Federalism — Part 2: Federalism in practice and decentralisation: visual lesson, CBSE Class 10 Social Science

Lesson

Federalism in practice

Rules on paper are only the start. How has India actually lived its federalism?

In this lesson you will

Evaluate how linguistic states, language policy and changing centre-state relations strengthened federalism
Describe the 1992 amendments on local government
Describe the structure of rural and urban local government
Assess the working of local self-government using evidence

Part 2 at a glance

Diagram

The first big test: drawing state boundaries so that people who speak the same language live in the same state.

Concept

Table: leaders feared that language-based states would pull away, make administration harder and trigger endless demands; in fact the country became more united, administration became easier, and new states were created through law
What some leaders feared	What actually happened
Each language state would pull away	The country became more united
Administration would become harder	Governing in the people's language made it easier
Endless demands would follow	New states were created through law and debate