Which feature of the Westminster model of parliamentary government does Article 75(3) of the Constitution of India adopt?
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Which feature of the Westminster model of parliamentary government does Article 75(3) of the Constitution of India adopt?
Collective responsibility of the Council of Ministers to the Lok Sabha
Collective responsibility of the Council of Ministers to both Houses
Individual responsibility of each Minister to the President alone
A fixed term for the executive, independent of the legislature
Answer and explanation
Article 75(3) makes the Council of Ministers collectively responsible to the House of the People, the core of British-style cabinet government. Ministers hold office during the pleasure of the President under Article 75(2), but that does not make them answerable to the President alone; responsibility runs to the Lok Sabha only, not to the Rajya Sabha, and there is no fixed executive term as in a presidential system.
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