Is india a federal country
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The Indian Union is based on the ideology of ‘Holding Together Federation’ i.e. the union to the unit and not the units to the union. India is a federal system with striking unitary features called a Quasifederal country.
This Quasifederal nature of federalism is due to the power sharing ways in our country. The Constitution provides three fold distribution of legislative power between the central and the state government. Three folds are the Union List, State List and the Concurrent List.
Union List includes subjects of national importance having 97 subjects. Defence, atomic energy, foreign affairs, railways, banking, posts and telegraphs are some of the major Union List subjects. State List consists of subjects of state and local importance and has 66 subjects. Concurrent List includes subjects of common interest to Union and State government and are forests, trade unions, marriage, adoption and succession.
There are some subjects that do not fall under any of the lists or came up after the Constitution was made. These are known as the Residuary.
Indian federation is ‘Holding together federation. It does not give equal powers to its constituent units. It is very difficult to make changes in India’s power sharing arrangement as any change has to be approved by one third majority in both the Houses of the Parliament. Then it has to be approved by the legislatures of half of the total states. The Judiciary administers both Union and State laws.
This Quasifederal nature of federalism is due to the power sharing ways in our country. The Constitution provides three fold distribution of legislative power between the central and the state government. Three folds are the Union List, State List and the Concurrent List.
Union List includes subjects of national importance having 97 subjects. Defence, atomic energy, foreign affairs, railways, banking, posts and telegraphs are some of the major Union List subjects. State List consists of subjects of state and local importance and has 66 subjects. Concurrent List includes subjects of common interest to Union and State government and are forests, trade unions, marriage, adoption and succession.
There are some subjects that do not fall under any of the lists or came up after the Constitution was made. These are known as the Residuary.
Indian federation is ‘Holding together federation. It does not give equal powers to its constituent units. It is very difficult to make changes in India’s power sharing arrangement as any change has to be approved by one third majority in both the Houses of the Parliament. Then it has to be approved by the legislatures of half of the total states. The Judiciary administers both Union and State laws.
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