What are some facts about Indian federalism?

One may say that India is an indestructible federation of very much destructible state. While the phrase union of states in Art. 1 ensures that there will always be some states in India, the existence and continuance of any particular state, says West Bengal, is not ensured. read more

Federalism in Indian Constitution. Art. I of the Indian constitution calls “India that is Bharat” “a union of states.” The term federation is absent in this description. Yet experts agree that Indian constitution is a federal constitution, though as a federation India is different from either the U. S. or the Canadian federation. read more

Some Other Interesting Facts about India: The natural resources of India include coal, manganese, bauxite, limestone, natural gas, iron ore, etc. Indian Railways is the world's eighth largest employer, employing over 1.4 million people. read more

The Indian constitution satisfies all criteria of a federal constitution. There are two sets of governments—the union government and the governments of the states, there is a constitutional distribution of powers between the centre and the states, there is a written and somewhat rigid constitution and finally there is a supreme court acting as the guardian of the Constitution. read more

India has two sets of government one at the center and other in the states.This is an important feature of federal government.But the Indian constitution has also some non-federal features which are opposite to the features of the federal government. read more

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 constitution specifies the distribution of legislative, administrative and executive powers between the Union or Federal or Central government, and the States of India. read more