<P> The President of the Republic of India is the ceremonial head of state of India and the commander - in - chief of the Indian Armed Forces . </P> <P> The president is indirectly elected by an electoral college comprising the Parliament of India (both houses) and the legislative assemblies of each of India's states and territories, who themselves are all directly elected . </P> <P> Although the Article 53 of the Constitution of India states that the president can exercise his powers directly or by subordinate authority, with few exceptions, all of the executive powers vested in the president are, in practice, exercised by the prime minister (a subordinate authority) with the help of the Council of Ministers . The president is bound by the constitution to act on the advice of the prime minister and cabinet as long as the advice is not violating the constitution . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> India </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> This article is part of a series on the politics and government of India </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Constitution and law (show) <Ul> <Li> Constitutional amendment </Li> <Li> Basic structure doctrine </Li> <Li> Fundamental rights </Li> <Li> Human rights </Li> </Ul> <P>--------------</P> <Ul> <Li> Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 </Li> </Ul> <Dl> <Dd> <Ul> <Li> Uniform civil code </Li> </Ul> </Dd> </Dl> <Ul> <Li> Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 </Li> <Li> Indian Penal Code </Li> <Li> Law enforcement </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Government of India (show) <Ul> <Li> President (Head of state) (List) </Li> <Li> Vice president (List) </Li> </Ul> <P>--------------Executive: </P> <Ul> <Li> Prime minister (Head of government) (List) </Li> <Li> Union Council of Ministers </Li> <Li> Cabinet secretary </Li> </Ul> <Dl> <Dd> <Ul> <Li> Secretaries: (Defence Finance Foreign Home) </Li> </Ul> </Dd> </Dl> <Ul> <Li> Civil services </Li> </Ul> <Dl> <Dd> <Ul> <Li> All India Services (IAS IFoS IPS) </Li> <Li> Central Civil Services (IRS IFS IA&AS IPoS IRAS IRTS IRPS ICAS IDAS IDES ICLS IIS ITrS IP&TAFS IOFS) </Li> </Ul> </Dd> </Dl> <P>--------------Legislature: </P> <Ul> <Li> Parliament </Li> </Ul> <Dl> <Dd> <Ul> <Li> Rajya Sabha (Chairman) </Li> <Li> Lok Sabha (Speaker) </Li> </Ul> </Dd> </Dl> <P> Judiciary: </P> <Ul> <Li> Supreme court (Chief justice) </Li> </Ul> <Dl> <Dd> <Ul> <Li> High courts (Chief justices) </Li> </Ul> <Dl> <Dd> <Ul> <Li> District courts </Li> </Ul> </Dd> </Dl> </Dd> </Dl> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Elections (show) Election commission: <Ul> <Li> Chief Election Commissioner (Election commissioners) <Dl> <Dd> <Ul> <Li> Recent general elections: 2009 </Li> <Li> 2014 </Li> <Li> 2019 </Li> </Ul> </Dd> <Dd> <Ul> <Li> Recent state elections: 2017 </Li> <Li> 2018 </Li> <Li> 2019 </Li> </Ul> </Dd> </Dl> </Li> </Ul> <P>--------------Political parties </P> <Ul> <Li> National parties </Li> <Li> State parties </Li> </Ul> <P> National coalitions: </P> <Ul> <Li> National Democratic Alliance (NDA) </Li> <Li> United Progressive Alliance (UPA) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Federalism (show) <Ul> <Li> Administrative divisions </Li> </Ul> <P>--------------State governments </P> <Ul> <Li> Governors (List) </Li> <Li> Chief ministers (List) </Li> <Li> Chief secretary (Principal secretaries) </Li> </Ul> <Dl> <Dd> <Ul> <Li> Field - level officers </Li> </Ul> <Dl> <Dd> <Ul> <Li> Divisional commissioners </Li> <Li> District magistrates </Li> <Li> Sub-divisional magistrates </Li> </Ul> </Dd> </Dl> </Dd> </Dl> <P> Legislatures: </P> <Ul> <Li> Vidhan Sabha </Li> <Li> Vidhan Parishad </Li> </Ul> <P>--------------Local governments: Rural bodies: </P> <Ul> <Li> District councils </Li> <Li> Block panchayats </Li> <Li> Gram Panchayats </Li> </Ul> <P> Urban bodies: </P> <Ul> <Li> Municipal corporations </Li> <Li> Municipal councils </Li> <Li> Nagar panchayats </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Other countries </Li> <Li> Atlas </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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