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Does regionalism essentially lead to decentralization of power? Substantiate your answer with relevant examples.

  • UPSC 2021
  • 10 marks
  • Politics and Society in India

Regionalism is the assertion of a territorially bounded identity against a larger centre; decentralisation is the transfer of decision-making authority to lower tiers. They overlap but are not the same. The honest answer is no, not essentially: regionalism has reliably decentralised the Union while frequently centralising power within the region itself.

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