Important Terms and their
Differences – 4
Council of Ministers Vs Cabinet
Ministers
Council of Ministers
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Cabinet Ministers
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It is a wider body
consisting of 60 to 70 ministers
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It is a smaller body consisting of 15 to 20
ministers
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It includes all the three categories of ministers,
that is Cabinet Ministers, Ministers of State and Deputy Ministers
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It includes the Cabinet Ministers only. Thus, it is
a part of the Council of Ministers
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It does not meet, as a body, to transact government
business. It has no collective functions.
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It meets, as a body, frequently and usually once in
a week to deliberate and take decisions regarding the transaction of
government business. Thus, it has collective functions
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It is vested with all powers but in theory
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It exercises, in practice, the powers of the
Council of Ministers, and thus acts for the latter
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Its functions are determined by the Cabinet
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It directs the Council of Ministers by taking
policy decisions which are binding on all Ministers
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It is collectively responsible to the Lower House
of the Parliament
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It enforces the collective responsibility of the
Council of Ministers to the Lower House of Parliament
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It is a constitutional body, dealt in detail by the
Articles 74 and 75 of the Constitution. Its size and classification are,
however, not mentioned in the Constitution. Its size is determined by the Prime
Minister according to the exigencies of the time and requirements of the
situation. Its classification into a three tier body is based on the
conventions of Parliamentary government as developed in
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It was inserted in Article 352 of the Constitution
in 1978 by the 44th Constitutional Amendment Act. Thus it did not find a
place in the original text of the Constitution
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