Veto Power of the President

This article is about the veto power of president of India.

Types of Veto Powers

There are 4 types of veto powers used in the modern democratic countries. These are as follows:

1. Absolute Veto
2. Qualified Veto
3. Suspensive Veto
4. Pocket Veto

Before understanding these veto powers, we will have to consider the actions that our president can take on the bills.

The president can take following actions when a bill is presented to him:

1. He can give assent to the bill. (approval)
2. He can withhold his assent. (reject)
3. He can send the bill back to the houses for reconsideration.

Note: When president suggests reconsideration, the houses can take following actions on the bill:

1. Drop the bill.
2. Send the bill to the president with or without amendments. If the bill is presented to the president again with or without amendments, he must give his assent.

Now, we will see the explaination of Veto power of president of India.

Veto Power of President of India

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