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Cabinet, is an inner body within the Council of Ministers which is responsible for formulating the policy of the Government. The Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to Lok Sabha. It is headed by the Prime Minister who determines which of the Ministers should be members of the cabinet. Only cabinet ministers have a right to attend its meetings. Minister of State attend its meetings only on a special invitation. The total number of ministers, including the Prime Minister, in the council of ministers should not exceed fifteen per cent of the total number of members of the House of the People, Practice and Procedure of Parliament, M.N. Kaul & S.L. Shakdher, 5th Edn., p. 133 [Arts. 75 and 75A, Constitution of India]In many commonwealth countries, cabinet is modelled on British pattern. In Canada, composition of cabinet is influenced by regional considerations. Australia follows the British practice of including only selected ministers in the cabinet, Practice and Procedure of P...
Cabinet Council
Cabinet Council, a private and confidential assembly of the most considerable ministers of state (all being Privy Councillors), to concert measures for the administration of public affairs; first established by Charles I., and not expressly recognized by law. For a sketch of the history and functions of the Cabinet, see Lord Morley's Walpole, ch. vii....
Cabinet, shadow
Cabinet, shadow, is a body of opposition leaders meeting from time to time and ready to take office, Chambers Concise 20th Century Dictionary, Davidson, Seaton and Simpson, p. 914....
Collective responsibility
Collective responsibility, the concept of collective responsibility is essentially a political concept. The country is governed by the party in power on the basis of the policies adopted and laid down by it in the Cabinet meeting. 'Collective responsibility' has two meanings: the first meaning which can legitimately be ascribed to it is that all members of a government are unanimous in support of its policies and would exhibit that unanimity on public occasions although while formulating the polices, they might have expressed a different view in the meeting of the Cabinet. The other meaning is that Ministers, who had an opportunity to speak for or against the polices in the Cabinet are thereby personally and morally responsible for its success and failure, Common Cause, A Registered Society v. Union of India, (1999) 6 SCC 667 (698): AIR 1999 SC 2977. [Constitution of India, Arts. 75(3), 226 and 32]Is the responsibility of a number of individuals acting together, responsibility of a Cab...
Treasury
Treasury, includes a sub-treasury. [Bihar Reorganis-ation Act, 2000, s. 2(l)]Treasury. (1) The place where treasure is deposited. (2) The department of state which manages the Public Revenue. The Lord High Treasurer is properly the head of this department; but, in practice, the functions of this great official are discharged by several commissioners. The chief of these is called First Lord; and he is, by custom, the head of the Cabinet (see CABINET COUNCIL), and of the whole executive, for which he is responsible in every department. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the second commissioner, and there are three others. There are also three secretaries to the Treasury.A place or building in which stores of wealth are kept, esp., a place where public revenues are deposited and kept and from which money is disbursed to defray government expenses, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn...
department of labor
department of labor A cabinet level unit/ministry of United States Government that has responsibility for labor issues. It has responsibility for deciding whether certain foreign workers can work in the United States. Source: Department of State. March 2007. ...
parliamentary government
parliamentary government : a system of government having the real executive power vested in a cabinet composed of members of the legislature who are individually and collectively responsible to the legislature ...
prime minister
prime minister 1 : the chief minister of a ruler or state 2 : the official head of a cabinet or ministry ;esp : the chief executive of a parliamentary government prime min·is·te·ri·al [-mi-nə-stir-ē-əl] adj prime min·is·ter·ship n prime min·is·try [-mi-nə-strē] n ...
Cabinet
A hut a cottage a small house...
Cabinetmaker
One whose occupation is to make cabinets or other choice articles of household furniture as tables bedsteads bureaus etc...
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