The Working of Cooperative and Collaborative Federalism in India: Understanding Intergovernmental Relations
| Author | Rekha Saxena |
| Published date | 01 June 2021 |
| Date | 01 June 2021 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/00195561211026621 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
The Working of
Cooperative and
Collaborative
Federalism in India:
Understanding
Intergovernmental
Relations
Rekha Saxena1
Abstract
A federal constitution is based on at least two levels of governments—
federal/union and provincial/state—which are generally constitutionally assigned
exclusive as well as concurrent dominions, in addition to the residual powers.
Consequently, union–state coordination is indispensable to negotiate and devise
joint policies in field of shared jurisdictions. Moreover, such coordination is also
essential for exclusive jurisdiction apparently because in the eras of ‘coopera-
tive federalism’ and ‘collaborative federalism’, the federal government frequently
utilises its usually bigger revenues to introduce centrally sponsored schemes
of development and social policies with approval of state governments. These
schemes may be entirely or partially financed by the union and executed by the
states. Besides, residual powers or new policy areas that may emerge also need
union–state cooperation, even though they are judicially adjudicated to go to
any of the two levels of government. In an era of intergovernmental and global
interdependence, functional link of governance may require cooperative action
by different levels of governments besides the civil society organisations.
Keywords
Constitution, cooperative federalism, collaborative federalism governance,
interdependence, union–state cooperation
Article
Indian Journal of Public
Administration
67(2) 153–164, 2021
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1 Department of Political Science, University of Delhi, India.
Corresponding author:
Rekha Saxena, Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi, New Delhi 110007,
India.
E-mail: rekha_du_2000@yahoo.com
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