Intergovernmental interactions in the Indian federal structure
- Bihar Journal of Public Administration
- 17(2), Jul-Dec, 2020: p.472-481
The paper seeks to review intergovernmental interactions in Indian federation. In India, the working of union-state coordination reveals that informality is still the norm. Intergovernmental interactions have been a rather feeble facet of Indian federalism in absolute as well as relative terms. Many observers in India have found the systems of intergovernmental interactions to be either rarely used or excessively controlled by the central government. In India there are both formal and informal—mostly latter—interactions between the executives of the various dominions that encompass the federation. However, there is no formal cooperation between legislatures. – Reproduced