Indian Federalism

Unit 1 — Federalism

1.1 Definition and characteristics of federalism · 1.2 Backgrounds of federal principle under the Indian Constitution · 1.3 Advantage & Disadvantage 1.3.1 Advantages and disadvantages of Federal Constitution 1.3.2 Advantages and disadvantages of Unitary Constitution

• Federalism
• Concept of Cooperative and Competitive Federalism

Unit 2 — Modification of the strict federal principle under Indian Constitution

2.1 Governor’s role · 2.2 Centre’s powers over the State Emergency · 2.3 Jammu and Kashmir Special status

• Emergency (Part XVIII) Types of Emergencies Grounds for proclamation Consequences of Proclamation

Unit 3 — Comparative study on federalism in

3.1 India · 3.2 U.K. and · 3.3 USA

Unit 4 — Centre-State Relations—

4.1 Legislative Relation · 4.2 Administrative Relation · 4.3 Financial Relation

• Centre-State Relations (Part-XI) Legislative Relations Administrative Relations

Unit 5 — Types of Federalism

5.1 Confederation · 5.2 Co-operative Federalism

• Concept of Cooperative and Competitive Federalism