From the list of following events which ones would you identify with the functioning of federalism? Why?
1. The Centre on Tuesday announced Sixth Schedule status to GNLF-led Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council, which would ensure greater autonomy to the governing body in the Hill district of West Bengal. A tripartite Memorandum of Settlement was signed in New Delhi between the Centre, the West Bengal Government and the Subhash Ghising-led Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF) after two days of hectic deliberations.
2. Government for action plan for rain hit States: Centre has asked the rain ravaged States to submit detailed plans for reconstruction to enable it to respond to their demands for extra relief expeditiously.
3. New Commissioner for Delhi: The Capital is getting a new municipal commissioner. Confirming this, present MCD Commissioner Rakesh Mehta said he has received his transfer orders and that he is likely to be replaced by an I.A.S officer Ashok Kumar, who is serving as the Chief Secretary in Arunachal Pradesh. Mehta, a 1975 batch IAS officer, has been heading the MCD for about three–and a half years.
4. CU Status for Manipur University: Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed a Bill to convert the Manipur University into a Central University with the Human Resource Development Minister promising such institutions in the North Eastern States of Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura and Sikkim as well.
5. Funds released: The Centre has released Rs. 553 lakh to Arunachal Pradesh under its rural water supply scheme. The first instalment was of Rs. 466.81 lakh.
6. We’ll teach the Biharis how to live in Mumbai: Around 100 Shiv Sainiks stormed J.J. Hospital, disrupted daily operations, raised slogans and threatened to take matters into their own hands if no action was taken against non-Maharashtrian students.
7. Demand for dismissal of Government: The Congress Legislature Party (CLP) in a representation submitted to State Governor recently, has demanded dismissal of the ruling Democratic Alliance of Nagaland (DAN) Government for its alleged financial mismanagement and embezzlement of public money.
8. NDA Government asks naxalites to surrender arms: Amid a walkout by opposition RJD and its allies Congress and CPI (M), the Bihar Government today appealed to the naxalites to shun the path of violence and reaffirmed its pledge to root out unemployment to usher in a new era of development in Bihar.
1. The very fact that the State Concerned i.e. West Bengal was made a party to the settlement marks the event as a manifestation of working of the federalism in India.
2. A federal set-up is characterized by a sensitive centre towards the needs of the constituting units. The centre wants to help the rain ravaged states. It means it is sensitive to their problems. Hence this action of the centre could be identified with the functioning of fedaralism.
3. An officer from Arunachal Pradesh is transferred to Delhi. It clearly shows the functioning of federalism.
4. In the Indian federal set up education comes under Concurrent List. It is important to strengthen federation by establishing central institutes although it will undermine the control of states. It could well be identified as an example of the functioning of federalism.
5. This event is also identified with the functioning of federalism because here centre has released funds for state (Arunachal Pradesh) under its rural supply scheme.
6. Acts of Shiv Sainiks completely undermine the federal structure of the country. These acts can not be identified as the working of federalism, whose chief objective is to promote one national identity based on fraternity. A culture of trust, cooperation, mutual respect and restraint amongst the people of the different units is a sine qua non for the smooth functioning of the federation.
7. This event comes in the list of those events which identify the functioning of federalism.
8. This is an illustration of state government's function.
