PERTAINING TO FEDERAL STRUCTURE

Generally, Federalism can be seen as practised in countries such as the “United States of America” but the variant of Federalism that is usually seen in India is distinct from the aforementioned country. The model related to federalism that is usually followed by India has been known as the “quasi-federal system”. Thus, India’s structure for federalism has been a kind that is potentially different. This study has been consisting of numerous issues that can be seen in the “quasi federal structure” of India. 

Features regarding Federal structure of “India”

• Two distinct types related to government have been there the “State Government” and the “Union Government”
• Here the authority has been observed being distributed amongst the union and the respective constituents
• Constitution has been made in a manner so that the same cannot be averted and thus relevant superiority of the same can be seen 

Issues

• The “Regionalism” has been counted as a comparatively significant of an individual challenge that halts federalism virtues to be pertinent by India.
• The language has been another factor and usually seen as creating few situations that are problematic. The language as an official one has not yet been determined and thus the same is considered as a relevant source regarding the problem. An example can be referred to in this landscape, such as that numerous states in the parts of “South” of India have been noted as opposing the language “Hindi” being the “official” language. 
• Type regarding functioning has also been seen as ineffective. Few relevant examples here, can also be referred to. The body known as “planning commission” has been considered as weak and on top of that the council that is for “national development” is not meeting till date and the aforementioned event indicates that the virtue while being a structure that is cooperative has been missing amidst states and the union. 
• Another factor that has been counted as an issue is the “Goods & Services Tax (GST)”. This has already taken a comparatively larger chunk of “autonomy” towards respective states and in the same process the system dedicated for tax has been converted into “unitary”. 
• The country, unlike “USA” has been noted as functioning on a “single constitution” and along with that the country implies that an individual from the nation is unable to hold more than one “citizenship”. As this system has been making an individual from India barred from being a citizen of his and/or her respective state and the same system has been empowering the “central power” as comparatively more power that is integral gets transferred towards the same. 

Issue mitigation

• The relevant recognition of Federalism is required to be done by denoting that powers or authorities require devolution.
• There is a requirement in India to deploy the personnel from the department of “human resources” in the different governments of the different states in India. This step is mainly required for mitigating various issues that are majorly related to the “Federal Structure” of India which is a “quasi-federal system”. This also helped in giving a response towards any concerns of the government to give proper focus on the angle of federalism.  
• The “distinct governments” across the different states of India that have the same nation are needed for maintaining successive engagement by introducing the forum for the same purpose. 
• There is a need to have the proper balance among the pillars of federalism as India is considered as the country which is promoting diversification. The pillars are required for keeping balance among the different states with proper autonomies and also centralisation.   
• The “institutional mechanism” can also be seen as effective, in case this has been implemented by the proper efficiency. The same can be implemented among the different authorities such as the states and the authority that is central and can mitigate numerous issues that usually emerge in distinct policies. 

Conclusion 

It can be concluded that the country, India, has been equipped with a “quasi-federal” structure. Although the same has been beneficial to some “limited” extent, the same also has been facing barriers such as the regional. Thus it can be said that approaches that are innovative have the potential while synchronising the “union” and the “state government”.