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7 - Indian Federalism, Economic Reform, and Globalization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 July 2009

By
Nirvikar Singh  and
T. N. Srinivasan
Edited by
Jessica Wallack  and
T. N. Srinivasan
Nirvikar Singh
Affiliation:
Professor of Economics and Director of Santa Cruz Center for International Economics, University of California, Santa Cruz
T. N. Srinivasan
Affiliation:
Samuel C. Park Jr., Professor of Economics and Chair of the South Asian Studies Council, Yale University; Senior Research Fellow Stanford Center for International Development
Jessica Wallack
Affiliation:
University of California, San Diego
T. N. Srinivasan
Affiliation:
Yale University, Connecticut
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Summary

India is a Union of States based on the framework of cooperative federalism. Within the cooperative framework, there is also a requirement to develop competitive strengths for the States so that they can excel at the national level and the global level. Competitiveness helps in ensuring economic and managerial efficiency and to be creative to meet new challenges. These are essential to survive and prosper in a fast changing world of today. In addition, in order to strengthen democratic processes and institution, we should all truly strive for substantive decentralization.

From the speech by Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam on his assumption of office as President of India New Delhi, 25 July 2002

INTRODUCTION

In this chapter we examine the interaction between globalization and India's federal system, in the context of the country's past decade of economic reform. In doing so, we recognize that the national government has subnational governments below it and that all these layers of government simultaneously interact with foreign governments and corporations in a global economy. These multiple interactions have become more important as reform in India has opened up the economy to foreign trade and investment, They have also reduced certain constraints on subnational governments. Globalization provides challenges as well as opportunities to federal systems such as India's. This chapter seeks to elucidate these and to draw implications for policy and institutional reform.

In economic terms, globalization can be taken as the increased international mobility of goods, capital, labor, and knowledge.

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Federalism and Economic Reform
International Perspectives
 , pp. 301 - 363
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2006

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  • Indian Federalism, Economic Reform, and Globalization
    • By Nirvikar Singh, Professor of Economics and Director of Santa Cruz Center for International Economics, University of California, Santa Cruz, T. N. Srinivasan, Samuel C. Park Jr., Professor of Economics and Chair of the South Asian Studies Council, Yale University; Senior Research Fellow Stanford Center for International Development
  • Edited by Jessica Wallack, University of California, San Diego, T. N. Srinivasan, Yale University, Connecticut
  • Book: Federalism and Economic Reform
  • Online publication: 25 July 2009
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511511004.007
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  • Edited by Jessica Wallack, University of California, San Diego, T. N. Srinivasan, Yale University, Connecticut
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  • Edited by Jessica Wallack, University of California, San Diego, T. N. Srinivasan, Yale University, Connecticut
  • Book: Federalism and Economic Reform
  • Online publication: 25 July 2009
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511511004.007
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