Government of India

The Government of India (ISO: ; often abbreviated as GoI), also known as 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. Etymology and history The Government of India Act 1833, passed by the British parliament, is the first such act of law with the epithet "Government of India".