Government of India

The Government of India is the national authority of the Republic of India, located in South Asia, consisting of 36 states and union territories. The government is led by the president of India who exercises the most executive power and selects the prime minister of India and other ministers for aid and advice. The country is being legislated by a National Democratic Alliance-led legislature since 2014. The prime minister and their senior ministers belong to the Union Council of Ministers—its executive decision-making committee being the cabinet.