Question
UPSC Prelims 2017 Question:
Out of the following statements, choose the one that brings out the principle underlying the Cabinet form of Government
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Option 3: A mechanism of parliamentary democracy for ensuring collective responsibility of the Government to the people.
Detailed Solution
Explanation:
- The Parliamentary System is also known as the ‘Westminster’ Model of Government, responsible Government and Cabinet Government. The Parliamentary form of government in India has the following features:
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- Presence of Nominal and Real executives
- Majority Party rule
- Collective Responsibility
- Dual Membership
- Leadership of the Prime Minister of Chief Minister
- Dissolution of the lower house (i.e.Lok Sabha)
- The Ministers are collectively responsible to the Parliament in general and to the Lok Sabha in particular (Article 75 of the Indian Constitution). They act as a team and swim and sink together. The principle of collective responsibility implies that the Lok Sabha can remove the Ministry (i.e., Council of Ministers headed by the Prime Minister) from office by passing a vote of no confidence.
Therefore, option (3) is the correct answer.
Subject: Polity | Parliament
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