{"id":1353,"date":"2026-08-09T19:11:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/the-recent-developments-in-indian-politics-has-not-eroded-the-upsc-psir-2025-2211\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:56:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:24","slug":"the-recent-developments-in-indian-politics-has-not-eroded-the-upsc-psir-2025-2211","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/the-recent-developments-in-indian-politics-has-not-eroded-the-upsc-psir-2025-2211\/","title":{"rendered":"The recent developments in Indian Politics has not eroded the true spirit of federalism in India. Critically examine this statement with the help of appropriate examples."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>&mdash; 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\">rR! Elazar&#039;s &quot;self-rule + shared rule&quot; test \u2192 developments strain but do not erase spirit R2 federalism as India&#039;s multi-level device for diversity \u2192 \u201cnot eroded&quot; claim must be tested against recent practice<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">self-rule\/shared-rule benchmark \u2192 fiscal-political pressures: GST compensation, NEET\/farm laws, Governor delays, central agencies, scheme conditionalities \u2192 Stalin&#039;s NEET\/NEP\/GST critique \u2192 Mehta &quot;vanishing act&#8230; grin&quot; \u2192 reads as recentralisation<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">resilience holds the spirit \u2192 S.R. Bommai caps Art. 356 \u2192 GST Council institutionalises bargaining \u2192 regional parties\/coalitions sustain negotiation \u2192 judiciary guards basic structure \u2192 asymmetry + State welfare innovation \u2192 Mustafa: regional aspirations strengthen unity<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">rR! statement holds with qualification \u2014 spirit strained, not destroyed R2 survival rests on consultation, fiscal fairness, constitutional restraint \u2192 a negotiated, resilient federation<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[36],"pyq_marks":[35],"pyq_topic":[63],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1353","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-36","pyq_marks-15-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\/1353","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":2,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2577,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1353\/revisions\/2577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1353"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1353"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1353"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}