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The Superintendence, direction and control and the preparation of the electoral rolls and the conduct of all elections to parliament and to the Legislature of every State and of elections to the offices of President and Vice-President held under this Constitution shall be vested with the Election Commission.

The Constitution (Article 280) provides for the appointment of a Finance Commission consisting of a Chairman and four other members within two years of the inauguration of the Republic, and thereafter at the expiry of every fifth year or earlier.

Every State shall have an Advocate General to advise  the government on legal matters (Art. 165).

The Constitution provides for a Public Service Commission for the Union and a Public Service Commission for each State. The members of the Union Public Service Commission and of any joint Commission are appointed by the President, and the members of a State Public Service Commission by the Head of the Commission.

Salaries & Remuneration of The President of India, Vice-President, Governor, Chief Justice, Comptroller and Auditor General, Chief Justice of High Court and Judges of Supreme Court and Other Judges and MPs

He is appointed by the President. He can be removed from the office in like manner and on like grounds as a Judge of the Supreme Court.

The President will appoint a person who is qualified to be appointed a judge of the Supreme Court as the Attorney General of India.

The High Court is the Highest Court in a State and Stands at the apex of its judicial organisation.

The minimum strength of the Council is 40 and the maximum is one third of the total membership of the legislative Assembly.

The Constitution provides that there shall be a Council of Ministers with Chief Minister as the head to aid and advise the Governor in the exercise of his functions except in the cases where Governor acts in his own discretion.

The Governor of a State is appointed by the president. His term of office is five years. He is removable from office at any time by the same authority.

The Indian Constitution can be characterized as partly flexible and partly rigid. It is said that Indian Constitution strikes a good balance between extreme rigidity and too much flexibility.

The Supreme Court is the highest judicial organ in India. Situated in Delhi, it consists of one Chief Justice and Twenty Five other judges.

The Constitution assigns the name Parliament (Sansad) to the Union Legislature. It consists of the President and two Hoses – Rajya Sabha (Council of States) and Lok Sabha (House of the People).

The office of the Prime Minister in Britain is the result of accident of circumstances and growth. But in India, the office has been created by the Constitution itself. The Prime Minister heads the Council of Ministers which he or she forms.

If the President is the constitutional Head of the state, the real executive is council of Ministers. Article 74 (i) provides that there shall be a council of Ministers with the Prime Minister and the other Ministers are appointed by the President on the advice of the Prime Minister.