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India After Independence
Describe the division of power between the centre and the state.
The Indian Constitution has divided power into three lists, known as Union List, State List and Concurrent List.
(i)The Union List includes subjects such as taxes, defence and foreign affairs. On these subjects the central government makes the laws.
(ii)The State List includes subjects such as education and health. It is the exclusive responsibility of the state government to take care of these subjects.
(iii)In the last comes the Concurrent List which contains subjects such as forests and agriculture. On these subjects the Centre and the States have joint responsibility.
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Subjects on the Concurrent List were __________ and ___________.
Economic planning by which both the state and the private sector played a role in development was called a ___________ model.
The death of ________ sparked off such violent protests that the government was forced to give into the demand for linguistic state of Andhra.
At independence, the majority of Indians lived in villages.
The Constituent Assembly was made up of members of the Congress Party.
In the first national election, only men were allowed to vote.
The Second Five Year Plan focused on the development of heavy industry.
What did Dr. Ambedkar mean when he said that “In politics we will have equality, and in social and economic life we will have inequality'?
After Independence, why was there a reluctance to divide the country on liguistic times?
Give one reason why English continued to be used in India after Independence.
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