Explain the Veto Power of the President of India and how it is exercised ?

Veto Powers of the President of India (Article 111):

Under Article 111, when a bill passed by Parliament is presented to the President, he has three constitutional options (except for Money Bills and Constitutional Amendment Bills):

• 1. Absolute Veto: Withholding assent to a bill passed by Parliament, ending the bill completely (exercised regarding Private Member Bills, or when a Cabinet resigns before assent).
• 2. Suspensive Veto: Returning a non-money bill to Parliament for reconsideration. If Parliament repasses the bill (with or without amendments) by simple majority, the President must grant assent.
• 3. Pocket Veto: Neither giving assent nor rejecting nor returning the bill, keeping it pending indefinitely (since the Indian Constitution prescribes no time limit; exercised by President Giani Zail Singh on the Indian Post Office Amendment Bill in 1986).

Constitutional Exception: Under the 24th Amendment (1971), the President has no veto power over Constitutional Amendment Bills (Art. 368).