{"id":1352,"date":"2026-08-09T19:11:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/does-the-actual-working-of-indian-federalism-conform-to-the-upsc-psir-2023-2210\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:24:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:54:14","slug":"does-the-actual-working-of-indian-federalism-conform-to-the-upsc-psir-2023-2210","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/does-the-actual-working-of-indian-federalism-conform-to-the-upsc-psir-2023-2210\/","title":{"rendered":"Does the actual working of Indian federalism conform to the centralizing tendencies in Indian polity? Give reasons for your answer."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>\u2014 how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> federal in form, but Centre-tilted by design <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> actual working confirms the tilt<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Wheare<\/b>\u2019s \u201cquasi-federal\u201d <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Partition \/ integration \/ secession \/ uneven development explain the strong Union<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>constitutional bias (residuary powers, Union List, emergency, Art. 356, Governor, boundary power under Arts. 2\u20133) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> political centralisation (<b class=\"pq-sc\">Kothari<\/b> <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> one-party dominance; Indira era misuse of 356, Emergency, Governor) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> fiscal centralisation (GST, CSS, conditional grants; <b class=\"pq-sc\">Govinda Rao<\/b> on cesses\/surcharges) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> administrative centralisation (AIS, central agencies, Governor\u2019s discretion; <b class=\"pq-sc\">Mehta<\/b>\u2019s \u201cvanishing act\u201d)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>conformity not complete <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <i>Bommai<\/i> limits 356, judiciary guards basic structure <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Morris-Jones<\/b>\u2019s bargaining federation <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> coalition politics + regional parties + GST Council bargaining<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> conforms, but not wholly <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> federal spirit stressed, not destroyed<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> dynamic balance of centralisation and federal resistance<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[34],"pyq_marks":[31],"pyq_topic":[63],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1352","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-34","pyq_marks-20-marks","pyq_topic-federalism","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4764,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1352\/revisions\/4764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1352"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1352"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1352"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}