nt is given tremendous power unlike the president of India. The Indian president does have the power of commander-in-chief of all the armed forces but resides as a more symbolic position. The Indian constitution calls for the advice of the Prime Minister in times of emergencies. (Palmer, 445) The president in Russia is also the chief bureaucrat unlike the Indian president who relies on the Prime Minister to do those functions. The Prime Minister of Russia resides over the cabinet and many national security and secretive ministries report to the President rather then the Prime Minister. (Palmer, 336) The same minister in India has a main job of proposing legislation to the Parliament, move it through the process and to direct the programs approved by the parliament. (Palmer, 446) This Prime Minister also leads a group called the Council of Ministers. Which includes the cabinet, non-Cabinet members and deputy ministers. (Palmer, 446) The cabinet members hold the more secretive and important positions like Defense, Foreign Affairs and Finance. The other non-cabinet members have lower importance jobs that do not affect the national security and have less political influence. (Palmer, 446) Since the Council of Ministers becomes quite large it cannot easily meet in one place in a large group, so the ministers split into committees. The committees then report back directly to the Prime Minister without meeting with all the other committees. This in turn gives a majority of power to the Prime Minister because he is the only person that knows what all the committees say. (Palmer, 446) This is the major difference between India’s executive branch and The Federation of Russia. In Russia the majority of power rests in the traditional place of the president. Yet, India puts a majority of power into the hands of the Prime Minister.The Legislative branch in The Federation of Russia includes two houses just like that of India. ...
