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Comment: The philosophy and Comment: Economic liberalisation in India administration of the distribution of powers between Centre and state is required to be re-assessed.

  • UPSC 2016
  • 10 marks
  • Federalism

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India's founders built what Alfred Stepan calls a "holding-together" federation. B. R. Ambedkar called it a Union because it is indestructible: no state may secede. That design answered the fears of 1947. Whether it still fits requires separating the philosophy from its administration.

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  • The philosophy: a strong centre for a fragile nation
  • The administration: centralisation compounded
  • Why reassessment is due
  • Conclusion
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