• Manik Raj.S

India is a Federal nation. Federalism is a form of government in which powers are divided between national and regional governments. It is contrary to the unitary system in which all the powers are vested in the national government. Indian federal system is unique in the sense that, it has been variously described as ‘quasi-federal’, ‘extremely federal’, ‘bargaining federalism’, ‘co operative federalism’, ‘federation with a strong centralising tendency’ etc,. Thus sources of conflict in Indian federal polities such as diversity based on ethnicity, religion, language, regional demands, territory, culture so on has forced to describe Indian federation as “a new kind of federation to meet its peculiar needs”. It is neither too centralised nor strictly federal as both union and states have powers affecting each other. The Supreme Court once called it ‘amphibian’. The paper attempts to understand the problems of Regional disparity/imbalance in particular reference to Hyd-Karnataka region from various angles. The failure on the part of union as well as successive state governments through continuous negligence has widened the developmental imbalance in the state. Though corrective measures in the form of inserting Art 371 J that provides special status to HK region is a well come move, it is also important to find out how far the provisions of the Article 371J has been effectively implemented.

Democracy, regionalism, regional disparity, Hyderabad-karnataka, Art 371j.

"The Problems of Regional Imbalance in Hyderabad-Karnataka- An Analysis", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.4, Issue 3, page no.750-758, March-2017, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1703128.pdf

"The Problems of Regional Imbalance in Hyderabad-Karnataka- An Analysis", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.4, Issue 3, page no. pp750-758, March-2017, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1703128.pdf