what makes India a federal country explain with relevant points.
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Answer:
The Constitution of India gives a federal structure to the Republic of India, declaring it to be a "Union of the States". Part XI of the Indian constitutionspecifies the distribution of legislative, administrative and executive powers between the Union or Federal or Central government, and the States of India.
Explanation:
India, a nation with many language, religions and region, emerged as an independent after a long and painful partition. Several princely state become a part of a country soon after independence. India was declared as a Union of State, by the constitution. The India union is based on the principle federalism. When we look at the feature mention above and if we apply it to the provision of Indian Constitution, we can see that almost every aspect us similar.
The Constitution earlier provided two tier system of government.
The Union or Central Government representing the Union of India.
The State Government.
Later, Panchayats and Municipalities were added as a third tier of federalism. All of this different form of government enjoy seprate jurisdiction.
We know that all states in Indian Union do not have identical power. Some State enjoy the special status. Jammu and Kashmir has is own constitution. Many provision for the Indians Constitution are not applicable to the state without the approval of the State Assembly. Indians who are not permanent residents of the state cannot buy land or house here. Similar special provisions exists for some others State of Indians as well.
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