CBSE 2025 · Region 2 · Set 2 · Q27 · 3 marks
Explain the vertical distribution of power given in the Indian Constitution.
Marking-scheme solution
(i) Constitution of India divides power among governments at different levels
– a general government for the entire country and governments at the provincial or regional level.
(ii) In India general government for the entire country is usually referred as the Central or Union Government.
(iii) In India, the government at provincial or regional level is called State Government.
(iv) The Constitution clearly lays down the powers of different levels of government.
(v) Through the Constitutional Amendment of $\displaystyle 1992$ the same principle has been extended to levels of government lower than the State government, such as the municipality and panchayat.
(vi) This division of powers involving higher and lower levels of government is called vertical division of power.
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