The government of India is divided into three distinct but interrelated branches: legislatature, executive, and judiciary. The President of India is constitutional head of the government while the Prime Minister of India exercises the real power. Prime Minister is actual head of the Executive and Council of Ministeres. The legislature (Parliament) consists of a bicameral legislature, the Lok Sabha (House of the People--the lower house) and the Rajya Sabha (Council of States--the upper house). Constitutionally speaking, India is a "sovereign, socialist, secular, democratic republic" and has a federal form of government. However, the central government in India has greater powers in relation to its states. The government exercises its broad administrative powers in the name of the president, whose duties are largely ceremonial. Chief Justice of India heads the judiciary through the Supreme Court of India.