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India
is a federal republic with some powers reserved to the 25 states.
There are 7 Union Territories (Andaman and Nicobar Islands;
Delhi; Chandigarh; Pondicherry; Goa, Daman and Diu; Dadra and Nagar
Haveli; and Lakshadweep), which are governed from Delhi.
Central government is made up of a bicameral parliament and cabinet
of ministers. Each state also has an elected assembly. The bicameral
national parliament is comprised of the lower house, the Lok
Sabha, which has 542 members elected by popular vote for a 5-year
term and the upper house, the Rajya Sabha, with 245 members
indirectly elected by the state assemblies to serve 6 years.
The president is the head of state, while executive power is vested
in the prime minister who is the head of the cabinet and is generally
the leader of the largest party in the Lok Sabha. |
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