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Does the actual working of Indian federalism conform to the centralizing tendencies in Indian polity? Give reasons for your answer.

  • UPSC 2023
  • 20 marks
  • Federalism

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Ivor Jennings called India a federation with a strong centralising tendency. Practice has followed that tendency in some periods and through some instruments, but not in a straight line. Practice has swung with the party system, and since 1994 it has rested on a judicial floor.

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