AakritiAIR 93 · CSE 2025 · 206 wordsTheir whole copy
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The cabinet is the keystone of the arc of parliamentary democracy.
Cabinet system → principle of collective responsibility
Body · points
(1.) Cabinet swims & sinks together (Art. 75 & 76) (2.) shows a unified stance (3.) Prime Minister via individual responsibility enforces collective responsibility eg. B.R Ambedkar resign over Hindu code Bill (4.) No confidence Motion - tool used against cabinet → reflects togetherness & accountability of action
contemporary practise → impact on collective responsibility
(1) Loophole manipulation of Anti-defection Act eg. In Karnataka, 2021. (2) Kitchen cabinet phenomena → centralized power (3) Less frequency of cabinet meetings (4) Unidirectional decision making → strong Prime Ministers office (5) Coalition politics → cabinet finds it difficult to arrive at consensus. (6) New committees & groups → excercise power without responsibility in legislature
Impact on Parliamentary democracy
(1) Disenchanment of cabinet Ministers → more susceptible to defection (2) Promote power centraling-ation → antithetical to representativeness (3) Difficulty to establish inner party democracy due to weak cabinet system (4) opaque decision making → reduced accountability
Close · a summary
Need to strengthen cabinet system → efficient division of labor → profuse discussion on specific matters
Increased public trust in collective responsibility
collective responsibility is a key feature of Parliamentary Democracy, which must be upheld professionally.
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