Council of Ministers to be collectively responsible to the House of the People

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constitutional principle feature of parliamentary government

The Council of Ministers to be collectively responsible to the House of the People is the constitutional principle establishing that the Indian Union executive is accountable as a whole to the Lok Sabha, forming the core of India’s system of parliamentary government.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha	2
Council of Ministers to be collectively responsible to the House of the People canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5738489 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Council of Ministers to be collectively responsible to the House of the People
Context triple: [Article 75 of the Constitution of India, requires, Council of Ministers to be collectively responsible to the House of the People]

A. Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to the Assembly
The Council of Ministers is the executive body of the state government, headed by the Chief Minister, that administers state affairs and is politically accountable to the elected legislature.
B. Council of Ministers / Cabinet
The Council of Ministers, commonly referred to as the Cabinet, is the principal executive decision-making body of the Cayman Islands Government, composed of the Premier and other ministers responsible for directing government policy and administration.
C. Council of Ministers
The Council of Ministers is the highest executive and administrative authority in Cuba, responsible for implementing laws and directing national government policy.
D. Council of Ministers
The Council of Ministers is the executive branch of the Palestinian government, responsible for implementing laws and administering state affairs under the leadership of the Prime Minister.
E. Council of Ministers
The Council of Ministers was the central executive and administrative government body of communist Romania, responsible for implementing party policies and managing state affairs under the leadership of the Romanian Communist Party.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Council of Ministers to be collectively responsible to the House of the People
Target entity description: The Council of Ministers to be collectively responsible to the House of the People is the constitutional principle establishing that the Indian Union executive is accountable as a whole to the Lok Sabha, forming the core of India’s system of parliamentary government.

A. Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to the Assembly
The Council of Ministers is the executive body of the state government, headed by the Chief Minister, that administers state affairs and is politically accountable to the elected legislature.
B. Council of Ministers / Cabinet
The Council of Ministers, commonly referred to as the Cabinet, is the principal executive decision-making body of the Cayman Islands Government, composed of the Premier and other ministers responsible for directing government policy and administration.
C. Council of Ministers
The Council of Ministers is the highest executive and administrative authority in Cuba, responsible for implementing laws and directing national government policy.
D. Council of Ministers
The Council of Ministers is the executive branch of the Palestinian government, responsible for implementing laws and administering state affairs under the leadership of the Prime Minister.
E. Council of Ministers
The Council of Ministers was the central executive and administrative government body of communist Romania, responsible for implementing party policies and managing state affairs under the leadership of the Romanian Communist Party.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional principle ⓘ feature of parliamentary government ⓘ
accountableTo	House of the People ⓘ Lok Sabha ⓘ
adoptedInDocument	Constitution of India as originally enacted ⓘ linked to: Constitution of India
adoptedOn	26 January 1950 ⓘ
appliesLevel	Union level (central government) ⓘ
appliesTo	Council of Ministers of India ⓘ linked to: Cabinet of India Prime Minister of India and Council of Ministers ⓘ linked to: Prime Minister of India Union executive of India ⓘ
associatedWith	motion of confidence in Lok Sabha ⓘ vote of no-confidence in Lok Sabha ⓘ
bindingOn	Cabinet Ministers of India ⓘ Deputy Ministers of India ⓘ Ministers of State of India ⓘ linked to: Minister of State (India) Prime Minister of India ⓘ
constitutionalStatus	mandatory rule, not a convention ⓘ
contrastsWith	individual ministerial responsibility ⓘ
corePrincipleOf	parliamentary system in India ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
enforcedThrough	no-confidence motions ⓘ parliamentary procedures in Lok Sabha ⓘ questions and debates in the House of the People ⓘ
ensures	Lok Sabha control over the executive ⓘ executive remains in office only while enjoying majority support in the House of the People ⓘ political accountability of the executive to the legislature ⓘ
historicalOrigin	parliamentary conventions in the United Kingdom ⓘ
implies	Council of Ministers acts as a single unit ⓘ Council of Ministers must retain confidence of the Lok Sabha ⓘ decisions of the government are the collective responsibility of all ministers ⓘ ministers must support Cabinet decisions in the House of the People ⓘ resignation of the entire Council of Ministers if it loses majority support in the Lok Sabha ⓘ
influencedBy	Westminster model of parliamentary government ⓘ linked to: Westminster system
jurisdiction	Union of India ⓘ
languageOfProvision	English text of Article 75(3) ⓘ Hindi text of Article 75(3) ⓘ
legalFormulation	"The Council of Ministers shall be collectively responsible to the House of the People." ⓘ
partOf	Constitution of India ⓘ
relatedConcept	collective cabinet responsibility ⓘ parliamentary confidence ⓘ responsible government ⓘ separation of powers in India ⓘ
relatedTo	parliamentary democracy in India ⓘ
relatesTo	Union Government of India ⓘ linked to: Government of India executive branch of the Government of India ⓘ
scope	all decisions and actions of the Union Council of Ministers ⓘ
statedIn	Article 75(3) of the Constitution of India ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Article 75 of the Constitution of India → requires → Council of Ministers to be collectively responsible to the House of the People ⓘ

Conventions of Indian Parliament → includesConvention → Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha ⓘ

linked to: Council of Ministers to be collectively responsible to the House of the People

Union executive of India → collectiveResponsibility → Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha ⓘ