Rohan Mehra, an economist who is not a member of either House of Parliament, is appointed a Union…

Article 75(5) provides that a Minister who "for any period of six consecutive months is not a member of either House of Parliament shall at the expiration of that period cease to be a Minister". A non-member may therefore be appointed, but only for a limited time, which keeps the executive drawn from and answerable to the legislature. The three-month limit is found in section 64 of the Australian Constitution, not in the Indian text.