Federalism in India: A Quest for New Identity

Federalism in India has been evolving over the past six decades and has entered a dynamic state, which has seen the emergence of coalition governments at the national and state levels. With the democracy taking roots in the past century, the 21 century is expectedly to be known as that of federalism. In the present scenario, federalism must be dynamic and responsive to both external and domestic pressures. The federal state which emerges at a moment in history cannot be confined by its setting. The present book reflects a quest for new federal identity and recasting centre-state relations in order to build a more equipoised and cooperative federal polity, socio-cultural pluralism and their accommodation and harmonization within federal polity and society.