Government of India
The Government of India (ISO: Bhārat Sarkār; often abbreviated as GoI), also known as the Central Government or simply the Centre, is the national authority of the Republic of India, a federal democracy located in South Asia, consisting of 28 union states and eight union territories.
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| Formation |
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| Current constitution | Indian Constitution of 1950 |
| Country | Republic of India |
| Website | india |
| Legislative branch | |
| Legislature | Parliament |
| Meeting place | Parliament House |
| Executive branch | |
| Leader | President of India along with Union Council of Ministers headed by the Prime Minister of India |
| Headquarters | Central Secretariat |
| Departments | Union Council of Ministers, Union Government ministries of India |
| Judicial branch | |
| Court | Supreme Court of India |
| Chief Justice | Chief Justice of India |
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The government, seated in New Delhi, has three primary branches: the legislative, the executive and the judiciary, whose powers are vested in a bicameral Parliament, a prime minister, and the Supreme Court respectively, with a president as head of state. Through judicial evolution, the Parliament has lost its sovereignty as its amendments to the Constitution are subject to judicial intervention. Judicial appointments are made with negligible say from the executive or legislature.