Which one among the following features of the Constitution of India is indicative of the fact that the real executive power is vested in the Council of Ministers headed by the Prime Minister ?

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Q: 67 (NDA-I/2011)

Which one among the following features of the Constitution of India is indicative of the fact that the real executive power is vested in the Council of Ministers headed by the Prime Minister ?

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Polity

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NDA-I

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The feature of the Constitution of India that is indicative of the fact that the real executive power is vested in the Council of Ministers headed by the Prime Minister is Parliamentary Democracy. In a parliamentary democracy, the executive power is vested in the Council of Ministers who are responsible to the Parliament. The Prime Minister is the head of the Council of Ministers and is responsible for the functioning of the government. The President of India is the nominal head of the state and the Prime Minister is the real executive power in the government. The Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to the Parliament and has to resign if it loses the confidence of the majority of the members in the Lok Sabha.