Chapter 32 State Council of Ministers

1. What is the real executive authority in the state politico-administrative system?

2. Which Articles of the Constitution broadly deal with the principles of the parliamentary system of government in the states?

3. What does Article 163 deal with?

4. What does Article 164 deal with?

5. What does Article 163 state regarding the Council of Ministers and the Governor?

her discretion?

7. Can the advice tendered by Ministers to the Governor be inquired into in any court?

8. What does Article 164 state regarding the appointment of the Chief Minister and other Ministers?

9. What special provision did the 94th Amendment Act of 2006 make regarding a Tribal Welfare minister?

10. What is the maximum limit on the total number of ministers in the Council of Ministers in a state?

11. What is the minimum limit on the total number of ministers in the Council of Ministers in a state?

12. Which Amendment Act added the provisions for the maximum and minimum limits on the number of ministers?

13. What is the disqualification for a member of state legislature belonging to any political party who is disqualified on the ground of defection?

14. During whose pleasure do the ministers hold office?

15. To whom is the Council of Ministers collectively responsible in the state?

16. Who administers the oaths of office and secrecy to a minister in the state?

17. What happens if a minister is not a member of the state legislature for a period of six consecutive months?

18. Who determines the salaries and allowances of ministers in the state?

19. What does Article 166 state regarding the executive action of the Government of a State?

20. What does Article 166 state regarding the authentication of orders and instruments made in the Governor’s name?

21. What power does the Governor have under Article 166 regarding the transaction of state government business?

22. What does Article 167 state as the duty of the Chief Minister?

23. What does Article 177 state regarding the rights of Ministers as respects the Houses?

24. What does Article 163 provide for regarding the Council of Ministers and the Governor?

25. Can the nature of advice tendered by ministers to the governor be enquired by any court?

26. What did the Supreme Court hold in Shamsher Singh case (1974) regarding the Governor’s actions?

27. Who appoints the Chief Minister and the other ministers in a state?

28. What special provision exists for a tribal welfare minister in certain states?

29. Can a person who is not a member of the state legislature be appointed as a minister?

30. What right does a minister who is a member of one House of the state legislature have regarding the other House?

31. Who administers the oaths of office and secrecy to a minister in the state?

her oath of office in the state?

her oath of secrecy in the state?

34. Who determines the salaries and allowances of ministers in the state?

35. What is the fundamental principle underlying the working of the parliamentary system of government regarding the Council of Ministers in the state?

36. What does collective responsibility mean for the ministers in the state?

37. What happens if the legislative assembly passes a no-confidence motion against the council of ministers?

38. What alternative action can the council of ministers take if it loses the confidence of the legislative assembly?

39. Does the governor have to oblige the council of ministers if it advises dissolution of legislative assembly after losing confidence?

40. What does the principle of collective responsibility also mean regarding cabinet decisions in the state?

41. What is the duty of a minister who disagrees with a cabinet decision in the state?

42. What does Article 164 state regarding individual responsibility of ministers in the state?

43. On whose advice does the governor remove a minister?

44. How does the Chief Minister ensure collective responsibility in case of difference of opinion or dissatisfaction with a minister?

45. Is there a provision in the Indian Constitution for the system of legal responsibility of a minister in the states?

46. Are the courts barred from enquiring into the nature of advice rendered by the ministers to the governor?

47. What are the three categories of ministers in the state council of ministers?

48. Who stands at the top of all ministers in the state council of ministers?

49. Can the state council of ministers include a deputy chief minister?

50. What are the responsibilities of cabinet ministers in the state?

51. What are the roles of ministers of state in the state?

52. What are the roles of deputy ministers in the state?

53. What is the Cabinet in the state government?

54. What is the role of the Cabinet in the state government?

55. What are the two types of Cabinet Committees in the state?

56. Who sets up the Cabinet Committees in the state?

57. What is the role of Cabinet Committees in the state regarding decisions?

58. Which Article deals with Council of Ministers to aid and advise Governor?

59. Which Article deals with Other provisions as to Ministers?

60. Which Article deals with Conduct of business of the Government of a State?

61. Which Article deals with Duties of Chief Minister as respects the furnishing of information to Governor?

62. Which Article deals with Rights of Ministers as respects the Houses?