Government of India

Government of India
Bhārat Sarkār
Logo of Government of India
Formation
Current constitutionIndian Constitution of 1950
Country Republic of India
Websiteindia.gov.in Edit this at Wikidata
Legislative branch
LegislatureParliament
Meeting placeParliament House
Executive branch
LeaderPresident of India along with Union Council of Ministers headed by the Prime Minister of India
HeadquartersCentral Secretariat
DepartmentsUnion Council of Ministers, Union Government ministries of India
Judicial branch
CourtSupreme Court of India
Chief JusticeChief Justice of India

The Government of India (ISO: Bhārat Sarkār; often abbreviated as GoI), also known as the Central Government, is the national authority of the Republic of India, a federal democracy located in South Asia, consisting of 28 union states and eight union territories.

The government, seated in New Delhi, has three primary branches: the legislative, the executive and the judiciary, whose powers are vested in a bicameral Parliament, a prime minister, and the Supreme Court respectively, with a president as head of state. Through judicial evolution, the Parliament has lost its sovereignty as its amendments to the Constitution are subject to judicial intervention. Judicial appointments are made with negligible say from the executive or legislature.