Centre State Relations in India1

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UNION STATE RELATIONSIN INDIA


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FEDERALISM

What is federalism? Why needed?

Dual policy of administration

Distribution of power ( LEGISLATURE ,ADMINISTRATION and FINA

by constitution.

India is a very big country with very large population.


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DYNAMICS OF CENTRE STATE RELATIONS

Because of political domination of the Congress both at the level

Centre and the States power was concentrated at centre.

situation changed in 1967 when non Congress parties formed Go

in some of the states because of regional strongholds.

This was the starting of conflict between the Union and the States

states were in no position to influence the centre till 1980s. The p

during and after 1990s one party rule being replaced by alliance


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FACTS

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LOK SABHAINC 364 TOTAL 489 75% 54 parti

15 th LOK SABHA

INC 2O6 TOTAL 545 38% more th

at present out of 28 states , only 12 are dominating by c


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SARKARIA COMMISSION:

Chairmanship of Justice R. S. Sarkaria to examine the working of ce

relations

Inter state Council

Local Self Governments should be strengthened


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PUNCHI COMMISSION:

A constitutional or legal framework should be provided for exerc

for dismissal of state governments.

higher transfer of funds to the backward states.

States should also be involved in FINANCE COMMISSION


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INTER STATE COUNCIL

The Council was formed on 28 May 1990.

Platform to discuss and investigate matters among some or all

states and the Union.

The Council is chaired by the Prime Minister and includes Chie

Heads of Government of State and Union Territories and six Cab

nominated by the Chairman as members.


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DISTRIBUTION OF POWER

Legislative

Administrative

Financial


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LEGILATIVE RELATIONS

• Constitution of India divide legislative power between union and sta

list

• union list (defence, foreign affaires, banking, currency, citize

• State list (health and sanitation, irrigation ,public order and

• concurrent list ( Criminal law, Marriage and divorce, infants and madoption; wills, intestacy and succession, joint family and partition)

• Residuary power vested in Parliament.


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Exceptional circumstances (state and concurre

• During Proclamation of emergency (during rule of INDIRA GANDHI)

• Power of parliament to legislate in case of national interest

• Failure of constitutional machinery in any state


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ADMINISTRATIVE RELATIONS

• Appointment of governor

• President rule

• Protection of railway and maintenance of communication of nati

military importance if directed by centre . Extra expenditure is re

centre

• Parliamentary control over inter state river disputes.

• Inter state council set up by president to dissolve the matter amo


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FINANCIAL RELATIONS

• Union is financially more strong

• States have their own resources but centre provides substantial a

states by way of grant in aid, share proceed of certain taxes etc.

• Appointment of finance commission to examine the distribution o


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DISTRIBUTION OF TAXES

• Taxes levied by union but collected by state (stamp duties)

• Taxes levied and collected by union but assigned to state(tax on salespurchase, on consignment)

• Taxes levied by union but collected by both determined by parliame

on services).


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SPECIAL STATUS OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR

Financial emergency can’t be imposed

Parliament is not empowered to make laws on state list

Amendment to constitution apply after presidential orde

No automatic extension to state in case of national emerg


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