{"id":259407,"date":"2023-09-09T19:28:32","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T13:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=259407"},"modified":"2023-09-09T19:28:32","modified_gmt":"2023-09-09T13:58:32","slug":"the-case-for-decoupled-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/the-case-for-decoupled-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"The case for decoupled elections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/b><\/strong>: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cThe case for decoupled elections<\/b><\/strong>\u201d\u00a0<\/b><\/strong>published\u00a0in\u00a0Business Standard <\/b><\/strong>on\u00a09<\/b><\/strong>th<\/b><\/sup><\/strong>\u00a0September 2023<\/b><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus: <\/b><\/strong>GS 2 \u2013 Indian Polity – Comparison of the Indian Constitutional Scheme with that of Other Countries<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

Relevance: <\/b><\/strong>comparison between the Indian system and the European Union\u2019s<\/p>\n

News:<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0The article provides a comparative analysis of the Indian system and the European Union.<\/p>\n

What are the differences between the Indian system and the European Union (EU)?<\/b><\/strong><\/h2>\n

States:<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0India has 28 states and 8 Union Territories, while the EU comprises 27 countries.<\/p>\n

Official Languages:<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0The EU has 24 official languages, whereas India recognizes 22 languages in its Eighth Schedule and has at least 35 more seeking recognition.<\/p>\n

Population:<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0India’s population is about 3.5 times larger than the EU’s, with around 450 million people.<\/p>\n

Income:<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0India has a higher GINI coefficient with a GINI of 36 in 2019, whereas Germany and France have lower GINI coefficients (32 and 30, respectively), while Bulgaria and Lithuania have higher ones (39 and around 36, respectively).<\/p>\n

Currency: <\/b><\/strong>The EU has a common currency used by 20 nations, with the option for seven more to join if they meet the Maastricht or Convergence Criteria.<\/p>\n

Trades:<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0The EU functions as a common market, allowing the free movement of goods and people across member countries. Labor rights include automatic residency rights, and goods can be sold anywhere within the union.<\/p>\n

Political System:<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0In the EU, each nation has its own political system, laws, and elections with varying polling methods. The EU mandates a secret ballot<\/b><\/strong>. Voting systems range from first-past-the-post to proportional representation or ranked voting.<\/p>\n

Each nation also maintains its own parliamentary system and enacts its own laws.<\/p>\n

The EU is governed by the European Parliament (EP)<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0in Strasbourg, France. EP members are directly elected by citizens of member states every five years<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0using secret ballot and proportional representation.<\/p>\n

The EP has a key role in voting on laws, negotiating on behalf of the EU, overseeing joint institutions, questioning the central bank on monetary policy, and establishing cross-zone commissions.<\/p>\n

After the EP passes legislation, member nations must harmonize their local laws with the EP laws. This is similar to India’s federal system, where states can make their own laws but must align them with parliamentary legislation. <\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

However, EU member states have more flexibility compared to Indian states in this regard.<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

National Elections:<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0EU member nations hold separate national elections from European Parliament (EP) elections, allowing them to prioritize local issues over pan-national matters.<\/p>\n

India follows a similar approach<\/b><\/strong>, keeping state elections separate from Lok Sabha elections to maintain a clear focus on local concerns and avoid overshadowing by national considerations.<\/p>\n

Taxes and Policies:<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0Member states can set their income tax rates, with varying slabs. Indirect taxes are locally decided but must adhere to EU-approved value-added tax (VAT) levels.<\/p>\n

The European Central Bank sets policy interest rates and utilizes other monetary policy tools as necessary.<\/p>\n

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Source: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cThe case for decoupled elections\u201d\u00a0published\u00a0in\u00a0Business Standard on\u00a09th\u00a0September 2023. Syllabus: GS 2 \u2013 Indian Polity – Comparison of the Indian Constitutional Scheme with that of Other Countries Relevance: comparison between the Indian system and the European Union\u2019s News:\u00a0The article provides a comparative analysis of the Indian system and the… Continue reading The case for decoupled elections<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10309,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[10503,212],"class_list":["post-259407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-business-standard","tag-gs-paper-2","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10309"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259407\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}