4. Parliamentary Form of Government

India has adopted the Westminster system, a democratic parliamentary system of government modeled after the system followed in the United Kingdom. In this system, the executive is responsible to the legislature, and remains in power only as long as it enjoys the confidence of the legislature. The President of India, who remains in office for five years, is the nominal, titular or constitutional head. The Union Council of Ministers, with the Prime Minister as its head is drawn from the legislature. It is collectively responsible to the House of People (Lok Sabha), and has to resign when it loses the confidence of that house. The President, the nominal executive shall exercise his powers as per the advice of the Union Council of Ministers, the real executive. In the states also, the government is parliamentary in nature.