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Final Chapter 2 - NCERT
Federalism13 Chapter 2 FederalismOverviewIn the previous Chapter , we noted that vertical division of power amongdifferent levels of government is one of the major forms of power-sharing in modern democracies. In this Chapter , we focus on this formof power-sharing. It is most commonly referred to as federalism. Webegin by describing federalism in general terms. The rest of the chaptertries to understand the theory and practice of federalism in India. Adiscussion of the federal constitutional provisions is followed by ananalysis of the policies and politics that has strengthened federalism inpractice. Towards the end of the Chapter , we turn to the localgovernment, a new and third tier of Indian 2214 Democratic PoliticsWhat is federalism?Let us get back to the contrast betweenBelgium and Sri Lanka that we saw inthe last Chapter . You would recall thatone of the key changes made in theConstitution of Belgium was to reducethe power of the Central Governmentand to give these powers to the regionalgovernments.
Let us g o bac k to the se ven f ea tur es of feder alism mentioned a bove. W e can see that all these features apply to the provisions of the Indian Constitution. The Constitution originally provided for a two-tier system of government, the Union Go ver nment or w hat w e call the Centr al Government, r epresenting the Union of India and the State
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