Analyse the vertical division of power in India.

(i) The division of powers involving higher and lower levels of government is called vertical division of power.

(ii) Power can be shared among governments at different levels – a general government for the entire country and governments at the provincial or regional level- state and local governments.

(iii) A general government for the entire country is usually called federal government.

(iv) In India, we refer to it as the Central or Union Government.

(v) The governments at the provincial or regional level are called by different names in different countries like state government in India.

(vi) The same principle can be extended to levels of government lower than the state government, such as the municipality and panchayat.

(vii) The constitution clearly lays down the powers of different levels of government.

(viii) This is called federal division of power.