By :- Joanna

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10 B

Forms of governments

Among Political parties, pressure

groups and movements

Among govt. at different levels

Among different social groups

Among political parties, pressure

groups and movements

• Each of these organs is placed at the same

level to exercise different powers

• None of them has unlimited power thus

maintains balance.

• Each one of them keeps watch on the

functioning of the other two.

• Hence it is called Check and Balance

System

Legislature Executive Judiciary

• The Central govt. is set up for the whole

nation.

• The state/provincial govt. is set up for

each provinces/states.

• The central govt. transfers/shares some of the

powers to/with the state govt. (as in Belgium)

Central Government

State government

Local bodies

• Both the Central and State govt. have

transferred power and resources to the Local

bodies. So we have the third tier – the Local

Self Govt.

• Socially weaker sections also have to have

share in power.

• Community govt. in Belgium is one example

for this type of power sharing.

• In India, it is done by way of reservation.

• Constituencies and seats are reserved for

women, SCs and STs.

• Thus power is shared among different social

groups.

SCs

STs

Women

• No political party enjoys power for ever.

• It is for the people to decide who should be in

power.

• With the emergence of coalition govt. many

parties share power at the same time.

• Pressure groups and movements have share in

power by exerting pressure on the govt.

• They exert pressure by various means and get

policies framed in their favour.

By :- Joanna

Coutinho

10 B