<P> The Prime Minister of India is the leader of the executive of the Government of India . The prime minister is also the chief adviser to the President of India and head of the Council of Ministers . They can be a member of any of the two houses of the Parliament of India--the Lok Sabha (House of the People) and the Rajya Sabha (Council of the States)--but has to be a member of the political party or coalition, having a majority in the Lok Sabha . </P> <P> The prime minister is the senior-most member of cabinet in the executive of government in a parliamentary system . The prime minister selects and can dismiss members of the cabinet; allocates posts to members within the government; and is the presiding member and chairperson of the cabinet . </P> <P> The union cabinet headed by the prime minister is appointed by the President of India to assist the latter in the administration of the affairs of the executive . Union cabinet is collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha as per article 75 (3) of the Constitution of India . The prime minister has to enjoy the confidence of a majority in the Lok Sabha and shall resign if they are unable to prove majority when instructed by the president . </P> <P> India follows a parliamentary system in which the prime minister is the presiding head of the government and chief of the executive of the government . In such systems, the head of state, or, the head of state's official representative (i.e., the monarch, president, or governor - general) usually holds a purely ceremonial position and acts--on most matters--only on the advice of the prime minister . </P>

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