How language policy has strengthen the federalism
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The real success of federalism in India can be attributed to the nature of democratic politics
in our country. This ensured that the spirit of federalism, respect for diversity and desire for
living together became a shared ideal in our country. The policies that have strengthened
federalism in India are :
(i) Some new states have been created on the basis of either language, culture, ethnicity or
geography. This has made administration easier.
(ii) Even though Hindi was identified as the official language by our Constitution, other
languages have also been protected. Besides Hindi, there are 21 other languages
recognized as scheduled languages by the Constitution. States too have their own official
languages. Thus, not declaring Hindi a national language or imposing it on all the states
has strengthened federalism.
(iii) By restructuring the centre-state relations, federalism has got strengthened. Earlier, the
central government could easily dismiss the state governments which were controlled by
the rival parties. But after 1990, there was a rise of regional political parties in many states
of the country. The era of coalition governments which needs an alliance with many parties
including several regional parties to form a government at the centre, has led to a new
culture of power sharing and respect for the autonomy of the states.
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