Q. With reference to the federalism in India and USA, which of the following is/are correct?
1. India follows a single citizenship while USA has dual citizenship.
2. Both in India and the USA, the residuary powers to make laws lies with the Union legislature.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Exp) Option a is the correct answer.
Statement 1 is correct. As per the constitution of India, the people of India of a single citizenship, that is, they are just the citizen of India but in the case of USA, the people of USA have dual citizenships of both the country as well as the states in which they are born.
Statement 2 is incorrect. In the US constitution, residuary powers lie with the individual state. Thus, the US Constitution says, “the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States are reserved to the States”. But in the Indian Constitution the power to make laws with respect to residuary subjects (i.e., the matters which are not enumerated in any of the three lists) is vested in the Parliament. Knowledge Base: USA has a presidential form of government and India has a parliamentary form of government.
