COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
The President of India is in charge of the country's administration, and all orders and other instruments are issued and carried out in his name. He must, however, appoint a Council of Ministers, with the Prime Minister as its chairman. They assist and advise the President in the performance of his duties. Thus, the creation of the Council of Ministers begins with the President's selection of the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister serves as the government's pivot.
Article 75(3) says, "The Council of Ministers shall be collectively responsible to the house of the people". This doctrine in its application would imply that ministers should speak with one voice on questions of state policy, even when they are not in complete agreement with a particular policy.
As a result, the Council of Ministers will be required by law to resign as soon as it loses the confidence of the Lok Sabha. A minister's individual accountability to the President and to Parliament is for all acts of omission and commission in his departmental charge. Individual accountability of each minister to Parliament for topics within his competence is a fundamental premise of the British parliamentary system under the Constitution, as ministers serve at the pleasure of the President. This means that ministers are individually accountable to the executive head and can be fired.
Article 74 (1) provides for a Council of Ministers with the Prime Minister as its head. Mode of appointment, qualifications and conditions of service of Ministers are laid down by Article 75. According to this Article, ministers are appointed by the President on the advice of the Prime Minister. The Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to the House of the People. Before a minister accepts his office, the President adjoin ministers to him the oath of office and secrecy; A minister, who for any period of 6 consecutive months is not a member of either House of the Parliament, ceases to be a minister at the expiry of that period. The salaries and allowances of ministers are determined by the Parliament from time-to-time.