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    M2.2 President of India

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    The document outlines the qualifications, election process, powers and functions of the President of India. It details that the President is elected by an electoral college, has executive, legislative and other powers, and can declare emergencies. The President acts as both head of state and head of government in India.

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    M2.2 President of India

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    Jatin Singh Arya
    The document outlines the qualifications, election process, powers and functions of the President of India. It details that the President is elected by an electoral college, has executive, legislative and other powers, and can declare emergencies. The President acts as both head of state and head of government in India.

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    President of India

    Qualifications for Election


    • Citizen of India
    • Completed 35 years of Age
    • Should be qualified for election as a member of Lok Sabha
    • Should not hold any office of Profit
    Election of the President
    • Electoral College consisting of
    • Elected members of both Houses of Parliament
    • Elected members of the State Legislative Assemblies
    • Uniformity in the Scale of Representation of Different States
    • Parity between the States as a whole and the Union
    • The voter may indicate preference
    • Next step is calculation of Quota (minimum no. of votes necessary for the
    candidate to get elected
    • Total No. of Valid Votes +1
    No. of Members to be elected (i.e. 1) +1
    Powers and Functions: Executive
    All decisions taken in his name
    Supreme Commander of the Defence Forces
    Appointing Powers
    Administration of Union Territories
    Aided and Advised by the PM and the CoM
    Legislative
    • Summons and prorogues the two houses
    • Addresses joint session of the Parliament
    • Send messages to either houses of Parliament
    • Nominate 2 members
    • Disqualification of a member
    • Approval of the President once bill has been passed
    • Summons a joint sitting
    • Promulgate Ordinance
    • 366 (2)"an Anglo-Indian" means a person whose father or any of whose other male
    progenitors in the male line is or was of European descent but who is domiciled within
    the territory of India and is or was born within such territory of parents habitually
    resident therein and not established there for temporary purposes only;
    • 86. Right of President to address and send messages to Houses.
    • (1) The President may address either House of Parliament or both Houses assembled together, and
    for that purpose require the attendance of members.
    • (2) The President may send messages to either House of Parliament, whether with respect to a Bill
    then pending in Parliament or otherwise, and a House to which any message is so sent shall with all
    convenient despatch consider any matter required by the message to be taken into consideration.
    Article 74
    • (1) There shall be a Council of Ministers with the Prime Minister at the
    head to aid and advise the President who shall, in the exercise of his
    functions, act in accordance with such advice:
    • Provided that the President may require the Council of Ministers to
    reconsider such advice, either generally or otherwise, and the President
    shall act in accordance with the advice tendered after such reconsideration.
    • (2) The question whether any, and if so what, advice was tendered by
    Ministers to the President shall not be inquired into in any court
    Financial Powers
    • Presents the Budget
    • Supplementary Budget
    • Contingency fund of India Article 267(1)
    Judicial Powers
    • President has the power to grant pardons. He may
    • Suspend, remit or commute the sentence of any person convicted of any
    offence. This is applicable in
    All cases where the punishment or sentence is by court martial
    In all cases where the offence is under a law under Central jurisdiction
    In all cases of sentence of death
    Emergency Powers
    • National
    • State
    • Financial
    Position of the President
    • Nominal Head
    • Not a Nominal Head

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