LLM, End semester, UILS, Chandigarh University, Gharuan, Mohali, India
Online published on 10 August, 2020.
In spite of the fact that "federalism" is sandwiched in comparative politics. Efforts to study about federalism constitute a part of relative legislative issues i.e. comparative politics or political establishments since federalism isn't just cross-national but a multifaceted i.e. cross-cultural research as well. While the study of federalism has in numerous regards stretched to an advanced stage today, but nevertheless there remains a disturbing absence of arrangement with regards to the exact connotation of the concept. This study analysed basically, some issues and challenges in the concept of federalism in distinctive kind as a system of government in different states and nations of the world. The main objective of this work, however, has been to bring to attention the current new trends in federalism more specifically about the asymmetric nature of the Indian federalism and discover new patterns in federalism as observed by different researchers in different fields in connection to federalism. It isn't an attempt to give a complete scientific account in any case, but this paper would be dealing with some of the issues which would be essential in order to define the real concept of federalism in India. Moreover an attempt has been made to uncover, some of the essential ambiguities in the working of the federalism governance in the present political setting. Additionally, this article to a great extent is an attempt to express our hopeful worry over the capability of the standard of cooperative federalism in Indian conditions instead of a negation of it being the most ideal elective.
Federalism, Asymmetric Federalism, Indian Federal System