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It is generally believed that federalism suffers in a system of centralized planning. Do you agree with this point of view? Would you advocate ‘decentralized governance’ for India in the context of liberalization since 1991.

  • UPSC 2002
  • Planning and Economic Development

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For K. C. Wheare, federalism means two levels of government, each "coordinate and independent" within its own sphere. Central planning needs one set of priorities and one allocator. I largely agree that Indian federalism suffered under planning, but the harm came from how planning was organised, not from planning as such. After 1991, decentralised governance…

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  • (a) Does federalism suffer under centralised planning?
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