• Dr. Srikanth T

Federalism constitutes a complex governmental mechanism for the governance of a country. It binds into one political union several autonomous, distinct, separate and disparate entities or administrative units. It seeks to draw a balance between the forces working in favor of concentration of power at a central point and the forces which favor a dispersal of the power in a number of units. Federalism thus seeks to reconcile unity with multiplicity, centralization with decentralization and nationalism with localism. The originality of the federal system which lies in that power is, at one and the same time, concentrated as well as divided. There is centralization of administration and legislation in certain areas along with decentralization in other areas. A federal constitution establishes a dual polity, comprising two levels of government a central government having jurisdiction over the entire country in some areas, and state governments, each of which exercises jurisdiction within defined regional boundaries.

Federalism, Jurisdiction, Administrative.

"Nature of Indian federalism: An analysis of historical basis and problems", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.4, Issue 4, page no.804-806, April-2017, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1704150.pdf

"Nature of Indian federalism: An analysis of historical basis and problems", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.4, Issue 4, page no. pp804-806, April-2017, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1704150.pdf