Introduction to Parliamentary Government: In a democracy, governments are classified based on the relationship of the political executive to the legislative branch. If the executive is accountable and accountable to the legislative branch it is called a cabinet form of government or parliamentary form of government, while if the legislative and executive are completely separate from each other it is called a presidential form of government. In the presidential form of government there is a very close relationship between the executive and the legislature. The United Kingdom is the traditional seat of parliamentary democracy, here (currently) Queen Elizabeth is the current nominal/ceremonial head of state and Prime Minister (currently) David Cameron is the head of government. Some main features of parliamentary government are: Having a nominal head of state as president or monarch: Under this form of government the head of state is nominal or titular. The person holding the office may be of great stature, but he does not exercise his power independently, even though the state administration runs in his name and theoretically all power belongs to him according to the constitution. Its powers are exercised by the Council of Ministers chaired by the Prime Minister. There is therefore a double executive in this system, the nominal one and the real one. The President in India or the king in England are the symbols of the nominal head of the executive while the Prime Minister is the real head of the executive. In India the president can carry out vital and important activities such as war and peace treaties involving other countries but he does not exercise much of his power within the country, in its legislature although he is the head of the state. Close collaboration between the executive and the legislative: in this system the executive and the legislative are closely associated and
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