01666nam a22001697a 4500999001900000008004100019100003200060245006200092260004600154300003200200520101900232650006401251773004601315906002101361942000701382952010701389  c520629d520629220928b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aJha, Prakash Chandra934601  aIndia’s cooperative federalism during Covid-19 pandemic  aIndian Journal of Public Administration    a68(2), Jun, 2022: p.245-256  aThe role of cooperative federalism in India in dealing with the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic and its effects such as economic crisis and large-scale human migration, among others, is put to test. The initial stages of the pandemic response highlighted the unitary tilt in the Indian federal structure. At the later stages of this crisis, cooperative federalism also appears to be visible. Nevertheless, the lack of cooperation between the States, and the Centre’s failure to facilitate horizontal federalism without invoking any intergovernmental agency for the purpose has made the lives of migrant workers miserable. An intergovernmental institution such as Inter-Sate Council (ISC) could have been used as a common forum for the Centre and the States for the purpose of both vertical and horizontal cooperative federalism. The pandemic has also brought to the fore the importance of India’s grassroots level of government, though, unfortunately, their potential remains underutilised. – Reproduced   aCovid-19, Cooperation federalism, Local government. 933459  aIndian Journal of Public Administration    aLOCAL GOVERNMENT  cAR  00102ddc40709394686aIIPAbIIPAd2022-09-28h68(2), Jun, 2022: p.245-256pAR127212r2022-09-28yAR