1. What does the successful functioning of the Indian federal system depend on?
2. What are the provisions made by the Constitution regarding inter-state comity?
4. What does Article 262 of the Constitution provide for?
5. What are the two provisions made by Article 262?
6. What two laws has the Parliament enacted under this provision?
7. What does the River Boards Act provide for?
8. When is a river board established?
9. What does the Inter-State River Water Disputes Act empower the Central government to do?
10. What is the status of the tribunal’s decision?
11. What is the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court regarding water disputes referred to a tribunal?
12. What does Article 263 contemplate?
13. When can the President establish such a council?
14. What duties can be assigned to an inter-state council as specified by Article 263?
16. What is the nature of the Council’s function?
18. What did the Sarkaria Commission on Centre-State Relations (1983–88) make a strong case for?
19. What did the Sarkaria Commission recommend regarding the name of the Inter-State Council?
20. When was the Inter-State Council established, and by which government?
21. What are the members of the Inter-State Council?
22. Who are the permanent invitees to the Council?
23. What is the nature of the Inter-State Council?
24. What are the duties of the Inter-State Council in detail?
25. How often does the Council meet?
26. How are questions decided in the Council’s meetings?
27. When was the Standing Committee of the Council set up?
28. What are the members of the Standing Committee of the Council?
29. When was the Inter-State Council Secretariat set up?
30. What is the role of the Inter-State Council Secretariat since 2011?
31. What does the Constitution contain regarding Public Acts, Records and Judicial Proceedings?
32. What does the expression ‘public acts’ include?
33. What does the expression ‘public record’ include?
34. Does the rule of execution of civil court judgments apply to criminal judgments?
36. What does Article 301 declare?
37. What is the object of this provision?
38. To what does the freedom under this provision extend?
39. What is the nature of the freedom guaranteed by Article 301?
40. What are the powers of the Parliament regarding restrictions on trade, commerce and intercourse?
43. What does this provision prohibit?
44. What are the nationalisation laws?
45. What can the Parliament appoint regarding trade, commerce and intercourse?
46. Have such authorities been appointed so far?
47. What are the Zonal Councils?
48. By what Act are the Zonal Councils established?
49. How did the States Reorganisation Act of 1956 divide the country?
50. What factors are taken into account while forming these zones?
51. What are the members of each zonal council?
52. Who can be associated with the zonal council as advisors?
53. Who is the common chairman of the five zonal councils?
54. What is the role of each chief minister in the zonal council?
55. What do the zonal councils aim at?
56. What is the nature of the zonal councils?
57. What are the objectives (or functions) of the zonal councils?
58. By what Act was the North-Eastern Council created?
59. What are the members of the North-Eastern Council?
60. What are the functions of the North-Eastern Council?
61. What does Article 261 deal with?
62. What does Article 262 deal with?
63. What does Article 263 deal with?
64. What does Article 301 deal with?
65. What does Article 302 deal with?
66. What does Article 303 deal with?
67. What does Article 304 deal with?
68. What does Article 305 deal with?
69. What does Article 306 deal with?
70. What does Article 307 deal with?