Class 10 - CIVICS Federalism (Concept ) , Up board , CBSE, Ncert
Concept of the Chapter
1. Three Lists : The Indian constitution clearly provides three fold distribution of legislative powers between union government and state government. It contains the following three lists ....
A. Union List : Subjects of national importance like defence , foreign affairs,atomic energy, currency,banking ,post and telegraph are included in the Union list . The central government can pass laws on these subjects.
B . State list : It comprises those important subjects in which the state government can pass laws . Subjects like police , local government , trade and commerce, agriculture and irrigation are within the state include in the state list .
C . Concurrent list : It includes those subjects which are of common concern to both the centre and state governments . Ordinarily, both the centre and the state governments can frame laws on these subjects.
2. Federalism: It is a conditional arrangement in which the power and responsibilities of government are divided between the union or federal government and state government through the written constitution.
3.Tier system: It is the system which signifies level of government. It may be two levels or two tier and three levels or three lier .
4. Decentralisation: To transfer power authority etc from central government to local government or division of powers from higher level to lower level .
5. List system: It states the distribution of powers or subjects through the lists the union list for central, state list for state . It is the specific feature of Indian Federalism.
6. Union Territory: It is a type of administrative division in the republic of India .Unlike the states which have their own elected governments , union territories are ruled directly by the union / central government, hence the name of union territory.
7: Construction: Construction is that body of rules and laws according to which a state is governed .
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