Answer the following short questions: -
1. What is federalism? Write any four key
features of federalism.
2. How coming-together federalism is different
from the holding-together federalism?
3. Explain the three fold distribution of
legislative powers between the union
government and the state governments in
India with example.
4. Write any three measures to make the third
tier of democracy more powerful and
effective in 1992.
5. How federalism is practiced in India?
Answers
Answer:
1.Federalism is a form of government in which the power is divided between a central authority and various constituent units of the country. KEY FEATURES : ... 2 Different tiers of government govern the same citizens, but each tier has its own jurisdiction in specific matters of legislation, taxation and administration.
2 Coming Together Federation where the states come together to form a larger unit with willingness where in Holding Together Federation the government of a larger area divide its powers with the states. ... In Coming Together Federation, the central and the state always experience equal set of powers.
3.Union and the State Governments. There are three lists - Union List, State List and Concurrent List. ... Both the State and Central Governments can make decision on these matters.
4 Now, it is constitutionally mandatory to hold regular elections to the local government bodies.
Seats are reserved in the elected bodies and the executive heads of these institutions for the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and the Backward Classes.
At least one third of all positions are reserved for women.
An independent institution called the State Election Commission has been created in each state to conduct free and fair elections for the panchayat and the municipalities.
The State government are required to share some powers and revenue with the Local government bodies. The nature of sharing varies from state to state.
5Federalism in India is practised by the creation of linguistic states ,language policy and centre state relations. Linguistic states:- in 1947 ,the boundaries of several old states were changed in order to create new states . This was done to ensure that people who spoke the same language lived in the same state .
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