Discussion
The Union Council of Ministers consists of
Answer: A
Correct answer: Cabinet Ministers, Ministers of State and Deputy Ministers
The Council of Ministers comprises three ranks: Cabinet Ministers, who head major ministries and attend Cabinet meetings; Ministers of State, who may hold independent charge of a ministry or assist a Cabinet Minister and do not ordinarily attend Cabinet; and Deputy Ministers, who assist and hold no independent charge. The Cabinet is therefore a smaller body within the Council, and it is the Cabinet that actually takes decisions. The Constitution as originally framed did not use the word Cabinet at all; it was inserted into Article 352 by the 44th Amendment in 1978, which required the Cabinet’s written advice before an emergency could be declared. The Council is collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha under Article 75(3), and ministers hold office during the President’s pleasure. Its size is capped at 15 per cent of the strength of the Lok Sabha by the 91st Amendment of 2003, with a corresponding cap for the states, introduced to curb the practice of enlarging ministries to buy support.
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