Skip to main content

Balveer Arora

Jawaharlal Nehru University, Centre For Political Studies, Emeritus

Institute of Social Sciences, Centre for Multilevel Federalism, Faculty Member

Followers

1,333

Following

164

Co-authors

8

Public Views

Chairman, Centre for Multilevel Federalism, Institute of Social Sciences, 8 Nelson Mandela Marg, New Delhi, since October 2010.
Phone: +91-11-4163 7103
Address: D 6/34, Vasant Vihar,
New Delhi 110057, India

less

Independent Scholar

Universität Heidelberg

Hélène Fleury

Université Paris Saclay

International institute of Adult and Lifelong Education,New Delhi

Dornadula Sundar Ram

Md. Sohel Parvez

Jahangirnagar University

RAM BILAS MISRA

Lebanese French University

InterestsView All (30)

Uploads

Papers by Balveer Arora

Centre for Multilevel Federalism July 2024 Update

CMF Updates, 2024

, the Centre has emerged as India's leading network of scholars engaged in federal studies, both ... more , the Centre has emerged as India's leading network of scholars engaged in federal studies, both Indian and comparative. It was admitted in 2012 to the International Association of Centres for Federal Studies (IACFS). The Centre prepares to celebrate its 15 th anniversary in 2025, as also the 40 th Anniversary of the Institute of Social Sciences. The activities of the Centre are guided by its International Advisory Board and its Research Advisory Council. Members of the Centre have contributed significantly to the ongoing Federal Democracy Project of the India International Centre (2023-2025). Appointed for an initial tenure of four years renewable by mutual consent, all members of the Centre serve in an honorary capacity. With the shrinking of autonomous spaces for free discourse in academia, the Centre reaffirms its commitment to the free and frank consideration of all issues relevant to India's federal democracy. We are pleased to welcome India-based scholars as Visiting Fellows if they wish to continue their work on federalism with us

INDIAN FEDERALISM PERSPECTIVES Centre for Multilevel Federalism Institute of Social Sciences New Delhi

3| 2009 Contests in Context: Indian Elections 2009

Emmanuel Macron has a difficult task ahead say international experts

The Conversation Global asked scholars from around the world what they thought of Emmanuel Macron... more The Conversation Global asked scholars from around the world what they thought of Emmanuel Macron's victory, and what means for their country. Disciplines Arts and Humanities | Law Publication Details D. Della Porta, B. Arora, J. Sombatpoonsiri, L. Gomez Romero & S. P. Watmough, 'Emmanuel Macron has a difficult task ahead say international experts' (2017) 8 May The Conversation 1-6. This journal article is available at Research Online: https://ro.uow.edu.au/lhapapers/3706

Federal Coalitions in India: Strategic Calculations and Revolving-door Partners

Studies in Indian Politics

The lack of stability of political affiliations has been a recurrent theme in studies on politica... more The lack of stability of political affiliations has been a recurrent theme in studies on political parties in India. Initially, this concern was voiced in terms of the defections of legislators from the party on whose ticket they were elected. With the advent of federal coalitions, shifting affiliations took on a new dimension, with parties themselves moving between different coalition fronts. This has often been seen as some form of idiosyncratic and undesirable behaviour and linked to the spectre of an ungovernable India by alarmists in search of supposedly more stable arrangements. We explain this party mobility by highlighting the federal dimension and its impact on party competition.

Cultures of Governance and Conflict Resolution A Euro-Indian Workshop

Neither the European Commission nor any person acting on behalf of the Commission is responsible ... more Neither the European Commission nor any person acting on behalf of the Commission is responsible for the use, which might be made of the following information. The views expressed in this publication are the sole responsibility of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Commission. A great deal of additional information on the European Union is available on the Internet. It can be accessed through the Europa server (http://europa.eu).

Interaction in Federal Systems

by Balveer Arora and Beryl Radin

Forum of Federations Unity in Diversity, 2008

This paper looks at the different ways in which institutions of government interact with each oth... more This paper looks at the different ways in which institutions of government interact with each other in federations. The term "interaction", has deliberately been chosen in preference to "intergovernmental" to acknowledge the expansion of the actors and groups involved in contemporary governance, and the blurring of boundaries between formal government institutions and those in the private or non-profit sector. The subthemes deal, respectively, with the use of interaction to manage conflict and tension; the techniques and structures of interaction; and their implications for accountability and transparency. Three lateral logics that apply to all of them are: the diversity of federal systems, the specificities of developing countries and the significance of contextual change for interaction. They explain the range of parties between whom interaction takes place, the purposes and varieties of interaction, and the resulting challenges. The diversity of federal systems makes each one unique in some ways. Nevertheless, for comparative analysis, they can usefully be grouped according to size; institutional design; and scale of diversity. Another key point of difference lies between presidential and parliamentary federal systems. Focusing on the specifics of interaction in federal systems in developing countries, we find that many of them have adopted some institutions and techniques from older federations but have

Interaction in Federal Systems

This paper looks at the different ways in which institutions of government interact with each oth... more This paper looks at the different ways in which institutions of government interact with each other in federations. The term “interaction”, has deliberately been chosen in preference to “intergovernmental” to acknowledge the expansion of the actors and groups involved in contemporary governance, and the blurring of boundaries between formal government institutions and those in the private or non-profit sector. The subthemes deal, respectively, with the use of interaction to manage conflict and tension; the techniques and structures of interaction; and their implications for accountability and transparency. Three lateral logics that apply to all of them are: the diversity of federal systems, the specificities of developing countries and the significance of contextual change for interaction. They explain the range of parties between whom interaction takes place, the purposes and varieties of interaction, and the resulting challenges. The diversity of federal systems makes each one uni...

France shuns mainstream political parties: world experts react

France must now choose between two candidates with strongly opposing visions. The outcome of the ... more France must now choose between two candidates with strongly opposing visions. The outcome of the May 7 run-off could radically alter France, as well as its position in Europe and in the world.. Disciplines Arts and Humanities | Law Publication Details S. P. Watmough, B. Arora, D. Della Porta & L. Gomez Romero, 'France shuns mainstream political parties: world experts react' (2017) 25 April The Conversation 1-6. This journal article is available at Research Online: https://ro.uow.edu.au/lhapapers/3705

Political Innovation in the Working of Indian Democracy: A Study of the Group of Ministers Device (1999–2014)

Indian democracy has grappled with the challenges of modernity ever since it adopted a parliament... more Indian democracy has grappled with the challenges of modernity ever since it adopted a parliamentary federal Constitution based on universal suffrage seven decades ago. Modernity, in a land as diverse as India, was necessarily made up of a combination of progressive liberal values with local traditions. Secularism and tolerance were core components of this modernity enshrined in the Constitution. The tension between these values and the regressive forces that feel threatened by them continues to this day. Diverse and often divergent interests find expression through a vibrant multiparty system and federal coalitions become necessary for governance. The system displayed its innovative capacity for making public policy decisions under such circumstances by creating a device called Group of Ministers. This innovation enabled the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government to steer through many challenges to its cohesion and programme. This paper attempts to describe this experience in...

The Value of Comparative Federalism

Multilevel elections and federal governance in comparative perspective 1

The Value of Comparative Federalism

Beyond Quasi Federalism: Change and Continuity in Indian Federalism

Studies in Indian Politics

Les �tablissements fran�ais de l'Inde

Republic of India

Diversity and Unity in Federal Countries 2010 Isbn 9780773537392 Pags 200 226, 2010

Book Reviews : L.N. Sharma. The Indian Prime Minister: Office and Powers. New Delhi: Mac millan of India, 1976. Pp xii+207. Price Rs 55.00

International Studies, 1977

Multiple Identities in a Single State: Indian Federalism in Comparative Perspective

CrossRef Listing of Deleted DOIs, 1996

Indian Federalism

Volume 2: Indian Democracy, 2013

Federal Coalitions in India: Strategic Calculations and Revolving-door Partners

The lack of stability of political affiliations has been a recurrent theme in studies on politica... more The lack of stability of political affiliations has been a recurrent theme in studies on political parties in India. Initially, this concern was voiced in terms of the defections of legislators from the party on whose ticket they were elected. With the advent of federal coalitions, shifting affiliations took on a new dimension, with parties themselves moving between different coalition fronts. This has often been seen as some form of idiosyncratic and undesirable behaviour and linked to the spectre of an ungovernable India by alarmists in search of supposedly more stable arrangements. We explain this party mobility by highlighting the federal dimension and its impact on party competition.

RENEWING INDIAN FEDERALISM FOR CHALLENGES OF THE NEW CENTURY

Journal of International and Area Studies, 2020

It is a great pleasure, privilege and honour for me to be able to talk to you about Rasheed Sa'ab... more It is a great pleasure, privilege and honour for me to be able to talk to you about Rasheed Sa'ab in this august gathering. Though I was not formally his student, I learned a lot from him as his junior colleague. We shared common interests and my wife and I were privileged to get to know him and his wife Leela, his children Anusha and Kabir. We spent many warm moments together, which I cherish. It was in 1973 that I joined the Centre that he had founded-the Centre for Political Studies-at JNU, when the University itself was in its early formative years. Over the years, from being a senior colleague of mine, we eventually became friends. And then, when he retired, he more or less handed over the federalism portion of the political science syllabus to me. One of the things that I have carried forward from those times is the need for debunking the notion of quasi federalism. Both of us agreed that India was a federal nation that needed to be studied as a variant of federalism, as it has emerged in our part of the world. The whole notion of quasi federalism traps us in a sterile debate and it is certainly not relevant anymore. It is regrettable that it still figures in the syllabi of many universities among the opening lessons on federalism.

Centre for Multilevel Federalism July 2024 Update

CMF Updates, 2024

, the Centre has emerged as India's leading network of scholars engaged in federal studies, both ... more , the Centre has emerged as India's leading network of scholars engaged in federal studies, both Indian and comparative. It was admitted in 2012 to the International Association of Centres for Federal Studies (IACFS). The Centre prepares to celebrate its 15 th anniversary in 2025, as also the 40 th Anniversary of the Institute of Social Sciences. The activities of the Centre are guided by its International Advisory Board and its Research Advisory Council. Members of the Centre have contributed significantly to the ongoing Federal Democracy Project of the India International Centre (2023-2025). Appointed for an initial tenure of four years renewable by mutual consent, all members of the Centre serve in an honorary capacity. With the shrinking of autonomous spaces for free discourse in academia, the Centre reaffirms its commitment to the free and frank consideration of all issues relevant to India's federal democracy. We are pleased to welcome India-based scholars as Visiting Fellows if they wish to continue their work on federalism with us

INDIAN FEDERALISM PERSPECTIVES Centre for Multilevel Federalism Institute of Social Sciences New Delhi

3| 2009 Contests in Context: Indian Elections 2009

Emmanuel Macron has a difficult task ahead say international experts

The Conversation Global asked scholars from around the world what they thought of Emmanuel Macron... more The Conversation Global asked scholars from around the world what they thought of Emmanuel Macron's victory, and what means for their country. Disciplines Arts and Humanities | Law Publication Details D. Della Porta, B. Arora, J. Sombatpoonsiri, L. Gomez Romero & S. P. Watmough, 'Emmanuel Macron has a difficult task ahead say international experts' (2017) 8 May The Conversation 1-6. This journal article is available at Research Online: https://ro.uow.edu.au/lhapapers/3706

Federal Coalitions in India: Strategic Calculations and Revolving-door Partners

Studies in Indian Politics

The lack of stability of political affiliations has been a recurrent theme in studies on politica... more The lack of stability of political affiliations has been a recurrent theme in studies on political parties in India. Initially, this concern was voiced in terms of the defections of legislators from the party on whose ticket they were elected. With the advent of federal coalitions, shifting affiliations took on a new dimension, with parties themselves moving between different coalition fronts. This has often been seen as some form of idiosyncratic and undesirable behaviour and linked to the spectre of an ungovernable India by alarmists in search of supposedly more stable arrangements. We explain this party mobility by highlighting the federal dimension and its impact on party competition.

Cultures of Governance and Conflict Resolution A Euro-Indian Workshop

Neither the European Commission nor any person acting on behalf of the Commission is responsible ... more Neither the European Commission nor any person acting on behalf of the Commission is responsible for the use, which might be made of the following information. The views expressed in this publication are the sole responsibility of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Commission. A great deal of additional information on the European Union is available on the Internet. It can be accessed through the Europa server (http://europa.eu).

Interaction in Federal Systems

by Balveer Arora and Beryl Radin

Forum of Federations Unity in Diversity, 2008

This paper looks at the different ways in which institutions of government interact with each oth... more This paper looks at the different ways in which institutions of government interact with each other in federations. The term "interaction", has deliberately been chosen in preference to "intergovernmental" to acknowledge the expansion of the actors and groups involved in contemporary governance, and the blurring of boundaries between formal government institutions and those in the private or non-profit sector. The subthemes deal, respectively, with the use of interaction to manage conflict and tension; the techniques and structures of interaction; and their implications for accountability and transparency. Three lateral logics that apply to all of them are: the diversity of federal systems, the specificities of developing countries and the significance of contextual change for interaction. They explain the range of parties between whom interaction takes place, the purposes and varieties of interaction, and the resulting challenges. The diversity of federal systems makes each one unique in some ways. Nevertheless, for comparative analysis, they can usefully be grouped according to size; institutional design; and scale of diversity. Another key point of difference lies between presidential and parliamentary federal systems. Focusing on the specifics of interaction in federal systems in developing countries, we find that many of them have adopted some institutions and techniques from older federations but have

Interaction in Federal Systems

This paper looks at the different ways in which institutions of government interact with each oth... more This paper looks at the different ways in which institutions of government interact with each other in federations. The term “interaction”, has deliberately been chosen in preference to “intergovernmental” to acknowledge the expansion of the actors and groups involved in contemporary governance, and the blurring of boundaries between formal government institutions and those in the private or non-profit sector. The subthemes deal, respectively, with the use of interaction to manage conflict and tension; the techniques and structures of interaction; and their implications for accountability and transparency. Three lateral logics that apply to all of them are: the diversity of federal systems, the specificities of developing countries and the significance of contextual change for interaction. They explain the range of parties between whom interaction takes place, the purposes and varieties of interaction, and the resulting challenges. The diversity of federal systems makes each one uni...

France shuns mainstream political parties: world experts react

France must now choose between two candidates with strongly opposing visions. The outcome of the ... more France must now choose between two candidates with strongly opposing visions. The outcome of the May 7 run-off could radically alter France, as well as its position in Europe and in the world.. Disciplines Arts and Humanities | Law Publication Details S. P. Watmough, B. Arora, D. Della Porta & L. Gomez Romero, 'France shuns mainstream political parties: world experts react' (2017) 25 April The Conversation 1-6. This journal article is available at Research Online: https://ro.uow.edu.au/lhapapers/3705

Political Innovation in the Working of Indian Democracy: A Study of the Group of Ministers Device (1999–2014)

Indian democracy has grappled with the challenges of modernity ever since it adopted a parliament... more Indian democracy has grappled with the challenges of modernity ever since it adopted a parliamentary federal Constitution based on universal suffrage seven decades ago. Modernity, in a land as diverse as India, was necessarily made up of a combination of progressive liberal values with local traditions. Secularism and tolerance were core components of this modernity enshrined in the Constitution. The tension between these values and the regressive forces that feel threatened by them continues to this day. Diverse and often divergent interests find expression through a vibrant multiparty system and federal coalitions become necessary for governance. The system displayed its innovative capacity for making public policy decisions under such circumstances by creating a device called Group of Ministers. This innovation enabled the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government to steer through many challenges to its cohesion and programme. This paper attempts to describe this experience in...

The Value of Comparative Federalism

Multilevel elections and federal governance in comparative perspective 1

The Value of Comparative Federalism

Beyond Quasi Federalism: Change and Continuity in Indian Federalism

Studies in Indian Politics

Les �tablissements fran�ais de l'Inde

Republic of India

Diversity and Unity in Federal Countries 2010 Isbn 9780773537392 Pags 200 226, 2010

Book Reviews : L.N. Sharma. The Indian Prime Minister: Office and Powers. New Delhi: Mac millan of India, 1976. Pp xii+207. Price Rs 55.00

International Studies, 1977

Multiple Identities in a Single State: Indian Federalism in Comparative Perspective

CrossRef Listing of Deleted DOIs, 1996

Indian Federalism

Volume 2: Indian Democracy, 2013

Federal Coalitions in India: Strategic Calculations and Revolving-door Partners

The lack of stability of political affiliations has been a recurrent theme in studies on politica... more The lack of stability of political affiliations has been a recurrent theme in studies on political parties in India. Initially, this concern was voiced in terms of the defections of legislators from the party on whose ticket they were elected. With the advent of federal coalitions, shifting affiliations took on a new dimension, with parties themselves moving between different coalition fronts. This has often been seen as some form of idiosyncratic and undesirable behaviour and linked to the spectre of an ungovernable India by alarmists in search of supposedly more stable arrangements. We explain this party mobility by highlighting the federal dimension and its impact on party competition.

RENEWING INDIAN FEDERALISM FOR CHALLENGES OF THE NEW CENTURY

Journal of International and Area Studies, 2020

It is a great pleasure, privilege and honour for me to be able to talk to you about Rasheed Sa'ab... more It is a great pleasure, privilege and honour for me to be able to talk to you about Rasheed Sa'ab in this august gathering. Though I was not formally his student, I learned a lot from him as his junior colleague. We shared common interests and my wife and I were privileged to get to know him and his wife Leela, his children Anusha and Kabir. We spent many warm moments together, which I cherish. It was in 1973 that I joined the Centre that he had founded-the Centre for Political Studies-at JNU, when the University itself was in its early formative years. Over the years, from being a senior colleague of mine, we eventually became friends. And then, when he retired, he more or less handed over the federalism portion of the political science syllabus to me. One of the things that I have carried forward from those times is the need for debunking the notion of quasi federalism. Both of us agreed that India was a federal nation that needed to be studied as a variant of federalism, as it has emerged in our part of the world. The whole notion of quasi federalism traps us in a sterile debate and it is certainly not relevant anymore. It is regrettable that it still figures in the syllabi of many universities among the opening lessons on federalism.

FEDERALISM, IDENTITY AND AUTONOMY FOR THE CODAVAS

Public Lecture delivered at the General Assembly of the Codava National Council

SK Dey Chair Lectures on Local Government

by Balveer Arora and Cmf Issin

This presentation argues a case for the importance of the state in the implementation of welfare ... more This presentation argues a case for the importance of the state in the implementation of welfare programs in India. Patron client relations, political society, and class relations explain the bias opposing welfare politics. Despite this bias, welfare politics has produced good electoral outcomes in the case of India when it has been experimented from time to time. This presentation argues that it is imperative to explore thinking within the Indian states to understand a sub-national state's capacity to implement re-distributive programs favouring the poor and the marginalized groups in India. The presentation will draw upon three cases: 1) operation Barga in West Bengal; 2) the implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in Andhra Pradesh; and 3) the implementation of the MGNREGS in West Bengal to make the case.

Conference on the 14th Finance Commission and Indian Federalism

Concept Note of the Conference scheduled for 23rd April 2015 at the India International Centre Ne... more

Lok Sabha Elections 2014 | First Lessons

Competing Coalitions 2014 | Analysing 2013 State Elections

Sanjay Kumar CSDS looks back to give a perspective on the 2014 general elections

Competing Coalitions 2014 | Inaugural Lecture | Centre for Multilevel Federalism

Uttar Pradesh (UP) provides a useful site to examine the pattern of political competition in the ... more Uttar Pradesh (UP) provides a useful site to examine the pattern of political competition in the forthcoming national elections 2014. It has always mirrored major transformative developments in the country: shift in the party system, rise of the Hindutva ideology, movements such as Mandal or the Dalit upsurge. Moreover, with regional and state parties becoming partners in national coalitions, the importance of key states such as UP has increased. Upto the 1980s UP was an excellent example of single party dominance and stability. In the 1990s it reflected the de-stabilizing changes experienced due to the collapse of the Nehruvian consensus on secularism and socialism leading to fragmented multi-partyism, hung assemblies, short-lived coalitions and poor governance. With the relative weakening of identity politics by the early 2000s it was widely believed that political stability with bi-polar competition between the SP and BSP on a development-oriented agenda, had returned to UP and on the national scene.

Explaining Indian Federalism in Pakistan

Nepal's Quest for Suitable Federalism

The Newsletter of the Centre for Multilevel Federalism No. 1-2

Centre for Multilevel Federalism New Delhi Members as on 15 August 2023

CMF_About Us, 2023

International Advisory Board, Research Advisory Council, Faculty Members and Fellows (as on 15th ... more International Advisory Board, Research Advisory Council, Faculty Members and Fellows (as on 15th August 2023) The Centre was founded in 2010 as a silver jubilee initiative of the Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi. It is India's leading network of scholars engaged in federal studies, both Indian and comparative. The Centre has grown over the years to include distinct projects: migration studies and gender federfalism, green federalism and juridical studies. On its tenth anniversary in October 2020, it launched an online series of papers titled 'Indian Federalism Perspectives'. Those interested can write to [email protected]. They can also be consulted in free access on www.issin.org. All appointments honorary.

Centre for Multilevel Federalism List of Members 1 January 2022

by Balveer Arora and Subrata Mitra

Centre for Multilevel Federalism, 2022

The Centre was founded in 2010 as a silver jubilee initiative of the Institute of Social Sciences... more The Centre was founded in 2010 as a silver jubilee initiative of the Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi. It represents India's leading network of scholars engaged in federal studies, both Indian and comparative. The Centre has grown over the years to include distinct projects: migration and gender, green federalism and juridical studies. On its tenth anniversary in October 2020, it launched an online series of papers titled 'Indian Federalism Perspectives'. Those interested in receiving these papers can write to [email protected]. They can also be consulted in free access on www.issin.org. The Centre marks the 75 th anniversary of Indian Independence by entering into collaborative arrangements with other eminent institutions to undertake studies on how the federal system has coped with the pandemic from a multidisciplinary perspective, as well as how federal institutions have fared over the last decade. All appointments below are honorary.

Centre for Multilevel Federalism

Centre for Multilevel Federalism, 2021

The vision and mission of the Centre for Multilevel Federalism which enters its 12th year on Gand... more

CENTRE FOR MULTILEVEL FEDERALISM New Delhi

Centre for Multilevel Federalism, 2021

List of Members as on 1st January 2021

Green federalism BALVEER ARORA and NIDHI SRIVASTAVA

Seminar, 2019

Insufficient attention has been given to the complex interface between central and state agencies... more

CENTRE FOR MULTILEVEL FEDERALISM

The Centre for Multilevel Federalism celebrates its seventh anniversary this month . It has grown... more

ARORA FOREWORD 2017

India's federal democracy has developed through successive phases of growth, combining centralism... more India's federal democracy has developed through successive phases of growth, combining centralism and federalism in varying doses. The major motors for the transition from one phase to the other have been changes in the balance between these forces, in the party system as well as in the political economy of the federal system. The current phase began some twenty-five years ago and is characterised by two major trends: the federalisation of the party system and the salience of federal coalitions as a form of federal governance. The resilience of the federalised party system contributes to the persistence of coalitions due to multilevel electoral contests. Coalitions no longer merely address deficits in numbers in the Lok Sabha. They also cater to the need for allies in the states in order to reach the required numbers in the Rajya Sabha and for the more effective implementation of national policies in the states. They have become essential to carry forward the legislative agenda of the party in power at the Centre. This collection of essays looks at the issues that have emerged from this changed constellation of forces in the context of sustained economic growth and enduring inequalities. Many of the problematic issues addressed are a legacy of previous phases, such as the persistent neglect of certain regions and sections of society. The neo-liberal phase of globalised economic growth has aggravated the spatial and individual differences in levels of income, growth and prosperity. The previous phase of India's federal development was marked by the stunted growth of institutional devices designed to meet the needs of cooperation and coordination. It is important to recall that the original design vested substantial legislative powers and responsibilities in state governments for key developmental activities. Financial limitations of the states as well as a centrally driven model of development led to the proliferation of central schemes and national missions. In the current phase, these features of the division of powers and responsibilities have assumed renewed importance after the enhanced devolution of financial resources to the States by the 14 th Finance Commission. The federal dialogue between the Centre and the states is often preempted by central administrative and policy decisions taken unilaterally. The Centre often decides on a particular course of action and only thereafter, if at all, does it seek inputs from the states. Consensus building in many policy cases is after the decision, not before. This mode of decision-making is being increasingly contested. In the

CENTRE FOR MULTILEVEL FEDERALISM List of Members 2017

The Centre was founded in 2010 and is housed at the Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi. It h... more

List of Members of the Centre for Multilevel Federalism, New Delhi, as on 1st August 2015

by Balveer Arora and Cmf Issin

List of Adjunct Faculty Members and Research Associates of the Centre for Multilevel Federalism

The Judicial Journey of Indian Federalism

Manisha Madhav ed In Press, 2023

The Constitution of India has often been labelled as "quasi-federal", usually in comparison with ... more The Constitution of India has often been labelled as "quasi-federal", usually in comparison with the American Constitution. However, it is now recognised that each federation applies the core federal idea of self-rule plus shared rule in its own way. Federal analysis has moved beyond the rigid formal-legal tradition, and now seeks to understand the working of a federation in practice. In India's context, this means that federal analysis must now encompass a study of the manner in which its federal constitutional provisions have been understood and applied over the years.

Centre for Multilevel Federalism 2023

by Balveer Arora and Ajay K Mehra

issin.org, 2023

The Centre was founded in 2010 as a silver jubilee initiative of the Institute of Social Sciences... more The Centre was founded in 2010 as a silver jubilee initiative of the Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi. It is India's leading network of scholars engaged in federal studies, both Indian and comparative. The Centre has grown over the years to include distinct projects: migration and gender, green federalism and juridical studies. On its tenth anniversary in October 2020, it launched an online series of papers titled 'Indian Federalism Perspectives'. Those interested in receiving these papers can write to [email protected]. They can also be consulted in free access on www.issin.org. The Centre marked the 75 th anniversary of Indian Independence by entering into collaborative arrangements with other eminent institutions to undertake studies on how the federal system has coped with the pandemic from a multidisciplinary perspective, as well as how federal institutions have fared over the last decade. All appointments below are honorary.

WATER FEDERALISM

Water Federalism, 2022

CPR HSS EDITED STUDY ON WATER FEDERALISM