Power is shared in various ways among the modern democracies: 1) Power is divided horizontally among the three branches of the government to keep a check on each other. The three branches of government are: a. Executive, b. Legislature and C. Judiciary e.g., The Parliament of India is the legislative body which keeps a check on the working of Executive and Judiciary. 2)Power is also shared at the different level of government vertically that is: a. At the Union level, b. At the state level and c. At the local level e.g., Maharashtra government is free to make laws on the matter of law and order because it does not come under the purview of central government. 3). Power is also shared among the different social groups. India is one of the most diverse country in the world, and it has various religious and linguistic groups which shares power among themselves. e.g., States in India is formed on the linguistic bases after independence. 4) In a democracy, power is also shared among the various political parties, pressure groups and movements. Democracy ensures that power should not accumulate in some hands so elections are held regularly to elect our representatives and every citizen of India has equal political rights to form a party and to contest elections. e.g., we have a multi-party system in which we can elect anybody to rule upon us and various parties of different ideologies can come together to form the government which is known as the coalition government.