The Indian Constitution - Borrowed Features

THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION - BORROWED FEATURES

FROM UNITED KINGDOM (UK)
•    President (Nominal Head
•    Cabinet System of Ministers
•    Post of Prime Minister
•    Parliamentary Type of Government
•    Bicameral Parliament
•    Lower house more Powerful
•    Council of Ministers responsible to Lower House
•    Speaker in the Lok Sabha
•    Single Citizenship

FROM USA
Written Constitution
•    Executive State Known as President and his being the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces
•    The Vice President Ex-Officio Chairman of Rajya Sabha
•    Fundamental Rights
•    Supreme Court
•    Provision of States
•    Independence of Judiciary and Judicial Review
•    The Preamble
•    The Removal of Supreme Court and high Court Judges

FROM RUSSIA (USSR)
Fundamental Duties
•    Five Year Plan

FROM AUSTRALIA
Concurrent List
•    Language of the Preamble
•    Provisions Regarding Trade, Commerce and Intercourse

FROM JAPAN
•    Law of which the supreme Court Function

FROM GERMANY (WEIMAR CONSTITUTION)
•    Suspension of Fundamental Rights during the Emergency Period

FROM SOUTH AFRICA
•    Procedure of Constitutional Amendments

FROM CANADA
•    Scheme of federation with a strong center
•    Distribution of Powers between Center and the States and Placing.
•    Residuary Powers with the center

FROM IRELAND
Concept of directive Principles of State Policy
•    (Ireland Borrowed it from Spain)
•    Method of Election of the President
•    Nomination of members in the Rajya Sabha by the President