Centre-State Relations

2 notes tagged Centre-State Relations.

• Polity

  Governor of a State: Powers and Discretion

  Appointment under Articles 153-158, the full spread of executive, legislative and financial powers, discretionary powers including appointing a Chief Minister in a hung Assembly, the Sarkaria and Punchhi Commissions on reforming the office, the 2025 Supreme Court dispute over a Governor withholding assent to Bills, and the Article 361 immunities.

• Polity

  Centre-State Relations: Legislative to Financial

  How Parliament can legislate on a State subject, who directs whom in administration, and who gets which tax, mapped article by article across Articles 245 to 293.