The members of the Council of Ministers are collectively responsible to
A. Judiciary
B. House of the People
C. Council of States
D. The President
Answer: Option B
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According to Article 75 clause 3, the
Council of Ministers shall be
collectively responsible to the Lok
Sabha(House of the People).
Key_Points
Council of Ministers:
◦ Prime Minister and other
Ministers are collectively
known as Council of Ministers.
Three categories of the
Ministers viz Cabinet
Ministers, Minister of State
and Deputy Ministers.
All of them are appointed by
the President of India.
The total number of ministers
cannot exceed 15% of the total
strength of the Lok Sabha.
Every Minister is responsible
for the acts of the officers of
his department.
He has to answer questions
regarding the affair of his
department in Parliament.
Council of Ministers rarely
meets so the driving wheel of
the government is the Cabinet.
Additional Information
Article 74 deals with the council of
ministers to aid and advise the
President:
○ 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.
However, the President may
require the Council of Ministers
to reconsider such advice
(option added by 44th
Constitutional Amendment
Act 1978) and the President
shall act in accordance with
the advice tendered after such
reconsideration.
The advice tendered by
Ministers to the President shall
not be inquired into in any
court.
Article 75 deals with the other
provisions as to the ministers:
◦ The Prime Minister shall be
appointed by the President
and the other Ministers shall
be appointed by the President
on the advice of the PM.
◦ The Council of Ministers shall
be collectively responsible to
the Lok Sabha.
○ A minister who is not a
member of the Parliament
(either Rajya Sabha or Lok
Sabha ) for any period of six
consecutive months shall
cease to be a minister.
The ministers shall hold office
during the pleasure of the
President.
Collective responsibility relies
on the 'notion of solidarity, i.e
a single vote of no confidence
against a minister can lead to
the resignation of the entire
council.