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“In Indian set up, Central government has more powers.” Give reasons to justify the statement.

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India is a quasi-federal country which means having a strong Centre along with a federation. The following are some features of India as a State with strong centre: 
1. Single Constitution: There is only one constitution of India and the states have no right to form their own constitution and work according to the Indian Constitution only.
2. States are not destructible: India is a Union of states and the word federation is nowhere mentioned in the Indian constitution. The states are not allowed to secede from the union of India. 
3. Integrated Judiciary: There is a system of integrated judiciary with Supreme court at the apex followed by high courts and district courts.
4. Emergency Provisions: In case of national emergency India acts as a Union and in case of President's rule the machinery of the particular state comes under the sole control of centre. 
5. Three lists: There are three lists in the seventh schedule of Indian constitution which provides Union list, state list and concurrent list. The centre, state and both centre and state can formulate laws with regard to the subjects in these lists respectively. The residuary powers are however with the centre and also in case of conflict the centre's will prevails. 

Thus, the centre has more power than the states in India because India is a Union of states rather than federation of states. 

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The central government is more powerful than any state government in India because it’s elected by the whole country. It has the power to appoint the governor of the states as well it can also make the major changes in the appointment of the various CJI and the other judges in the judicial system of India. It also holds the power to execute the defense forces. It holds the power the external affairs also. By this, they can appoint the foreign policy of India and appoint various ambassadors in the different embassy. The railways also come directly to the central government and the various communication organization also comes directly in the central government. This is the reason the central government holds the more power than any other state government in India.

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Dear friend,

The central government is more powerful than any state government in India because it’s elected by the whole country. It has the power to appoint the governor of the states as well it can also make the major changes in the appointment of the various CJI and the other judges in the judicial system of India. It also holds the power to execute the defense forces. It holds the power the external affairs also. By this, they can appoint the foreign policy of India and appoint various ambassadors in the different embassy. The railways also come directly to the central government and the various communication organization also comes directly in the central government. This is the reason the central government holds the more power than any other state government in India.

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