Official Question UPSC 2025
Solution & Analysis
Answer:
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Structural Requirements of Federalism
Review Structural Requirements of Federalism through official answer keys.
Quick Recall
Federalism functions as a structural mechanism to accommodate both national and regional polities within a single state. To ensure this division of power remains balanced, an independent judiciary acts as the ultimate arbiter to settle constitutional disputes between the center and the regions.
Concept Flow Mapping
Federalism
accommodates
accommodates
Two sets of polities
Independent Judiciary
settles disputes between
settles disputes between
Centre and States
Federalism
requires
requires
Division of Power
Concept Question
What are the two sets of polities that federalism acts as an institutional mechanism to accommodate?
Key Takeaway
The National level (Centre/Union) and the Regional level (States/Provinces).
Examiner's Trap
Test-setters may falsely claim that federalism requires an 'integrated' judiciary (which is a unitary feature, while 'independent' is the federal requirement) or that federalism aims to merge polities rather than accommodate two distinct sets.
Core Insight
Without an independent judiciary, the national government would inevitably become the sole judge of its own powers, effectively nullifying the federal division and reverting the state to a unitary system.