Question

describe any 5 features of indian federalism​

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Features of Indian Federalism

Explanation:

• The creation of Linguistic States was the first and a major test for democratic politics in our country.:  

Many old States have vanished and many new States have been created. Areas, boundaries and names of the States have been changed. 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. Some States were created not on the basis of language but to recognize differences based on culture, ethnicity or geography. These include States like Nagaland, Uttarakhand and Jharkhand.

•        Language policy :  A second test for Indian federation is the language policy. Our Constitution did not give the status of national language to any one language. Hindi was identified as the official language. But Hindi is the mother tongue of only about 40 per cent of Indians. Therefore, there were many safeguards to protect other languages. Besides Hindi, there are 21 other languages recognized as Scheduled Languages  Constitution  

•          Centre-State relations : restructuring the Center - State  relations is one more way in which federalism has been strengthened in practice .  since 1990 , Coalition Governments were at the Center. Since no single party got a clear majority in the Lok Sabha, the major national parties had to enter into an alliance with many parties including several regional parties to form a government at the Center .
• Written Constitution: The first essential feature of a Federal System is a written Constitution which defines the structure, organization and powers of the Central as well as the State Governments 80 that the two Operate with each others jurisdiction. The Indian Constitution is a written document which now contains 440 Articles and 12 Schedules. It stands at the top of hierarchy of all laws and all the authorities in India are legally bound to respect it.
• Bicameral Legislature: Like other Federations, the Constitution of India also provides for a bicameral Parliament consisting of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. While the Lok Sabha comprises representatives directly elected by the people on the basis of universal adult franchise, the Rajya Sabha mainly comprises representatives of the units. Supremacy of the Constitution: The supremacy of the Constitution, another feature of federalism, IS also present in India. The Constitution of India stands at the top of the hierarchy of all laws both national and state.