About President Of India

1. Qualifications:
2. Election:
3. Term & Emoluments

• Articles 52 to 78 in Part v of the constitution deal with  the Union Executive.The Union Executive consist of President,Vice President ,Prime minister,Council of ministers and Attorney General of India.
• President is Excutive Head of the state.He is the First Citizen of India.
• The Excutive powers vested in the President are to be exercised on the advice of the Council of ministers responsible to the parliament .The 42nd Amendment  to the consitution has made it obligatory on the partof the President to accept the advice of the Council of ministers.

Qualifications:

1. Must be a citizen of India 
2. Completed 35 yrs  in age
3. Eligible to be a member of lok sabha.
4. Must not hold any office of profit (government post).Exceptions:
1. President and vice president
2. Governor of any state 
3. Minister of union or state 

Election:

• Article 54 and 55 lay down the procedure for electing the president.
• The nomination of the candidate must be subscribed by at least 50 electors as proposers and 50 electors as secnders.
• Every candidate has to make a security deposite of Rs.15000/- in the Reseve Bank of India.The security deposite  is  liable to be forfeited in case the candidate fails to secure more than 1/6 of thr valid votes plled.
• Indirectly elected through 'Electoral college' consisting of elcted member of both the Houses of Parliament And elected members of the legislative Assemblies of the states( no nominative members).According to the 70th Amendment act,1992,the expression 'states' includes the national capital of India  delhi and the Union Territory of Puducherry.Member of the legislative Counsil have  no rights to vote in the Presidential Election.
• The total voting strenght of the Parliament is equal to the total voting strength of all state assemblies together.
• Supreme Court inquires all disputes regarding president's election.The election can be challenged in Supreme Court by a candidate or at least 20 electors (for vice President at least 10 Electors)within 30 days of declaration of result.

Note:

• In the history of Presidential elctions V.VGiri is the only person who won the election of president as an independent candidate in 1969
• In july 1977, NEELAM SANJEEVA REDDY was elected unopposed aas no one else filed nomination for the post of the president

• Take OATH in presence of chief justice of india  or in his absence ,senior-most judge of supreme court.

Term & Emoluments

• 5 year term.
• Article 57 says that there is no upper limit on the no. of times a person can become  president.
• Can give resignation to vice president before Full-term.
• Present salary -Rs 500000/month (including allowances &emoluments).
• The pension is 50% of the  last salary drawn.