster management etc.

THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS:

The Council of Ministers is headed by the PM.
Article 74(1) of the Indian Constitution: There shall be a Council of Ministers headed by
the PM to aid and advice the President.

APPOINTMENT:
Article 75 (1): The PM is appointed by the President and other Ministers are also
appointed by the President on the advice of the PM.
A Minister (PM is also a Minister) must be a member of either Loksabha or Rajya Sabha.
Article 75 (5): If a person who is not a member of either of the houses of the parliament
is appointed as the Minister, must become a member of either of the houses of the
Parliament with in a period of 6 months from the date appointment as the Minister.

Article 75 (4): The oath of office of a Minister is administered by the President.

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STRENGTH:

The original Constitution did not mention about the strength of the Council of Ministers.
After the 91st amendment act (2003) the strength of the Council of Minister including the
Prime Minister should not exceed 15 percent of the total strength of the Lok Sabha
(Article 75 (1A))
(Note: Not the total strength of the Parliament).

SALARY:
1.
2.

This is decided by the Parliament from time to time.

A minister gets the salary and allowances of that are payable to a Member of
Parliament. Additionally he gets a sumptuary allowance according to his rank, free
accommodation, Travelling allowance, medical facilities etc.

A Minister is individually responsibility to the President.

Article 75(2): A minister is individually responsible to the President. It means a Minister
hold the office during the pleasure of the President. A Minister submits the resignation to
the President. The President can remove a Minister only on the advice of the PM.

Article 75(3): The Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to the Loksabha.

The Prime Minister advices the President to dissolve the Loksabha.

DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER:

The office the Deputy Minister is not mentioned in the Constitution.

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Note: Except Prime Minister no other Minister is minister is mentioned in the

Constitution.

So far 6 persons served as the Deputy Prime Ministers of India.

Sardar Vallbhbhai Patel
Morarji Desai
Charan Singh
Babu Jagjeevan Ram
Devi Lal
LK Advani

The word Cabinet is not originally mentioned in the Constitution. It was added in
Article 352 in the year 1978 through 44th amendment.
PRIME MINISTERS

Jawaharlal Nehru
Gulzari lal Nanda
Lal Bahadur Shasktri

1947-1964
1964 (Acting)
1964-66

Gulzari Lal Nanda

Indira Gandhi
Morarji Desai

1966(Acting)
1966-1977
1977-1979

Charan Singh
Indira Gandhi
Rajiv Gandhi

1979-1980
1980-1984
1984-1989

Vishwanath Pratap Singh 1989-1990

Chandra Sekhar
1990-1991
P.V.Narasimharao
1991-1996
A.B.Vajpayee
H.D.Deva Gowda

1996 (for 13 days)

1966-1997

I.K.Gujral
A.B.Vajpayee
Dr. Manmohan Singh

1997-1998
1998-2004
2004 - 2014

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Narendra Modi

2014 - till date

MISCELLANEOUS:
Charan Singh was the only Prime Minister, under whose regime Parliament never met.
Guljari Lal Nanda was the only interim Prime Minister for 2 times.
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was the first Deputy Prime Minister of India from 1947 50.
Morarji Desai was the first Deputy Prime Minister after the commencement of the
Constitution.
Devilal was the Deputy Prime Minister for 2 times. 1989 and 1990 under the two Prime
Ministers V P Singh and Chandra Shekar.
L K Advani was the last Deputy Prime Minister of India.

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Its realy very nice site Sir, every thng is well aranged n esy to aces... In short "apne zindagi asan kar di" # wat n idea Sirji #
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