<P> Article 74 of the Constitution of the Republic of India provides for a Council of Ministers which shall aid the President in the exercise of his functions . </P> <P> (1) 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 advises . (The bolded text was added in by the Forty - second Amendment of the Constitution of India and came into effect on 3 January 1977 .) </P>

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