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Thesuccessandstrengt
hoft hefeder
alpoli
cydependsupont hecooperati
onandcoordinat
ion
betweenthegover
nments.Infactthi
sistheknott
yproblem inafederal
government.The
fr
amer soft
heIndi
anconst i
tut
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eforedeci
dedtoincludedetai
ledprovi
sionst
oav oi
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cl
ashesbetweenthecentreandstateintheadmini
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ati
v edomain.

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ofuni
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ates:

Arti
cles256t o263pr ovi
deforuni
oncontroloverSt
atesev
eni
nnor
mal
timest
hroughf
oll
owi
ng
way s:
(a)directi
onbytheuni ontot
hestategovernments
(b)delegationofunionfunct
ionst
ot hest
ates
(c)all
-Indi
aservices
(d)grants-i
n-ai
d
(a)directi
onbytheuni ontothest
ategovernments-
--

Arti
cle256pr ovidest hatt heexecut i
vepoweroft hestat
eshallbesoexercisedast oensure
compl i
ancewi ththel awsmadebypar l
iamentandt heexecuti
vepoweroft heuni onshal lal
so
extendtot hegi vingofsuchdi rect i
ont oestateasi tmadedeepessent i
alfort hepur pose.
Accordingt oar ti
cle257st atemustexer ci
sei t
spoweri nsuchawayt hatitshoul dnoti mpede
executivepoweroft heuni oni nt hest ate.Thepower softhecent
ralgover
nmental soextendsto
givi
ngdi r
ect i
onst oSt at
ei ntospeci f
icmat t
ers
(
1)t heconst ructi
onandmai ntenanceofmeansofcommuni cationwhi char edecl
aredto
beofnat ional ormi li
taryi mport ance
(2)measur estobet akenf orthepr otecti
onoft herai
lwaywit
hinthest at es
Accordingt oar ti
cle257( 4)theaddi ti
onal costsincurredbythestat
et ocarryoutt hedi r
ecti
ons
oftheuni ongov ernmentneedt obepai dbyuni ongov er
nment
(b)delegationofuni onf unctionst othest ates--
-
underar ti
cle258t hepar l
iamentmaywi tht heconsentoft hest ategov ernmentent r
utei t
her
conditionallyoruncondi ti
onal l
yfunct ionsoft heunion.Undercl ause( 2)par l
iamenti salso
empower edtouseSt atemachi neryf ortheenf or
cementofuni onl aws.
Accordingt oar t
icle258- Alikethecent r
al government ,thest ategov ernment
canal sodel egat eitspowert otheuni onandi tsofficers
(c)all
-Indiaser vices---
Besi dest het hesepar ateser vicesfortheuni onandt hest atestheconst i
tuti
onpr ovides
forthecr eationofanaddi ti
onal allIndiaservices.Theobj ectist oensur egr eaterinter
-stateco-
ordi
nat ionandi mpl ement ati
onoft hepol i
ciesoft hecent r
al governmentt hrought heseof fi
cers.
(d)grant s-i
n-aid---
Thecent ralgov ernmentmakesgr ants-i
n-aidtot hestatesmai nl
ytoser vetwopur poses:
(1)throught hisCent r
alGov ernmentexer cisesast ri
ctcont roloverthest ates
becausegr andsar egr ant
edsubj ectt ocertaincondi t
ions.
(2)itgener atesacent restatecoor dinati
onandcooper ati
on
Disputesrel
ati
ngtowat er--
Arti
cle262authori
sest heparli
amenttoprovi
debylawf oradj
udicat
ionofanydisputewith
respecttotheuses,di
st r
ibut
ionorcontr
olofthewatersofanyinter
-st
ateri
ver
sandr iverv
all
eys.
Underclause(2)neit
hert hesupremecourtnoranyothercour
tshallhaveanyj
urisdi
cti
onin
respectofsuchdisputesandcompl ai
ntsrel
ati
ngtowat erofi
nterstat
eriv
ersandr i
verval
ley
s.

Co-
ordi
nat
ionbet
weenSt
ates-
--
co-
oper
ati
vef
eder
ali
sm (i
nterst
atecounci
l
)