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Explanation:

• 2With new guidelines it is very difficult for the Central Government to dismiss state governments in an arbitrary manner. Thus, federal power sharing is more effective today than it was in the early years after the Constitution came into force.
• 3(i) Judiciary with the supreme court at the apex is the sole interpreter of Indian federalism. (ii) It plays a pivotal role in the implementation of constitutional provisions and procedures. (iii) Judiciary administers both the union and state laws which are applicable to the cases coming up for adjudication
• 4 Local authorities are able to adapt to local needs and react more quickly to local problems than central government. ...
• It is likely to be more efficient to run services locally than manage them from the centre. ...
• Different local authorities have been able to innovate and produce new ideas which can be copied by others.
• 5 Achievements
• (i) At the local level, it is possible for the people to directly participate in decision making. This helps to inculcate a habit of democratic participation.
• (ii) Constitutional states for local government has also increased women’s representation and voice in our democracy.
• Difficulties
• (i) While elections are held regularly and enthusiastically, Gram Sabhas are not held regularly.
• (ii) Most state governments have not transferred significant powers to the local governments. They do not give adequate resources also to them
• 6answer:-

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 holding together federation, the central power will always maintain its supremacy over the constituent units that results in a lack of sovereignty sometimes. In Coming Together Federation, the central and the state always experience equal set of powers.  

Example for the coming together federation: USA and Switzerland

Example for the holding together federation: India, Belgium and Spain.  

• 7. Every adult of the village who is 18 years of age constitute the Gram Sabha.
• (i) It is the decision-making body of the entire village.
• (ii) The village Panchayat works under the supervision of the Gram Sabha.
• (iii) It approves the annual budget of the Gram Panchayat.
• 8 (i) The controversy over the Hindi and English as the official language started when our Constitution made the provision that the use of English for official purposes was to stop in 1965.
• (ii) However, many non-Hindi speaking states demanded that the use of English should continue. In Tamil Nadu, this movement took a violent form.
• (iii) So the central government responded by agreeing to continue the use of English along with Hindi for  
• official purposes.  
• (iv) Thus, the flexibility shown by Indian political leaders helped our country to avoid the tense situation like that in Sri Lanka.
• 9 The rural local government is known as the Panchayati Raj.
• Importance :
• (i) It helps the people to directly participate in decision-making.
• (ii) It helps in the decentralisation of power.
• (iii) It reduces the burden of the central government.